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Iron Bow Promotes Kevin Greene to VP of Business Development; Rene LaVigne Quoted

Iron Bow Technologies has promoted Kevin Greene, one of its founding members, to vice president of business development. Rene LaVigne, CEO of Iron Bow and a Wash100 awardee, said in a press statement Tuesday, “As we continue to expand our business development efforts, Kevin will play a pivotal role in helping us disrupt the industry by delivering technology with a purpose and a focus on client outcomes and mission-centered solutions.”

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by Aidan Daly April 24, 2024, 11:50 am
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Enlightenment Capital Invests in Summit Technology Group for Undisclosed Amount

Enlightenment Capital, a government market investment firm, announced investing in Summit Technology Group, a key federal software partner, though the terms and amount of the investment were undisclosed. Devin Talbott, founder and managing partner of Enlightenment, said in a statement Thursday that STG will serve as the foundation for Enlightenment’s government and regulatory software solutions platform.

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by Aidan Daly April 5, 2024, 11:47 am
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Everfox Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Microsoft

Cybersecurity company Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Under the agreement, Everfox said Wednesday that its technology will be integrated into Microsoft's Azure cloud service offerings and that the two companies will develop new cloud products.

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by Aidan Daly March 14, 2024, 11:42 am
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Air Force to Use Northrop LITENING Large Aperture Targeting Pod on Aircraft Fleet

The U.S. Air Force intends to integrate the Large Aperture variant of Northrop Grumman's LITENING targeting pod onto its inventory of aircraft. Northrop said Tuesday that LITENING is an electro-optical/infrared targeting pod that works to detect, acquire, identify and track targets at extended ranges and that the LA variant offers new video and IR sensors and software that enable faster video processing and imaging at greater distances.

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by Aidan Daly February 15, 2024, 10:50 am
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KBR, HJF Partner on Critical Neuroscience Research to Support Military Personnel; Byron Bright Quoted

KBR will join with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation on the Service Personnel Advancing Research in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy contract. The SPARC contract supports neuroscience research for service members and will specifically focus on patients affected by traumatic brain injuries, KBR said Monday.

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by Aidan Daly December 19, 2023, 11:58 am
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ASRC Federal to Work With KBR-Intuitive Machines JV on $719M NASA Contract; Jennifer Felix Quoted

ASRC Federal will serve as a subcontractor to Space & Technology Solutions on the $719 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services III contract it had received from NASA earlier this year. ASRC Federal said Thursday that under the deal, two of its subsidiaries will provide hardware and software engineering services to help develop and validate technologies that would enable future NASA space and science missions, including those for the Joint Polar Satellite Systems and Exploration and In-Space Services programs.

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by Aidan Daly December 15, 2023, 11:49 am
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GM Defense Enters Into Teaming Agreement With Anduril Industries; Stephen duMont Quoted

GM Defense, a General Motors subsidiary, and Anduril Industries announced a teaming agreement, establishing a framework to collaborate on defense program capture activities. The team will focus on delivering autonomy solutions, battery electrification and other new propulsion technologies.

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by Aidan Daly October 11, 2023, 10:31 am
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L3Harris, Creation Technologies Enter Into Long-Term Strategic Partnership Agreement

L3Harris Technologies has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Creation Technologies to support critical defense and aerospace programs. The agreement involves streamlining manufacturing and design processes with the aim of improving the capability of the defense industrial supply base, L3Harris said Monday.

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by Aidan Daly October 10, 2023, 10:39 am
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Lockheed Investment Arm Participates in Khosla-Led Seed Financing for AI Company Vayu Robotics

AI company Vayu Robotics announced the closing of its seed financing round of $12.7 million led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from the investment arm of Lockheed Martin, ReMY Investors and others. Vayu said the funding round will enable the scaling of product development for AI robotics across markets.

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by Aidan Daly October 4, 2023, 10:06 am
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GDIT’s Emerge Innovation Center Now Open; Amy Gilliland Quoted

General Dynamics’ information technology business announced the opening of the GDIT Emerge Innovation Center at the company’s headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. GDIT said Thursday that the center is the latest investment in its expansion of research and development and technology labs nationwide to support government missions. “Our customers’ needs have evolved, and they require […] More

by Aidan Daly September 29, 2023, 11:05 am
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Sierra Space Series B Funding Raises $290M in Equity, Increases Total Investment to $1.7B; Tom Vice Quoted

Sierra Space raised $290 million in equity during its Series B funding, increasing its total investment to $1.7 billion. A Japanese consortium led the private capital infusion that elevated the commercial space company’s valuation to $5.3 billion. MUFG, Japan’s largest bank, along with Kanematsu and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, formed the lead investor group in the latest funding round, Sierra Space said.

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by Aidan Daly September 27, 2023, 11:45 am
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Airbus to Support Center for Maritime Strategy’s Anti-Illegal Fishing Efforts; Rob Geckle Quoted

Airbus‘ space and defense business arm for the U.S. market has partnered with the Center for Maritime Strategy to promote maritime security and advance efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. “The rules-based international order that has brought unprecedented prosperity over the past seven decades is at threat from IUUF activities and we look forward […] More

by Naomi Cooper September 22, 2023, 12:05 pm