TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 22, 2019 — Advanced Concepts and Technologies International was named by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce in this year’s iteration of its annual list of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the state, GovCon Wire reported May 8. The small business said it ranked at No. 24 on the 2019 Fantastic 50 […] More

The National Reconaissance Office has opened a formal solicitation for a nine-month, $500K research and development program that seeks "disruptive" concepts and technology platforms.

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John Forte, who has worked at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory since 2010, has taken a new role as APL's mission area executive for homeland protection. He will lead the development of technology platforms designed to protect the country from asymmetric threats, APL said Monday.

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Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Government Operations on Monday to address the impact the recent government shutdown had on federal contractors.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2019 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) hired former NASA acting administrator Robert Lightfoot to serve as vice president of strategy and business development for the space sector beginning Monday, GovCon Wire reported April 30. Lightfoot, a past Wash100 awardee, joins four other recent business development executive appointments at the company […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking prototype concepts for a processing system intended to translate spacecraft-obtained data transmitted through commercial gateways into a usable format for users in forward operating locations.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is inviting potential vendors to submit ideas on how to develop an artificial intelligence process that would help computers to acquire language.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 18, 2019 — Spire Global hired Paul Damphousse, former chief of advanced concepts in the National Security Space Office at the Department of Defense, to serve as senior director of national security business development for the federal sector, GovCon Wire reported March 6. Damphousse will work to help Spire Federal increase […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed the final version of a 13-foot-wide habitat prototype designed to support NASA’s deep space missions, Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. The company developed the habitat at Kennedy Space Center in Florida based on the refurbished Donatello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and as part of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships contract.
 

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Altamira Technologies has selected two winning teams during a company-wide competition that challenged employee teams to develop technological concepts to help national security customers address mission challenges.

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Susan Milich, a federal government marketing professional with three decades of industry experience, has been named senior vice president of government services at joined Sage Communications.

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Raytheon will take part in the U.S. Army’s missile defense radar “sense-off” that is expected to occur in the spring of 2019 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Defense News reported Thursday. The sense-off seeks to evaluate radar designs that could be incorporated into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense system and is part of the Army’s effort to adjust the approach for its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program meant to replace the Patriot air-and-missile defense radar.

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