Kevin Martin, chief information officer at Cadence Aerospace, has been appointed to serve in an additional role as CEO of the engines systems business starting Jan. 1, 2021.

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Olivier Jarrault, who led Albany International for nearly two years as president and CEO, joined the board of directors at aircraft components and support services provider Cadence Aerospace.

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Anthony Lawson, formerly president of operations at Hitco Carbon Composites, has joined Cadence Aerospace as vice president of operations, quality and environment, health and safety.

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Cadence Design Systems has partnered with Northrop Grumman to design system-on-chip architectures with an advanced-node technology for aerospace and defense applications.

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Nick Guerra, former vice president of engineering and manufacturing technology at Perfekta, has been named chief technology officer at Cadence Aerospace -- a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners.

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Circadence has integrated a cybersecurity learning and assessment platform with Microsoft‘s Azure cloud computing service. Project Ares is designed to help government, enterprise and academic customers train cyber professionals through cloud-based virtual ranges, Circadence said Thursday. The artificial intelligence-powered training system uses a range-as-a-service model designed to spin up simulated environments and support individual skill-based learning, student or […] More

Marlin McFate, a more than 25-year technology industry executive, has joined data security software developer Cohesity as federal chief technology officer and chief information security officer. He most recently served as CTO for the public sector at Riverbed Technology.

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Arlington Capital Partners has launched Kinetic Engine Systems as the Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm's new platform company focused on producing precision aerospace and defense engine components. Arlington said Thursday it formed Kinetic Engine Systems by combining the engine assets of its portfolio company Cadence Aerospace with newly acquired companies: Walbar Engine Components, AeroCision and Numet Machining Techniques.

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Leidos has awarded a subcontract to Stratolaunch to conduct flight tests in support of the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed program of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. The contract award covers five flights involving Stratolaunch's reusable, autonomous Talon-A hypersonic vehicles and optional payloads, prime contractor Leidos said Tuesday.

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Lockheed Martin has selected Wichita, Kansas-headquartered Perfekta, a division of Cadence Aerospace, to build parts for the Orion spacecraft and supply defense components for an early missile warning satellite constellation, The Wichita Business Journal reported Monday.

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The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to GE Aerospace subsidiary Innoveering and Hermeus to develop prototypes of hypersonic test systems for the Department of Defense under the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities program. Through the HyCAT program, Innoveering will work with subcontractors Specter Aerospace and Starfighters International to build a prototype air-breathing hypersonic testbed, DIU said Monday.

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Rocket Lab USA has inked an agreement with the Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron mission featuring a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle constructed by Australian company Hypersonix. The DART AE vehicle, capable of achieving speeds of up to Mach 7 with non-ballistic flight patterns, is set to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island as early as the first quarter of 2025, Rocket Lab said Wednesday.

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