NASA has issued a solicitation for a follow-on contract to provide academic and university-based program and project support services to the Ames Research Center. A request for proposals published Wednesday on SAM.gov states that the NASA Academic Mission Services 2 contract will support the aeronautics and technology mission objectives of the Aeronautics Directorate and the Exploration Technology Directorate.

The Defense Innovation Unit has begun seeking proposals from industry sources capable of developing a hybrid architecture designed to integrate government and commercial networks to enable space-based communication capabilities. DIU said the second iteration of the Hybrid Space Architecture project will focus on four areas of interest: persistent sensing, resilient data transport, high-performance edge computing and data fusion.

The Health Resources and Services Administration has launched a full and open competition for the procurement of evaluation and evidence-building services to support its bureaus and offices. The resulting indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support evaluations, descriptive research studies, policy analyses, capacity assessment and program performance monitoring, according to a solicitation posted Monday on SAM.gov.

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Northrop Grumman has completed thermal vacuum testing on the satellite constellation it is building for a Space Norway-led mission to provide broadband communications across the northern polar region. The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission comprises two satellites, each carrying an X-Band payload for the Norwegian defense ministry, a Ka-band payload for Viasat and Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads for the U.S. Space Force, Northrop said Tuesday.

Verizon's public sector business is partnering with various divisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs to help provide broadband internet and telehealth services to veterans residing in rural and remote locations. The project is the focus of a cooperative research and development agreement signed by Verizon Public Sector with the Veterans Health Administration, the company announced Tuesday.

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Redhorse Corporation has acquired Gainesville, Virginia-headquartered Allied Associates International for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand its cybersecurity and data product offerings for the government sector. The company said Tuesday it will integrate A2I's cyber intelligence products with its existing artificial intelligence, data analytics and engineering portfolio supporting national security missions.

Air Force Global Strike Command innovation hub STRIKEWERX has selected 26 entities to aid the AFGSC Office of the Chief Scientist’s effort to research and develop technologies to defend mobile transport systems against swarming autonomous small unmanned aircraft systems. The finalists from 75 submissions for the Continental U.S. Mobile C-sUAS Swarm Defeat Challenge will have to pitch their solutions for countering small drones via a virtual showcase in November, STRIKEWERX said Thursday.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Information and Technology is seeking information on potential industry sources to provide application development and operations and maintenance services to the Cargo Systems Program Directorate. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that CBP OIT seeks to award a five-year blanket purchase agreement to a single vendor to support CSPD programs and projects.

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HawkEye 360 raised an additional $10 million in the second and final close of its Series D-1 funding round. The radio frequency data analytics company said Wednesday that investments from Lockheed Martin Ventures and company insiders brought the Series D-1 total to $68 million.

Space Systems Command is seeking information on a new program to develop and deploy small, highly maneuverable broadband satellites to geostationary orbit to provide space-based communications support to the Department of Defense. SSC's Commercial Satellite Communications Office is looking for potential industry sources to support the launch and maintenance efforts for a constellation of microsatellites operating in the GEO arc, according to a notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov.

Godspeed Capital Management has made a strategic investment in Kentucky-based Stengel Hill Architecture as part of a move to make SHA its new architectural, engineering and consulting platform company focused on serving the U.S. health care facilities market.

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Todd Probert, president of national security and innovative solutions at CACI International, said at the Association of the U.S. Army convention in Washington that the technology company is focusing on “signals of interest” to meet the Army's demand for technology that would enable it to operate in a “more sophisticated peer environment”.