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Jeff Valania recently announced on LinkedIn that he has taken on the role of vice president of technology and strategy at aerospace and defense company Voyager Space. Before joining Voyager Space, Valania was part of Sierra Space, where he had served as senior director of engineering from 2022. Valania had also been part of Sierra […] More
Lockheed Martin is looking into ways to make the production of the Mako hypersonic multi-mission missile faster and more affordable. The company said Monday that Mako already benefits from having been designed with producibility in mind. The missile also incorporates components from systems that have already been fielded and from proven supply chains. Among the […] More
Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with BWX Technologies to continue helping with the development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor, or BANR. Burns & McDonnell said Monday that its contributions to the effort will include development of the power cycle architecture, identification of critical components and site integration design. The latest agreement […] More
Draper Laboratory is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on an initiative that seeks to produce sensor devices using engineered microbes to complement conventional sensors for environmental monitoring. The initiative, called Tellus, seeks to determine the range of physical and chemical signals that microbe-based sensing devices can detect, the output signals such devices […] More
Software developer Clarity Innovations has named Nathan Case as vice president of cloud computing and cyber solutions. The company announced the appointment of Case on LinkedIn, where the new VP was described as an experienced cloud governance and enterprise security executive, an expert in SecOps, cloud security and incident response and a cybersecurity thought leader. […] More
General Dynamics Information Technology Vice President of AI and Data Insights Dave Vennergrund and Vice President of Cyber Matthew McFadden believe that government agencies seeking to ensure the safe and secure implementation of artificial intelligence should work to adopt four best practices based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology AI Risk Management Framework. […] More
Rite-Solutions has named U.S. Air Force veteran Jonathan Tetreault as vice president of contracts and procurement, who brings to the position expertise in federal, defense and commercial code regulations. The software development and IT firm said Saturday that in his new role Tetreault will work to direct all contractual activities and be responsible for the […] More
Autonomous surface vessel manufacturer Saronic has concluded a Series B funding round during which it raised $175 million, bringing the company’s total valuation to $1 billion. Saronic said Friday it will use the fresh funds to expand its domestic capabilities to perform research and development work on various autonomous technologies as well as to increase […] More
The Department of Energy Office of Science, Science Programs has approved the addition of IBM to the list of more than 30 partner institutions of the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center. Hosted by Fermilab, SQMS is a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center that focuses on superconducting quantum systems, an area in which […] More
L3Harris Technologies is using digital engineering and Modular Open Systems Architecture to develop mission systems for the XM30 as part of Team Lynx, one of two contractor teams selected by the U.S. Army to develop its next-generation combat vehicle. L3Harris Technologies Chief Software Engineer Jeff VanDorp said in a statement Thursday that the MOSA implementation […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Draper Laboratory a fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously-awarded sole-source contract for the design and manufacture of interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. The modification is worth $111 million and exercises optional line items in the original deal, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The modification also […] More
Google Cloud Director of Product Rohan Grover and Google Public Sector Vice President of Delivery & Operations Leigh Palmer announced via a blog post the general availability of the Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance. Grover and Palmer said in a Thursday Google Cloud blog post that the new offering works to bring to tactical edge […] More
