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Will Roper: $116M Intended for Small Launch Contracts Shifted to Small Business Loan Programs
Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense approved $116M in funds for small launch contracts but decided to redirect the funds to small business loan initiatives, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
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Sagewind Capital Invests in Gov’t Tech Engineering Services Provider QuantiTech
Sagewind Capital has made an investment in QuantiTech, a Huntsville, Ala.-based provider of technical engineering and management services to defense and federal agencies.
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Blue Origin Delivers First BE-4 Engine for New ULA Rocket
Blue Origin, an aerospace company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has shipped a development engine technology to a Decatur, Ala., facility where United Launch Alliance is building the Vulcan Centaur rocket, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. ULA intends to use a pair of BE-4 engines to power the rocket that the Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture will test-fly in early 2021.
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Iridium Taps Relativity Space for Ground Spare Satellite Launches; Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium Communications has awarded Relativity Space a contract to perform up to six on-demand launches to deliver ground spare satellites to low-Earth orbit.
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PredaSAR Aims to Launch 48 Radar Satellites for Government, Commercial Data Delivery
PredaSAR has announced plans to establish an initial 48-satellite constellation to deliver global data products for the government and commercial sectors via synthetic aperture radar technology. The company said Thursday it will deploy the SAR satellites in multiple orbits to provide high-resolution imagery of objects and landscapes on Earth.
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Air Force to Hold ‘Quantum Collider’ Virtual Pitch Day; Will Roper Quoted
The U.S. Air Force will host a virtual pitch day on Monday, June 15, to allow government officials, industry stakeholders, academia and small businesses to discuss and advance the development of quantum technologies in support of warfighters.
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DynCorp to Continue Executive Airlift Maintenance Support to Air Force
DynCorp International will continue to help the U.S. Air Force maintain its executive airlift platform at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland under a $40.4M contract modification awarded by the 11th Contracting Squadron.
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Buchanan & Edwards Gets USAF Data Governance Training Support BPA; Eric Olson Quoted
Buchanan & Edwards will provide data governance training and certification support services for the U.S. Air Force’s data professionals under a blanket purchase agreement.