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  • Tom Vice Retires as Sierra Space CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Vice Retires as Sierra Space CEO

    Tom Vice has stepped down as Sierra Space’s CEO, SpaceNews reported Monday, citing a company statement. Vice retired as CEO at the end of 2024. Fatih Ozmen, chairman of the board of Sierra Space, will serve as the interim CEO while the company seeks a permanent replacement. “After three and half years in the role, Tom Vice has […] More

  • Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Achieves Testing Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Achieves Testing Milestone

    Blue Origin has completed a series of tests for its New Glenn rocket, whose objectives included the demonstration of day-of-launch operations and the validation of vehicle and ground systems. Hotfire Test The company said Friday that the test campaign, which met all objectives, concluded with an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, whose accomplishment was described […] More

  • Voyager, LEOcloud to Advance Space-Based Edge Computing Technology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Voyager, LEOcloud to Advance Space-Based Edge Computing Technology

    Voyager, a company offering national security and space services, is partnering with space-based cloud services provider LEOcloud to advance edge computing technology. The two companies will work under a project grant awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory Regional Network – Mid-Atlantic as part of its Spring 2024 funding cycle, Voyager said Monday. Advancing Edge Computing Efforts […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Contacts Cluster 11 Satellites After Saturday Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Contacts Cluster 11 Satellites After Saturday Launch

    HawkEye 360 has made contact with its Cluster 11 satellites following their launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Sent into space on Friday, Cluster 11 will be deployed in a sun-synchronous orbit to provide enhanced data collection and radio frequency monitoring capabilities, HawkEye 360 said Saturday. The new satellite constellation is expected to […] More

  • Verizon Frontline Boosts NORAD Tracks Santa Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Frontline Boosts NORAD Tracks Santa Initiative

    Verizon Frontline and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, have collaborated once more to track Santa Claus’ yearly journey. The company said it will ensure the NORAD Track Santa initiative will have reliable connectivity so people, especially children, can see where Santa is on Dec. 24. NORAD Tracks Santa Initiative The initiative, which […] More

  • Peraton Secures DARPA Contract for Space Threat Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Secures DARPA Contract for Space Threat Detection

    Peraton has been awarded a 22-month contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to enhance threat-detecting capabilities in space. Peraton Contract Scope The company said Thursday the multi-million-dollar contract, awarded through the Space-domain Wide Area Tracking and Characterization, or Space-WATCH, program, requires the development of an “as-a-service” model that encourages data acquisition from […] More

  • SpiderOak to Provide Zero Trust Tech for US Space Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpiderOak to Provide Zero Trust Tech for US Space Missions

    SpiderOak has secured a Small Business Innovation Research contract extension from the Space Development Agency to employ zero trust protection and ensure the cyber resilience and security of U.S. space missions. The expanded agreement will showcase the integration of SpiderOak’s Platform protecting space systems with the U.S. Space Force’s identity and access management software, the […] More

  • SDA Soliciting Integration Services for PWSA Tranche 3 Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SDA Soliciting Integration Services for PWSA Tranche 3 Program

    The Space Development Agency has issued a solicitation to provide systems engineering and integration support for the Tranche 3 program of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The effort seeks to procure modern space vehicles and associated ground segment elements to integrate them into the PWSA and expand its capabilities, the SDA said Friday, adding that […] More

  • Viasat SVP Says Integration of Military & Commercial Capabilities Needed for Space Resiliency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat SVP Says Integration of Military & Commercial Capabilities Needed for Space Resiliency

    For executives in the space industry, ensuring the resilience of hybrid space architectures would require greater integration between military and commercial capabilities, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Integration involves having “the ability to take the best that commercial brings to bear right alongside and foundational to the core military capabilities,” according to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president […] More

  • Maxar & Satellogic to Enhance Satellite Imaging Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar & Satellogic to Enhance Satellite Imaging Capabilities

    Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic have signed a tasking, data licensing and distribution agreement to bolster the former’s satellite imaging capabilities to support national security missions for the U.S. government and select international government partners. Under the partnership, Maxar said Wednesday it gains exclusive rights to use Satellogic’s high-revisit satellite constellation and satellite imagery. Maxar will also be […] More

  • Leidos Conducts Second Hypersonic System Test Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Conducts Second Hypersonic System Test Launch

    Leidos completed last month its second test launch for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program, which seeks to accelerate testing with commercially available hypersonic launch systems. The test, part of the MACH-TB program awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems other transaction authority […] More