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Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm made an investment in Agile Space Industries, a company that produces hypergolic chemical systems for in-space propulsion technologies. Agile said Friday Lockheed Martin Ventures’ contribution closes the seed-2 funding round with over $18 million in financing raised. The financing campaign is part of Agile Space Industries’ plan to boost its […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will perform research and development work to support architecture requirements at the U.S. Air Force and Space Force under a $49.7 million contract. The Air Force Research Laboratory issued the cost-plus-fixed-fee award and is obligating $7.8 million at the time of award from R&D funds for past and current […] More

QinetiQ‘s U.S. business arm has joined the ranks of The Washington Post’s 2023 Top Workplaces. As one of 200 chosen organizations, QinetiQ US’ selection reflects its efforts to continuously align its workplace culture with employee needs, the McLean, Virginia-based enterprise announced on Friday. “As a company committed to helping protect the critical assets of our country’s defense […] More

SpiderOak used a Ball Aerospace-made prototype payload to demonstrate a zero trust, end-to-end data security technology it recently deployed to space. The space systems software company said Thursday its OrbitSecure platform achieved flight heritage following tests on the Ball payload operating in low-Earth orbit. OrbitSecure is designed to mitigate disruptions in space communications and satellite […] More

Valiant Integrated Services has been included in Newsweek’s 2023 list of most loved workplaces globally, securing the 33rd spot on the top 100. The rankings were based on a survey of over two million employees across various companies and takes into consideration workforce respect, care and appreciation, the Herndon, Virginia-based company said Thursday. Valiant CEO […] More

Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary and LInC innovation center are working to develop sensor technology designed to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with a 360-degree coverage area to identify the presence of air-based threats. The Marine Expeditionary Long-range Persistent Surveillance system employs a threat-sensing approach and seeks to avoid transmitting electromagnetic signals an adversary may detect, Leidos […] More

Space Systems Command has launched another National Reconnaissance Office’s national security mission to geosynchronous earth orbit onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The NROL-68 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, carrying a classified spy satellite payload for the U.S. government, SSC said. “The […] More

Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Department of Energy have finished the installation of 10,624 compute blades into the Aurora exascale supercomputer at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Aurora uses the HPE Slingshot high-performance fabric and comes with 1,024 storage nodes designed to provide 220 petabytes of capacity, Intel said Thursday. The supercomputer is […] More