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Gilat Pushes Into US Defense Market With Acquisition of DataPath

Gilat Satellite Networks has acquired DataPath, a Duluth, Georgia-based manufacturer of communications platforms for military, government and commercial applications, in a transaction aimed at expanding the former's footprint in the defense communications market. Gilat said Thursday it closed the deal after securing approvals from the companies' boards of directors and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

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by Naomi Cooper November 21, 2023, 11:12 am
in Executive Moves, News

Curtiss-Wright Veteran David Jedynak Elevated to VP Role

David Jedynak announced on LinkedIn on Monday that he has been promoted to vice president of strategic planning at Curtiss-Wright. In his new role, he is responsible for driving the top-line growth of the defense solutions division, overseeing research and development spending and strategic growth-related activities such as mergers and acquisitions.

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by Kacey Roberts November 21, 2023, 10:57 am
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Lockheed Taps Perfekta to Supply Parts for 2 Space Programs; Robert Lightfoot Quoted

Lockheed Martin has selected Wichita, Kansas-headquartered Perfekta, a division of Cadence Aerospace, to build parts for the Orion spacecraft and supply defense components for an early missile warning satellite constellation, The Wichita Business Journal reported Monday.

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by Naomi Cooper November 21, 2023, 10:41 am
in Contract Awards, News

ECS to Support VA Office’s Digital Transformation Initiatives Under $61B Contract; John Heneghan Quoted

ECS has secured a prime spot on the $60.7 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 contract vehicle of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The company said Monday that, under the potential 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract, it will deliver a range of information technology and engineering services to bolster the technology infrastructure of the VA's Office of Information Technology.

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by Kacey Roberts November 21, 2023, 10:12 am
in Executive Moves, News

Chuck Jones Named Vice President of Digital Operations at Raytheon

Chuck Jones, formerly a vice president at Honeywell, has joined RTX business Raytheon as VP of digital operations. In a recent post on LinkedIn, Jones said he would spearhead product life cycle process transformation efforts and collaborate with the senior engineering, supply chain, operations and quality leadership teams.

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by Naomi Cooper November 21, 2023, 10:02 am
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Mitre Unveils BlueTech Lab to Support Marine Technology Development

Mitre has opened a laboratory at its campus in Bedford, Massachusetts, to expand work on marine technologies meant to help ensure national, climate and economic security. The Blue Tech Lab has a 620,000-gallon test tank designed to accommodate communication and acoustic sensing studies and the use of unmanned surface and undersea vehicles, Mitre said Monday.

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by Jane Edwards November 21, 2023, 9:58 am
in Biometrics, News

Idemia NSS Demos Frictionless Biometrics Technology at Redstone Arsenal; Patrick Clancey Quoted

The national security services subsidiary of Idemia conducted a demonstration of ID2Access, its end-to-end biometric access control technology, for officials of the U.S. Army and Department of Defense. The demo took place on Wednesday at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama as part of Idemia's contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide frictionless security technology for the military base, the company announced.

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by Jamie Bennet November 21, 2023, 9:45 am
in DOD, News

Intelsat Showcases Capabilities of Multi-Orbit Tactical Terminal During Annual Army Experiment

Intelsat delivered high-speed, uninterrupted satellite communications connectivity with its Multi-Orbit Tactical Terminal during a two-week field test with the U.S. Army. Intelsat said Thursday that the demo was part of the Army’s annual Network Modernization Experiment.

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by Aidan Daly November 20, 2023, 11:52 am
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SandboxAQ Partners With NVIDIA to Provide AI & Simulation Tools for Science Initiatives; Eric Schmidt & Jack Hidary Quoted

SandboxAQ has joined forces with NVIDIA to bring predictive capabilities to several scientific areas using quantum simulation platforms. The partnership will support SandboxAQ’s work to support the fields of drug discovery, battery design, green energy and more with artificial intelligence and simulation offerings, the company announced from Palo Alto, California on Monday.

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by Ireland Degges November 20, 2023, 11:13 am
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RTX, DARPA Partner to Produce Gallium Nitride Transistors for Radio Frequency Sensors

Raytheon, an RTX business, will produce high-power-density gallium nitride transistors to enhance the electronic capability of radio frequency sensors under a four-year, $15 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. RTX said Thursday it will integrate military-grade GaN transistors into radar systems to increase range and radar resource management capabilities as part of DARPA's Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics at the Device Scale program.

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by Naomi Cooper November 20, 2023, 11:10 am
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Rocket Lab Seeks to Expand Manufacturing Capabilities With New Maryland Space Complex

Rocket Lab is planning to construct a new production and development complex in Middle River, Maryland, to manufacture advanced composite products for spacecraft and launch vehicles. The company said Friday it will renovate 113,000 square feet of space at the former Lockheed Martin Vertical Launch Building to build the new Space Structures Complex that will house the production of launch vehicle structures, carbon composite spacecraft buses, satellite dispensers and other materials used for launch and space systems.

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by Naomi Cooper November 20, 2023, 11:06 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Splunk’s Bill Rowan: Next-Gen Observability Tools Could Help Agencies Detect Causes of Cyber Vulnerabilities

Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said in a commentary published Friday on Federal News Network that federal agencies looking to improve critical infrastructure through digital resilience and adoption of the National Cybersecurity Strategy should use next-generation observability tools.

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by Jane Edwards November 20, 2023, 10:54 am