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Estes Industries Spins Out New Company for Small Solid Rocket Motors; Karl Kulling Quoted

Estes Industries has launched a new company that will market small solid rocket motors and provide a wide range of engineering services for the said the offerings. Estes Energetics, the newly established spin-off company, said Thursday it will offer research and development, prototyping, manufacturing, integration and testing services to aerospace customers in need of solid […] More

June 25, 2021, 9:07 am
in Cybersecurity News, Government Technology, Industry News, News

Microsoft Announces Space ISAC Membership, Participation in Threat Intell Exchanges

Microsoft was named as founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an organization that fosters exchanges of intelligence on security threats faced by the space industry. The company will share its global threat insights to help the space community secure critical infrastructure and expand cybersecurity expertise, Tom Keane, corporate vice president for […] More

June 24, 2021, 9:02 am
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

Northrop Puts Digital Wideband AESA Sensor Through Follow-On Flight Test

Northrop Grumman has conducted another flight test of its wideband sensor technology designed with an open mission systems architecture to support electronic warfare, sensing, communications and early warning radar systems. The Terracotta active electronically scanned array exhibited simultaneous performance of both active and passive modes for radio frequency identification, the company said Tuesday. Paul Kalafos, […] More

June 24, 2021, 9:00 am
in Government Technology, Industry News, News

Iridium Offers L-Band Broadband Service for Land, Maritime Applications

Iridium Communications has made its satellite network-supported L-band broadband service class offering available for use in government, maritime and mobile land operations. The company said Tuesday its Certus 200 service can now deliver up to 176 Kbps of internet transmission speed for maritime and land-mobile applications via a lightweight antenna. The broadband service, designed for […] More

June 23, 2021, 11:51 am
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CDC Taps Leidos for Bioinformatics, Scientific Computing Support Services; Liz Porter Quoted

Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $13 million contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyze and process biological data. The company said Tuesday it will perform scientific computing and bioinformatics services to support CDC’s Office of Advanced Molecular Detection. Work under the contract will include information technology, data management, high-performance computing […] More

June 23, 2021, 11:49 am
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Oshkosh Defense to Open South Carolina Facility for Production of New USPS Delivery Fleet

Oshkosh Defense will establish a site in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to facilitate the development of a new fleet of delivery vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service. The company will add more than a thousand members to its workforce for the facility’s operations and expects on-site suppliers to hire more personnel for the Next Generation Delivery […] More

June 23, 2021, 11:48 am
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Sandy Carter: AWS to Help Health Care Startups Adopt Cloud Tech

Amazon Web Services has announced an effort to help health care startups accelerate digital transformation through cloud in support of the larger health industry. The four-week Healthcare Accelerator program will offer mentorship, technical and business support to health care startups operating in the U.S., Sandy Carter, vice president of worldwide public sector partners and programs […] More

June 22, 2021, 12:06 pm
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News

KBR to Provide Support Services for NATO’s Patriot Missiles; Byron Bright Quoted

NATO has extended its four-decade partnership with KBR and tapped the company to perform a variety of technical services in support of a surface-based air defense missile employed by member countries worldwide. KBR said Monday it will help the NATO Support and Procurement Agency address the Patriot missile system’s logistical, programmatic, analytical and engineering needs. […] More

June 22, 2021, 12:04 pm
in Executive Moves, Industry News, News

Retired SOCOM Officer Albert Elton to Provide Avantus Federal With Defense, Intell Consultancy

Albert Elton, a former U.S. Special Operations Command officer, has joined Avantus Federal to serve as a consultant for the company’s defense and intelligence operations. He will use his national security expertise to help Avantus Federal expand its presence across the U.S. defense and intelligence communities, the company said June 14. Elton, a retired major […] More

June 21, 2021, 12:12 pm
in Cybersecurity News, Government Technology, Industry News, News

NATO Intends to Modernize Aging Cybersecurity Systems

NATO plans to launch a competition to select an industry partner to help the alliance replace legacy cybersecurity systems under a potential $32 million cybersecurity technology refresh intiative, C4ISRNET reported Friday. The NATO Communication and Information Agency intends to update its firewalls and other cyber tools through an effort under the Capability Package 120 program, […] More

June 21, 2021, 12:09 pm
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Space Force Launches 5th Lockheed GPS III Satellite

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has launched the fifth Lockheed Martin-made satellite with GPS III navigation technology. The fifth GPS III Space Vehicle launched Thursday on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to join the current network of GPS satellites, Los Angeles Air Force Base said. […] More

June 21, 2021, 12:03 pm
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Carahsoft Adds Stealthbits Cybersecurity Software to Offerings Under Army IT Contract; Steven Hollins Quoted

Carahsoft Technology will distribute Netwrix‘s Stealthbits cybersecurity and data access governance software to federal agencies in support of their information technology infrastructure goals, under the former’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Army. Stealthbits offers applications designed to help federal agencies control data access, implement policies and identify threats amid the complexity of data oversight, Netwrix […] More

June 18, 2021, 12:21 pm