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    ULA’s Atlas V Sends NRO-42 Natl Security Payload to Space

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into orbit using an Atlas V rocket. NROL-42 lifted off Sunday at 1:49 a.m. Eastern time aboard the Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 541 configuration vehicle as part of NRO’s national security mission, ULA said Sunday. EELV […] More

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    Report: SpaceX Deploys NRO Payload to Orbit

    SpaceX has launched the National Reconnaissance Office‘s classified payload dubbed NROL-76 aboard a company-built Falcon 9 rocket, TechCrunch reported Monday. Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the rocket’s first stage was separated to perform controlled landing at SpaceX’s Cape Canaveral-based landing pad, reported TechCrunch. The company postponed the initial launch attempt on Sunday due to […] More

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    Report: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket to Carry NRO Payload Into Orbit

    SpaceX is preparing for the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send a classified payload into space for the National Reconnaissance Office, Space News reported Wednesday. Phillip Swarts writes the rocket will carry the NROL-76 payload that may include a data relay satellite built to operate in the Molniya orbit. The […] More

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    Altamira Secures Intell Community Mission System Support Contract

    Altamira Technologies has secured a five-year, $18 million contract to perform classified full life cycle development, engineering and sustainment work on a mission critical system that supports the U.S. intelligence community. The company said Friday the contract will expand the company’s portfolio in Chantilly, Virginia, the reach of its business in other mission areas. “This award represents a deepening relationship with one of […] More

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    ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Sends NRO Payload Into Space

    The Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calfornia. ULA said Wednesday the Atlas V lifted off with the NROL-79 payload at 12:50 p.m. Eastern time as part of NRO’s national defense mission. The rocket is based on the Evolved […] More

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    CTC Launches Technical Advisory Board; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has formed a new advisory board that will work to assess the technical projects of the nonprofit applied scientific research and development company. CTC said Thursday its technical advisory board consists of business and technical executives who will help the company to identify potential integration and enhancement opportunities as well as mentor technical staff. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and […] More

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    Phil Simonsen Named ACT I Senior Space, Cyber Programs Executive; Michael Niggel Comments

    Phil Simonsen, a 28-year government national security space veteran, has been named senior executive for space and cyber programs at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International. He will oversee the company’s strategy to pursue new business opportunities with the National Reconnaissance Office and the Air Force Space Command, ACT I said. ACT I CEO Michael Niggel said Simonsen’s […] More

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    Air Force Selects Orbital ATK-Built Rocket to Launch New NRO Satellite

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $29.2 million contract to send a new satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office into space with the company’s Minotaur I launch vehicle. The Air Force said Thursday it expects the company to launch the NRO Launch-111 payload within a 24-month period. The firm-fixed-price contract represents the first awarded under […] More

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    D-Wave Unveils US Gov’t Subsidiary, Names Independent Board Members

    D-Wave Systems has established a new subsidiary that will work to provide quantum computer systems to U.S. government agencies and has appointed executives that will serve on the subsidiary’s independent board. The company said Tuesday Jeffrey Harris, chairman of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and former president of special programs at Lockheed Martin, will serve as chairman […] More

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    Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe’s Radiant Purchase Seeks to Help Support Intell Agencies’ Cloud Goals

    Intelligence analysts must be able to access data from cloud computing platforms to support information-based services and insights for agencies, DigitalGlobe services business lead Tony Frazier told National Defense magazine in an article published Monday. Longmont, Colorado-based DigitalGlobe announced its $140 million acquisition of geospatial information services provider The Radiant Group Oct. 11 and will add 400 employees with secret security clearances with 250 of them software developers. […] More

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    Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More

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    SOSi Names Stephen Iwicki as Intelligence Solutions Group VP, Promotes Robert Billeaud to Operations SVP

    SOS International has named Stephen Iwicki, a former vice president at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, as the new intelligence solutions group vice president following the appointment of Robert Billeaud as senior vice president for operations. SOSi said Tuesday Iwicki will be in charge of a company business unit that holds a potential $150 million contract to support U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan. “He brings […] More