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Firefly Aerospace will perform low-earth-orbit satellite launch services for L3Harris Technologies missions to meet the U.S. government's responsive space requirements. The agreement involves three dedicated launches aboard Firefly's Alpha vehicle, scheduled for 2026 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base's SLC-2 launch site. More

Bechtel unveiled plans to establish an engineering services office in Knoxville, Tennessee, to boost support for its mission-based projects. The company is currently hiring from the local community for its Engineering Execution Center, which is scheduled to open on Oct. 2. More

Brandi Halleckson, business development executive for defense and intelligence at Presidio, has been promoted to vice president of strategy and growth within the company's federal subsidiary. Her professional experience has included stints as manager of IBM's U.S. Marine Corps account, enterprise architecture at USMC and information technology associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. More

Geoffrey Mattson, a cybersecurity executive and entrepreneur, has been appointed CEO of Palo Alto, California-based zero trust cybersecurity platforms provider Xage Security. The company also reported a revenue growth of 420 percent year over year and an increase of 560 percent in bookings during the first two quarters of 2023 driven by a robust demand for its zero trust cybersecurity mesh platform across the critical infrastructure sector. More

Mitre has worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop an extension of the nonprofit research organization's Caldera automated adversary emulation platform to help industrial control system operators defend operational technology against cyber threats. More

Mitre has worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop an extension of the nonprofit research organization's Caldera automated adversary emulation platform to help industrial control system operators defend operational technology against cyber threats. More

Dcode Capital has secured a strategic investment from J.P. Morgan Asset Management and will use the funding to further invest in technology startups focused on improving the delivery of government services to citizens. Dcode Capital received the investment through J.P. Morgan's Project Spark. More

Dcode Capital has secured a strategic investment from J.P. Morgan Asset Management and will use the funding to further invest in technology startups focused on improving the delivery of government services to citizens. Dcode Capital received the investment through J.P. Morgan's Project Spark. More

Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has been awarded a $49.5 million contract to maintain the software of H-60 multimission helicopters currently in service with the U.S. Navy and six international countries. Australia, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Greece and Norway are the foreign customers under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from Naval Air Systems Command. More

Ball Corporation has selected Hannah Lim-Johnson to serve as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, effective Sept. 18. Lim-Johnson will succeed retiring Charles Baker, who currently serves as VP, general counsel and corporate secretary. More

A General Atomics-led team has secured Department of Energy funds to build an integrated artificial intelligence and machine learning tool researchers can use to analyze fusion science data. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sapientai and the University of California's San Diego Supercomputer Center will be General Atomics' team members on the fusion data platform development project. More

A General Atomics-led team has secured Department of Energy funds to build an integrated artificial intelligence and machine learning tool researchers can use to analyze fusion science data. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sapientai and the University of California's San Diego Supercomputer Center will be General Atomics' team members on the fusion data platform development project. More