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Virgin Orbit‘s national systems division has begun final preparations with Space Systems Command to launch a pair of research and development satellites for the U.S. Space Force from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, U.K. The Space Test Program-27VPD mission will liftoff to orbit onboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket to perform R&D experiments to demonstrate the capability […] More
Ryan McCarthy, former secretary of the U.S. Army and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed to the board of directors at endpoint security company Lynx Software Technologies. Tim Reed, CEO of Lynx, said in a statement published Thursday, McCarthy brings extensive industry and defense experience to the company as it seeks to accelerate the […] More
Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low-rate initial production phase 2 contract to continue the supply of phased array antennas for the former’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. CAES said Wednesday its phased array antennas are designed to support the AOEW system’s ability to function autonomously or with a ship’s onboard electronic surveillance sensor. AOEW […] More
Chris Marzilli, former executive vice president of General Dynamics‘ technologies segment, has been appointed to the board of directors at Innovative Rocket Technologies. iRocket said Wednesday the three-time Wash100 awardee joined the reusable small launch vehicle manufacturer following his retirement from General Dynamics, where he worked for four decades. Marzilli brings decades of leadership experience […] More
A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has secured a prime contract to develop a missile warning satellite prototype under a U.S. Space Force program focused on advancing the detection and tracking of missiles in medium Earth orbit. Raytheon Intelligence & Space said Wednesday it will team up with Lockheed Martin to integrate its Missile Track Custody payload […] More
Bobby Saxon, a retired U.S. Army colonel and outgoing deputy director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Information Technology, is set to rejoin the industry as a vice president at Leidos. In a LinkedIn post, Saxon said he will focus on customer advocacy in his new role at Leidos. Saxon held […] More
Amentum‘s C5I Information Warfare Systems business unit has achieved Maturity Level 3 appraisal under ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program in recognition of its efforts to build defined processes in software development. The company said Tuesday its CIWS group offers software development technology designed to enable naval forces to deliver acoustic, communication systems technology, combat […] More
Carahsoft Technology will give the Department of Defense and intelligence community access to Fidelis Cybersecurity‘s threat detection platforms through a recent blanket purchase agreement for DOD Enterprise Software Initiative. Under the BPA, Carahsoft will offer Fidelis’ Elevate open and active eXtended detection and response tool and CloudPassage Halo unified cloud security and compliance platform to […] More
Stephen “Steve” Lyons, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of U.S. Transportation Command, has been appointed to the board of directors at Innovative Rocket Technologies, a manufacturer of fully reusable small launch vehicle. Lyons retired from the Army in 2021 after nearly four decades of service and was appointed as port and supply […] More
Lynn Martin, vice president of the North American public sector business at Google Cloud, said artificial intelligence, collaboration tools, security platforms and online education will change how government employees provide services to the public in 2023. Martin wrote in a Nextgov guest piece published Thursday that AI, which has been used in climate science, health […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a security technical implementation guide to ensure the secure installation of the Tri-Lab Operating System Stack 4. The TOSS 4 STIG outlines requirements to guide the installation of the production simulation environment in compliance with the Defense Department’s security requirements, the DoD Cyber Exchange said Thursday. TOSS is […] More
General Dynamics‘ information technology segment has secured a $17.8 million contract modification to continue supporting the development and maintenance of the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System network weapon system. The Department of Defense said Thursday General Dynamic Information Technology will help develop, integrate, maintain, assess and troubleshoot network and enterprise-level information technology assets […] More
