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Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the Space Rapid Capabilities Office under the U.S. Space Force will be the first customer of the company’s mobile electronic phased array antenna in support of the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program, SpaceNews reported Saturday. According to Moneymaker, the BlueHalo antenna, dubbed Badger, is […] More
Carahsoft Technology will start offering digital identity management and verification platforms from Okta and Socure to public sector customers through its reseller partners and contract vehicles. Carahsoft said Thursday government customers can gain access to Socure’s ID+ Platform identity verification and fraud prevention tool, Okta Universal Directory identity management offering, Okta Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication and […] More
James Clevenger, director of government sales at Hughes Network Systems, said there are three key takeaways from a recent event attended by state information technology leaders in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and one of those is that government agencies are initiating efforts to be more agile by adopting emerging technologies to meet their enterprise objectives […] More
Cigent Technology has launched a storage device equipped with capabilities to counter ransomware attacks. Cigent Secure SSD+ comes with an artificial intelligence microprocessor with machine learning that works to stop ransomware and safeguard data on the device from being encrypted or stolen by constantly monitoring disk activity, the company said Wednesday. When combined with Cigent’s […] More
Jacobs supported a live flight test of the Missile Defense Agency’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System held on March 30 in Hawaii as part of the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions contract. During the test, the Standard Missile-6 Dual II with Software Upgrade intercepted a target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility […] More
Leidos has unveiled the design of its proposed lunar rover for NASA and will work with NASCAR to develop the vehicle through a promotional partnership. Leidos said Tuesday it has submitted a proposal for a NASA contract that seeks to create a sustainable lunar presence through the development of a moon lander. “This groundbreaking collaboration […] More
Amazon Web Services has announced the selection of 14 global startups for a four-week mentorship, technical and business program that seeks to help the companies leverage cloud computing to further develop their space platforms and advance growth initiatives. AWS and TechConnect experts selected the startups for the 2023 AWS Space Accelerator program based on the […] More
Verizon is preparing to offer network slicing services using its standalone 5G core technology and is eyeing public safety as one of the areas to market such services, Light Reading reported Monday. “We will be continuing to work with our public safety partners to innovate with them,” Maggie Hallbach, senior vice president of public sector […] More
Orbit Fab has closed a round of Series A financing led by 8090 Industries and will use the investment to accelerate the deployment of fuel delivery and storage platforms in geostationary and low-Earth orbits. Lockheed Martin’s venture arm, Stride Capital, Industrious Ventures, Tribe Capital, Massive Capital Partners and Good Growth Capital also participated in the […] More
Parsons and Ensco are showcasing their products and services designed to support national security missions at the four-day Space Symposium that will run through Thursday, April 20, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Parsons said Monday some of the capabilities on display at the event are its Ground Operations Center as a Service, Parsons Digital Engineering Framework […] More
Verizon has opened a new innovation laboratory in San Francisco and lab personnel demonstrated to attendees how 5G technology and mobile edge computing infrastructure could support drone-based radio frequency sensing and precise positioning for defense and aerospace applications, RCR Wireless News reported Thursday. Dan Rice, vice president of 5G.MIL programs at Lockheed Martin, attended the […] More
Austal plans to employ about 1,000 additional workers to staff a new facility that will be established at its shipyard in Alabama as part of efforts to accommodate work on nuclear-powered submarines, Defense News reported Friday. The Australia-based company is producing key components for Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines. “We’re putting a new building in that’s […] More
