SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.

Carahsoft Technology will serve as a master government aggregator for Cytellix to offer the cybersecurity firm’s software-as-a-service platform to the public sector. Carahsoft said Wednesday that Cytellix Cyber Watch will be made available via its reseller partners and its NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Software 2, National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint and OMNIA Partners contracts.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Castle Rock, Colorado, has chosen Verizon to set up push-to-talk-enabled lines for more than 400 5G ultra wideband smartphones intended for essential DCSO operations. Verizon’s Frontline Crisis Response Team will supervise the delivery of the service in support of DCSO law enforcement officers and staff, the company said Wednesday.

Mitre has worked with Red Balloon Security and Narf Industries to develop a threat model designed to provide device manufacturers, asset owners, testing organizations and security researchers a knowledge base of cyberthreats to critical infrastructure embedded devices. The EMB3D Threat Model is a framework that provides security mechanisms meant to help device vendors mitigate cyberthreats, Mitre said Wednesday.

Digital services provider TechFlow has appointed federal sales executive Matt Regan as director of business development and capture manager and retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ian Clark as director of operations for energy and mobility solutions. Both executives bring decades of military and industry experience and will support the company's current and future work with government customers, including the Transportation Security Administration and Defense Innovation Unit, TechFlow said Wednesday.

Amentum will support the Department of State's humanitarian and stability operations in critical regions worldwide under a five-year, $37.5 million contract. The company said Wednesday it will deploy experts to help manage the missions and field operations of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

RTX business Raytheon, in partnership with the U.S. Army, recently conducted a live fire demonstration of the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, the next-generation air and missile defense radar of the military service. RTX said Wednesday that the demo saw LTAMDS acquire and track a tactical ballistic missile surrogate, hand off tracking data to the Integrated Battle Command System, then guide a PATRIOT Advanced Capability - 3 Cost Reduction Initiative missile launched by the IBCS to intercept the target.

Executive Mosaic has announced its entrance into stock market reporting with a brand new venture: GovCon Index. This state-of-the-art tracker is the flagship compiler of GovCon stock market information.

Carefully sourced and monitored in real time, GovCon Index is an aggregate index concentrating on 30 high-performing publicly traded companies in the GovCon sector.

True Anomaly recently completed its Series B funding round, raising $100 million, which will be used for investment in products, services and personnel. The funding round was led by Riot Ventures and saw participation from several other investors, including Eclipse, the Colorado-based space technology provider said Tuesday.

Alpha Omega has revamped its website and overall brand identity to showcase its growth within the government contracting industry. The color green was selected to represent focus, connectedness and boldness as well as respect for nature, the Vienna, Virginia-based enterprise announced on Wednesday.

The U.S. water sector needs to reform its risk quantification and cybersecurity infrastructure amid rising attacks on critical infrastructure, including the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, wrote Jacobs' cybersecurity executives John Karabias and Adi Karisik. Karabias, vice president of operational technology cybersecurity, and Karisik, OT cybersecurity principal at Jacobs Global Technology, discussed in a recent column the need for operational IT defense in protecting water utilities amid evolving online threats.

Lockheed Martin has tested an electronic warfare system designed to equip the U.S. Navy's helicopter fleet with electronic surveillance and attack capabilities against anti-ship missile threats. The Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system demonstrated its ability to perform engagement testing and detect and destroy threats while installed aboard an MH-60R helicopter, Lockheed said Tuesday.