Boeing has identified opportunities to sell the KC-46A tanker aircraft to the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Qatar, Norway, Israel and NATO, FlightGlobal reported Monday. Jeff Shockey, vice president of global sales and marketing at Boeing's defense, space and security business, UAE intends to buy three new tankers that could add to the country's Airbus A330 aerial refueling aircraft fleet.

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Techstars will select companies to take part in a three-month accelerator program jointly launched with Starburst to support space-based national security efforts, Politico reported Friday.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for helping to secure multiple contracts and supporting organic growth at the company.

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Techstars and Starburst have launched a new accelerator program that seeks to help startups developing space-based technologies and other related platforms. Matt Kozlov, former head of the Cedars Sinai Accelerator, will serve as managing director of the Los Angeles-based Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator program, Techstars said Tuesday.

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Joe Logue, previously a Booz Allen Hamilton executive vice president and senior partner, has joined Novetta‘s board of directors, the McLean, Va., company announced Thursday. “Joe Logue is an industry leader respected for his commitment to customer mission success,” commented Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta. “His addition to the Novetta board of directors […] More

NASA and the Israel Space Agency have agreed to launch a radiation protection vest from StemRad on the first unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft with the Space Launch System. StemRad said Tuesday intends for its AstroRad vest to measure the potential impact of radiation exposure on humans through the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment, during NASA’s Exploration Mission 1. […] More

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has selected PAE ISR to participate in a one-year export acceleration program meant to help defense companies expand into the global marketplace, Inside Defense reported Monday. “VEDP’s expertise in accessing international markets will help reduce our barriers to entry and give us an opportunity to gain an advantage over our competitors,” Chris Corgnati, […] More

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has created an advisory committee to offer recommendations and guidance on events, policies and other matters related to INSA and its charitable organization. INSA said Tuesday the panel consists of 26 members who have held senior-level roles within the government or industry and previously served on former INSA advisory […] More

PeopleTec has won a potential five year, $33.6 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on engineering, technical and management of MDA’s international programs. The Defense Department said Tuesday that PeopleTec will also support systems engineering efforts for the Ballistic Missile Defense System designed to help protect U.S. forces and allies from ballistic missile threats. MDA […] More

Reportlinker has unveiled a new report that predicts the global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will reach more than $177 billion in cumulative value by 2027 at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate. An increasing demand for battle-space awareness and network centric warfare modernization efforts will help drive C4ISR market growth […] More

A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says military arms and services sales worldwide reached a total of $374.8 billion during 2016. SIPRI said Monday the figure reflects a 1.9 percent increase from 2015 and represents the first year of growth in arms sales since 2010. Sales of U.S. arms manufacturers rose by 4 percent […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered full mission simulators to air forces of international F-35 operators including Israel, Italy, Japan and Norway to support pilot training at operating bases across the four countries. The company said Monday the F-35 FMS units will aid pilot qualification, continuation and mission rehearsal training activities and help cater to the rising […] More