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Raytheon has been selected to Cybersecurity Ventures’ annual list of the “hottest and most innovative” cyber companies, which include both start-ups and long-established firms. The Waltham, Mass., company said Tuesday it placed fourth on the 2018 Cybersecurity 500 list, based on efforts to expand its international customer base for cyber defense and its attainment of the Development, […] More

Huntington Ingalls Indutries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has finished conducting initial sea trials of its latest Virginia-class submarine. In this phase of testing, the SSN 789 or Indiana submarine performed its first submergence and exhibited high-speed maneuvers under and above water, HII said Friday. “We are pleased with how Indiana performed and look forward to continuing our testing program […] More

Engility has won a potential $41 million task order to support command and control programs at the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Thursday it will provide on-site expertise, logistics and training support services under the Global Command and Control System Tactical Combat Operations/Joint Tactical Common Operational Picture Workstation Sustainment Support order. “Our people are embedded with […] More

BayFirst Solutions has relocated its corporate headquarters to a facility situated close to several of the consulting firm’s government customers in Washington, D.C. The company said its newly opened office at 1025 Vermont Ave. NW has an open floor plan and features conference and collaborative working spaces equipped with communications technology platforms. “We’d outgrown our […] More

NASA has awarded $43.5 million in contracts to 304 proposals selected for the initial phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program and 44 proposals for the first phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer initiative. The SBIR and STTR Phase 1 contracts will run for six and 13 months respectively with up to $125,000 […] More

An office within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual proposers’ day to disseminate information on investment plans under the Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare broad agency announcement. DARPA said Friday its Tactical Technology Office seeks to discover and exhibit the use of unorthodox, alternative approaches and technologies that are intended to disrupt traditional warfighting […] More

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army will kick off field-testing in December of a lower-body exoskeleton designed to reduce users’ risk of injury and fatigue and boost their load-carrying capacity, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. The ONYX exoskeleton unveiled at the Close Combat Lethality showcase at the Pentagon is classified as a technological readiness level 6 […] More

The American Public Works Association’s Illinois chapter has recognized Parsons‘ project to replace the U.S. 52 bridge across the Mississippi River. Parsons said Thursday it received the 2018 Public Works Project of the Year Award, under the category for transportation projects worth over $75 million, for its work on the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge. The Pasadena, Calif., […] More

The five Iridium Communications satellites that Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm SpaceX launched Tuesday have entered the testing and validation phase. “Three of the [Iridium NEXT] satellites from this launch will be going directly in to service in our sixth orbital plane, where the other two will serve as spares,” Iridium Chief Operating Officer Scott Smith said in a […] More

Jeff Elder, the current head of the lethality unit of Modern Technology Solutions Inc.‘s army and missile defense division, has received the Technology Award from the National Defense Industrial Association’s Tennessee Valley chapter. The award recognizes Elder’s technical contributions to the fields of lethality analysis, modeling and simulation and the effectiveness of kinetic energy weapons […] More

The General Services Administration will host an interactive event on June 18 to showcase its current work on its Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services special item numbers and modernization plan. The HASC Stakeholder Event will provide discussions featuring speakers from the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Homeland Security and GSA, according to a GSA […] More

HighPoint Global has received recognition in the 2018 Corporate Growth Awards for the company’s acquisition of Primescape Solutions. The acquisition activity has been named Deal of the Year Under $50 Million, HighPoint said Thursday. Primescape’s acquisition created a digital transformation service component in HighPoint’s citizen experience expertise. The expanded company will offer a wide range of communications services connecting […] More