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Slingshot Aerospace has raised $40.9 million in a series A2 funding round and secured a venture loan from Horizon Technology Finance to support product commercialization and global expansion initiatives. Sway Ventures led the investment activity and was joined by Lockheed Martin‘s venture arm, ATX Venture Partners, C16 Ventures, Valor Equity Partners and Draper Associates, Slingshot […] More
Darin Cabral has been named chief financial officer of Constellis, a role in which he will be responsible for all of the company’s financial operations beginning on Dec. 12. Succeeding Richard Hozik, Cabral will assume the supervision of accounting, financial reporting, tax, business control, treasury and financial planning and analysis, Constellis said Thursday. “We are excited for Darin […] More
Lockheed Martin has partnered with aerospace and defense systems design company Sintavia to study the use of metal additive manufacturing in multiple technology areas. The partnership will look into 3D printing methods that employ bed fusion, laser powder, electron beam-directed energy deposition and friction stir as a substitute to casting and forging processes, Lockheed said […] More
Eric Salzman, CEO of venture capital firm Safeguard Scientifics, has joined the board of directors of Leonardo DRS. He will be part of DRS’ audit, nominating and corporate governance committees, where the company can leverage his financial and administrative expertise, the defense technology provider Tuesday. Salzman has been an investor, strategic adviser and board member […] More
The Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for its planned expeditions in the region beyond the Earth’s geosynchronous orbit. A project notice posted on the Defense Innovation Unit’s website says the agency is seeking companies that can develop and demonstrate technologies and payloads for its proposed Sinequone space vehicle, which will be launched to a […] More
Austal USA began production on electronic deck and command and control systems modules for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia- and Columbia-class attack submarines. The project is part of a partnership with General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary, which won a potential $813.7 million contract to support the branch’s nuclear submarine modernization efforts, Austal said Tuesday. “This partnership […] More
Robert “Weeds” Wedertz, former chief strategy officer at health care management and technology consulting firm ARDX, has started a new role as chief operating officer of Jazz Solutions‘ defense and intelligence business. In his new capacity, Wedertz will be responsible for helping shape Jazz’s organizational vision, operational strategy and resource planning framework in support of […] More
Huntsville, Alabama-based small business A-P-T Research has won a potential $67 million contract for safety and mission assurance support services to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Work under the fixed-price, level-of-effort SMASS IV contract will include assessment and analysis of risks to exploration ground systems and various KSC-managed efforts such as the Commercial Crew […] More
Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary has received a potential $42.2 million contract to perform work on the next phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to demonstrate an aircraft design based on active flow control. Aurora will work on the second and third phases of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with […] More
Mile Corrigan succeeded Amr ElSawy as president and CEO of Noblis in October as the next step in her 21-year career with the Reston, Virginia-based nonprofit science and technology company. In a recent conversation with GovCon Wire, Corrigan discussed the four pillars of the firm’s service and her growth agenda for the organization. “At Noblis, […] More
Leonardo DRS will manufacture third-generation infrared sensors to replace the U.S. Army’s second-generation horizontal technology integration system under a $39.5 million contract. The award covers low-rate initial production of long-range forward-looking IR sensors equipped with an integrated dewar cooler assembly, the company said Monday. HTI sensing technology is installed on various tactical vehicles including the […] More
TTM Technologies has secured a potential $500 million deal with Raytheon Technologies to manufacture electronics and specialized assemblies for a shipboard radar system being developed for the U.S. Navy. The multiyear agreement covers the supply of radio frequency electronic assemblies, electronic hardware and printed circuit boards needed to build the Navy’s SPY-6 family of radars, […] More
