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    Frontier Aerospace Receives AEI HorizonX Investment; Jim McKinnon Quoted

    Frontier Aerospace has raised $10 million in a Series A financing from AEI HorizonX, a venture capital platform established by AE Industrial Partners and Boeing. Frontier Aerospace President Jim McKinnon said in a statement published Tuesday the funds will be utilized for the creation of a modern test facility to support future development programs of […] More

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    SpiderOak, LinQuest Forge Space System Security Partnership; John Moberly Quoted

    SpiderOak and LinQuest have partnered to help government and commercial customers secure systems that support national security space missions. The partnership centers on a software product with a key management system and seeks to protect satellite services and communications in space, SpiderOak said Tuesday. SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure platform is designed to automate the security of commands […] More

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    Think Systems-HighPoint Digital JV Awarded $108M CMS Support Contract; Jay Jones Quoted

    A joint venture between information technology firm HighPoint Digital and national technology and operations advisory practice Think Systems will provide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with support services under a potential five-year contract worth around $108 million.  The contract was awarded to Think HighPoint JV as part of the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege program, […] More

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    Watch: DIU Acting Director Mike Madsen Reveals Top Tech Growth Area

    Since 2015, the Defense Innovation Unit has worked to accelerate the adoption of commercial technologies within the United States military. The DIU’s mission focuses on six core technology focus areas: AI/ML, autonomy, cyber and telecommunications, energy, human systems and space. DIU’s Acting Director Mike Madsen participated in an exclusive video interview with Executive Mosaic to shed light on […] More

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    Cubic President & CEO Stevan Slijepcevic Lands 2nd Wash100 Award for Growth Vision & Transitional Leadership

    Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic, has been recognized by Executive Mosaic in the 2023 edition of the Wash100, the second consecutive time he’s been chosen to receive the most prestigious accolade in the government contracting arena. Slijepcevic landed his first Wash100 award in the wake of his appointment to lead the San Diego-based defense and transportation […] More

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    SysNet Gets ISO/IEC Certification for Info Security Management

    SysNet Technologies has received certification under the ISO/IEC 27001 standard for maintaining best practices related to information security management, the company announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. The company secured the certification after completing an audit conducted by BSI. The ISO/IEC 27001 standard serves as a guide for organizations to manage and protect intellectual property […] More

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    Troy Sutherland Named Hexagon US Federal Sales & Business Development Director

    Troy Sutherland, formerly a director at government services provider PeopleTec, has joined Hexagon‘s U.S. government-focused subsidiary as director of sales and business development, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. He will work at the headquarters of Hexagon US Federal in Huntsville, Alabama. Sutherland spent more than two years at employee-owned small business PeopleTec, where […] More

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    Viasat Receives Boeing-Developed 702MP+ Satellite Platform

    Boeing has handed over to network provider Viasat the first of three 702MP+ satellites, ViaSat-3 Americas. The Boeing-designed satellite platform provides connectivity and coverage to global users and is integrated with Viasat’s ultra-high-capacity payload, the aerospace company said Monday.  The satellite platform has been flown to the Florida Space Coast for launch and mission operations […] More

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    FiscalNote, Peraton Seek to Support Information Warfare Missions Through Partnership

    FiscalNote and Peraton have partnered to combine their platforms and capabilities to help public and private sector customers detect, analyze and address disinformation and other threats in the information environment. FiscalNote said Monday it will merge its Predata platform with Peraton’s methodologies and team of experts in the information domain through the partnership to enable […] More

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    CRDF Global to Help Address Philippines’ Disinformation, Cyberthreats; Tina Dolph Quoted

    Nonprofit cybersecurity group CRDF Global has been chosen by the government of the Philippines to help address security threats and disinformation online, The Manila Times reported Tuesday. Under the partnership, CRDF will assist in capacity building, fellowship exchange and improvement of the country’s information technology and communication infrastructure.  CRDF Global lends its technical expertise to […] More

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    CTC Trains Navy Ship Maintenance Team on Aluminum Structure Restoration

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has trained a team of U.S. Navy maintainers to use a company-built system for restoring aluminum structures without taking the hardware off a naval ship. Personnel at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center in Norfolk, Virginia, received training and transition assistance for the Reverse Sensitization Unit, the company said Monday. CTC demonstrated processes […] More

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    Leidos Expands Mayhem Program Partners With University of Michigan

    Leidos has partnered with the University of Michigan to work on the Mayhem hypersonic program.  Under the collaboration, U-M’s aerospace engineering students will assist Leidos in assembling pieces of the university’s model-based systems engineering environment, Leidos said Monday. The MBSE environment will be deployed in the digital engineering ecosystem for the team working on the […] More