A business accelerator as part of the U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWERX initiative has chosen from its 2021 cohort six winning pitches that are aimed at supporting U.S. efforts in space. Three startups and three university teams won a combined $100,000 in prize money to speed up their efforts in securing potential opportunities for space technology […] More

Dinocrates Group has initiated an accelerator program in support of its market expansion efforts and named Ardian Technologies as the pilot partner. The strategy and technology advisory company said Friday the initiative will help deliver innovative technologies to its clients and expand its market share through joint capability development with its partners as part of […] More

HawkEye 360 has generated $145 million in Series D round funding, bringing the company’s total amount of capital raised to $302 million to date. The company said Monday the funding will be used to expand HawkEye 360’s satellite constellation and complementary infrastructure, which is anticipated to accelerate its growth trajectory and provide enhanced services to federal […] More

LMI will provide support for the countermeasures acceleration group within the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services under a potential two-year, $24 million contract. CAG seeks to speed up the development, manufacturing and distribution of vaccines and therapeutics in response to the COVID-19 pandemic […] More

CACI InternationaI has partnered with GitLab in a move to accelerate software development for government customers with the use of a DevOps platform. Reston, Virginia-based CACI said Tuesday it became the inaugural federal system integrator in the GitLab Partner Program and could use the latter’s open-source application in efforts to build, secure and deliver tools […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Raytheon Technologies plans to integrate SEAKR Engineering into its intelligence and space business once its acquisition of the Centennial, Colorado-based space electronics supplier is completed, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 15. Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Space and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the company aims to […] More

CloudBees has partnered with CACI International to jointly help government customers accelerate software delivery, fielding and implementation. CloudBees said Wednesday it will combine its software delivery automation and DevSecOps offerings with CACI’s expertise in enterprise-wide implementation. CACI’s Agile Solution Factory and DevSecOps Community of Practice will lead the partnership, which aims to speed up the […] More

Eight companies will take part in the modeling and simulation cohort of the Air Force Research Lab Space Vehicles Directorate’s Catalyst Accelerator that will focus on digital engineering for space applications.  The program is intended to boost technology advancement and lead the government to industry technology transfer, Catalyst Accelerator said Friday. Under the eighth accelerator, […] More

Peraton has received a potential five-year, $130 million contract from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) to support and modernize computer applications that assess entitlements for more than 40 million service members, retirees, family members and other beneficiaries, Peraton announced on Thursday.  “Peraton’s history of scaling complex programs for DMDC minimizes the learning curve for […] More

Aliro Quantum will support the design and operation of quantum networks through software development efforts under multiple contracts with the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program. The company said Wednesday it will develop software that would facilitate data exchanges, resource allocation and controlled synchronization of quantum computer networks. The networks help operators run quantum computing […] More

Randy Domingo and Abhi Singh of Amazon Web Services said AWS has launched a platform that could help contractors speed up the deployment of a cloud-based environment that complies with the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. They wrote in a blog posted Tuesday that the AWS Compliant Framework for Federal and DoD […] More

Amazon Web Services has selected 10 startup companies from the U.S. and Europe to study and develop space-based cloud technologies that have the potential to be applied to spacecraft launch and delivery, electronics and robotics, spacecraft hardware and software as well as earth observation efforts. The companies will receive up to $100,000 each in AWS […] More