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Aurora Flight Sciences, Bell Textron, Northrop Grumman and Piasecki Aircraft Corp. have begun designing prototypes of an experimental military aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative. DARPA expects one of the contractors to finish designing, prototyping, building and demonstrating the VTOL aircraft by spring of 2027 as part of the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program.

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The U.S. Space Force has started soliciting industry information as it works to determine the acquisition strategy for a new contract vehicle to support training and operations across the Space Operations Command's portfolio of missions. Responses are due Jan. 29.

Hear government leaders, space experts and industry executives discuss the latest space technologies, commercial investments and urgent issues facing the space domain at the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Space Summit on March 5. Register here.

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Tim Boltz, a sales director at Carahsoft Technology, said implementing analytics, observability and a “secure by design” approach could help schools and universities meet their education missions and personalize the academic learning experience to better support students. In a blog post published Tuesday, Boltz wrote that observability is one of the steps to achieve cybersecurity as educational institutions deal with evolving cyberthreats and advance the adoption of new technologies.

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Professional services provider Dexis Consulting has entered into a partnership with CM Equity Partners, an investor in aerospace and defense and federal services companies. Dexis said Tuesday that under the partnership, it will receive financial backing that will support growth in the federal civilian marketplace.

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Doug Magee, president of government services group at Day & Zimmermann, stated that commitment to customer intimacy, focusing on "high probability-win" opportunities and investment in talent and technologies are the three strategic actions the company is advancing as it works to provide mission support services for government customers.

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Lockheed Martin subsidiary ForwardEdge ASIC has elected Mark Maybury as a member of its board of directors. Maybury, who is currently the vice president for commercialization, engineering and technology at Lockheed and serves on the board of Internet Sciences Inc. as chair of the science and technology committee, announced his new role on LinkedIn.

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Enlightenment Capital has made a strategic investment in Ridgeline International. The aerospace, defense, government and technology investment firm said Thursday that Ridgeline is a provider of intelligence and cyber technology solutions for the intelligence community and Department of Defense customers.

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