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Kevin Martin, chief information officer at Cadence Aerospace, has been appointed to serve in an additional role as CEO of the engines systems business starting Jan. 1, 2021.
NASA has claimed that it made notable progress on the Moon to Mars exploration strategy, the Artemis program, scientific advancements and spaceflight capabilities in 2020. “We made history with a U.S. commercial partner, made groundbreaking discoveries, advanced science, furthered aeronautics research and technology development, and even joined in the fight against COVID-19,†said  Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient.
Exolaunch has initiated its launch campaign that will integrate 30 small satellites from the U.S. and Europe aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission. The launch is scheduled for no earlier than January 2021. “Through our partnership with SpaceX, Exolaunch has become the bridge for multiple European smallsat developers and others from around the world interested to launch on Falcon 9,†said Jeanne Medvedeva, vice president of Launch Services at Exolaunch.
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $250 million production contract by the U.S. Navy to deliver up to 103 GQM-163A “Coyote†supersonic sea-skimming target (SSST) vehicles. Northrop Grumman’s contract has a base value of $57 million that provides for 19 Coyote vehicles. “The Coyote is the only supersonic sea skimming target in production in the U.S.,†said Rich Straka, vice president of launch vehicles at Northrop Grumman.
NuWave Solutions has purchased a ProModel Corp. business segment that offers analytic software platforms to the U.S. government, for an undisclosed sum. “ProModel Government Services is uniquely qualified to help federal government agencies with their decision making,†said Reggie Brothers, CEO of NuWave and a GovCon Expert.
Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has secured a five-year, $101M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of foreign military sales clients' integrated weapon system and Aegis Combat System training efforts.
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has introduced a new form of composable architecture that can modify virtual spaces to suit applications such as military training, real estate and live entertainment.
Autonomous software provider BMC has received a new provisional authorization to provide cloud service products to the Department of Defense in support of its information technology service management modernization. BMC said Monday it received the Defense Information Systems Agency's Impact Level 4 PA for the company's Helix ITSM product designed to support cloud migration and digital transformation.
Unissant has promoted Stephen Gehring from his program manager and relationship partner role to the position of vice president at the company's health information technology and federal civilian business arm, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday.
Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Amazon Web Services and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said that industry and government cloud adoption challenges similarly encompass issues in data and operational standards.
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $17.8M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue helping its research laboratory arm develop low-cost, attritable unmanned aircraft systems that are reusable with minimal maintenance. Kratos said Monday it will support various efforts, including the company's own XQ-58A Valkyrie, to develop low-cost attritable aircraft technology.
