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Voyager Space Holdings has agreed to acquire a majority stake in XO Markets and its largest subsidiary Nanoracks. Houston-based Nanoracks offers commercial space services for satellite deployment and research across more than 30 nations. "With Voyager, we're confident in our expanded team's ability to continue to deliver game-changing technology industry-wide," said Jeffrey Manber, CEO of Nanoracks.
BWX Technologies plans to collaborate with two Department of Energy-funded national laboratories to design and develop a small nuclear reactor through a cost-sharing agreement potentially worth $106.6M over seven years. DOE will contribute $85.3M to the microreactor development project, the company said Wednesday.
Coalfire Federal has been certified by the accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to conduct audits to determine compliance of defense contractors with mandatory cybersecurity standards set by the Pentagon.
Textron's aviation arm has handed over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a mission-oriented variant of the Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft in support of the agency's emergency response missions and aerial survey efforts.
The Department of the Navy intends to offer and award a potential five-year, $16.5M contract to Ultra Electronics' advanced tactical systems business for software and system engineering services in support of the Command and Control Processor System's adjunct processor multi-link interface unit.
The U.S. Coast Guard's ninth Legend-class national security cutter has sailed to its South Carolina homeport from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mississippi.
Advanced Reactor Concepts, General Atomics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will collectively receive a total of $70.4M in funds from the Department of Energy to mature their nuclear reactor concepts as part of the fiscal year 2020 iteration of a technology demonstration program.
Avaya will support the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s annual Tracks Santa program by deploying its cloud-based contact center platform designed to handle calls from the public. "The capability to create meaningful connections across a variety of platforms makes for happier customers and a happier holiday season. We are proud to serve so many, including the NORAD Tracks Santa program, and pleased that our technology continues to help spread cheer across the globe,†said Jerry Dotson, vice president of Avaya's public sector business.
Axiom Space will construct a 14-acre headquarters campus at Houston Spaceport where the company plans to build a habitable space station module for NASA and train private astronauts for missions.
Cybersecurity company Tortuga Logic will work to advance its technology for securing microelectronic devices under a $12M Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. government.
Timothy McBride, global government relations lead at Raytheon Technologies, and Joe Purcell, vice chairman of the financial sponsors coverage group at Morgan Stanley, have been appointed to the board of advisers of the Center for a New American Security.
ST Engineering North America's VT Halter Marine subsidiary has partnered with Gibbs & Cox to develop a concept for the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel as part of a design analysis contract that will run through August 2021.
