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    Rocket Lab Deploys HawkEye 360 Satellites to Space in 1st Electron Mission

    Rocket Lab has launched its first Electron mission from the U.S. to deploy three HawkEye 360-developed satellites to the low Earth orbit. The “Virginia Is For Launch Lovers” mission lifted off Tuesday from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Rocket Lab said. It is the first of […] More

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    Lockheed Conducts F-16 Block 70 Jet’s Maiden Flight

    The first F-16 aircraft in the Block 70 configuration has carried out its inaugural flight at Lockheed Martin‘s production site in Greenville, South Carolina. Lockheed test pilots flew the fighter jet for about 50 minutes to check its engine, flight control and fuel system and perform basic aircraft handling, the company said Tuesday. “This milestone […] More

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    Lockheed Demos 1st Light From Directed Energy Laser Weapon System

    Lockheed Martin has achieved first light from a laser weapon technology designed for integration onto the U.S. Army Stryker combat vehicle to deliver directed energy capability in support of maneuver-short range air defense missions.  The milestone verifies that the 50-kilowatt-class DEIMOS system’s optical performance parameters align with its design parameters, Lockheed said Monday. First light […] More

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    CAES to Equip Northrop-Built Precision Guidance Kits With M-Code GPS Antennas; Mike Kahn Quoted

    Northrop Grumman has selected CAES to provide the aerospace and defense company with antennas designed to protect GPS-guided precision weapons from jamming and interference threats. CAES said Monday it secured a contract worth over $24 million to deliver 80,000 M-Code GPS antennas to Northrop in support of the Precision Guidance Kit production over a three-year […] More

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    SAIC Launches Centralized Data Science Platform for AI/ML Model Development

    Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled a centralized data science platform intended to develop and orchestrate low-code to full-code artificial intelligence and machine learning models. Tenjin works to enable government customers train, automate and deploy AI and machine learning algorithms designed to fuse disparate data types and extract relevant information from multiple sources to guide […] More

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    Oracle Granted DISA Provisional Authorization for Construction Project Management Tool

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has cleared Oracle‘s cloud-based construction project management software to handle controlled unclassified information for the Department of Defense. Oracle secured a one-year provisional authorization at Impact Level 4 for its Aconex for Defense offering, an Amazon Web Service GovCloud-hosted collaborative platform that enables engineering and construction teams to work in […] More

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    Carahsoft to Distribute BlueHalo’s Perimeter Security System to Public Sector; Michael Adams Quoted

    Carahsoft will use its reseller partner network and federal contract vehicles to offer BlueHalo‘s perimeter security system to government agencies.  BlueHalo’s ARGUS platform uses a suite of optical intrusion detection sensors and radio frequency-based devices to provide multi-layered security and oversight throughout agencies’ physical infrastructure, Carahsoft said Thursday. Initially developed for U.S. defense agencies, the […] More

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    Tantus to Extend Financial Management Support Services for HHS

    Tantus Technologies will continue providing financial management services in support of two major programs at the Department of Health and Human Services’ finance office. The company said Thursday it secured a task order for project management support, functional and technical expertise and operational support for the Financial Systems Improvement Program and the Financial Business Intelligence […] More

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    Vannevar Labs Raises $75M in Series B Financing to Advance Defense Tech Development

    Vannevar Labs, a developer of defense and national security technologies, has raised $75 million in a series B funding round led by Felicis and backed by venture capital firms, and will use the fresh capital to advance its Decrypt software platform. Decrypt is designed to help military and government customers understand foreign actors and has […] More

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    Peraton Books $74M NAVSEA Task Order for Cyber Engineering; Tom Afferton Quoted

    Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Peraton a $74 million task order to provide life cycle cyber resiliency and advanced cybersecurity engineering for fleet forces. The company said Wednesday it will support the test, training and experimentation environment located in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity in Virginia as part of […] More

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    Government Technology Provider AINS Rebrands as OPEXUS

    AINS, a developer of process management software for government customers, has changed its name to OPEXUS and relocated its headquarters to Washington, D.C. to mark the company’s expansion in the public sector. The rebranded business said Tuesday it also unveiled an updated logo and website as part of the effort that seeks to expand the […] More

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    Air Force Taps Raytheon to Create Rocket Cargo Mission Planning, C2 Software

    The research and development arm of Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract to develop mission planning and command and control software for the U.S. Air Force’s rocket cargo initiative.  Raytheon BBN team will design and create collaborative planning and C2 processes and tools in support of the project that aims to use commercial technologies to […] More