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Northrop Awarded MDA Missile Target Upgrade Contract Modification
Northrop Grumman's innovation systems sector has received a $46.8M contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to provide upgrade kits for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile target capability.
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DarkLight Adds Jason Upton, David Aucsmith, Lynda Gaughan to Leadership Team
Artificial intelligence-based cyber software developer DarkLight has added startup executive Lynda Gaughan and former Microsoft executives Jason Upton and David Aucsmith to its leadership team. Gaughan will serve as chief financial officer at DarkLight, the company said Thursday.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Deploys 35 NASA Payloads
Thirty-five NASA microgravity payloads launched aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft from a remote flight test facility in Texas, CBS News reported Thursday. The spacecraft reached a maximum altitude of 65.5 miles and released three parachutes before descending back to the Earth's surface.
Verogen’s Forensic Genomics System Gets FBI Approval
FBI has approved the use of Verogen's forensic technology for DNA profiling at federal, state and municipal laboratories. The agency intends to upload resulting DNA profiles into the National DNA Index System, a platform designed to facilitate DNA comparison, Verogen said Thursday. The company's MiSeq FGx forensic genomics system is the first platform authorized for use with NDIS.
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DHS Awards Contracts for Phase II SBIR Program
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $10M in contracts to 10 companies to build prototypes of technologies demonstrated in the first phase of the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research program.Â
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DoD Taps Auterion for Open-Source UAS Control Software
The Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit has awarded a $2M contract to Swiss firm Auterion for a drone operation software, Nextgov reported Thursday. The company's PX4 open-source platform is designed to establish a common, standardized control system for different kinds of unmanned aircraft systems.
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Black River Systems Awarded $88M Contract for Air Force Drone Systems Development
Black River Systems will provide open systems architecture software and hardware for U.S. Air Force counter-small unmanned aircraft systems under a three-year, $88.7M contract from the Small Business Innovation Research III program.Â
Nerdery Receives AWS Public Sector Partner Status
Nerdery has been accepted as a public sector partner of Amazon Web Services to help customer agencies manage workloads on the AWS cloud platform.
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USAF Taps Citadel Defense for Anti-Drone Tech
Citadel Defense has received a contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with an artificial intelligence-supported drone detection system. The company said Thursday its Titan system is used by federal agencies and all military services for anti-drone operations.
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NASA, Lockheed Conclude Mars Rover Heat Shield Test
Lockheed Martin and NASA completed the final static test for a heat shield intended to protect the Mars 2020Â rover from extreme thermal conditions on its mission toward the red planet.