Mission Secure Inc. has rebranded itself as “MSi” and launched a new website in an effort to reflect the Virginia-based cyber defense firm’s expanded market scope. The company said Thursday it offers critical assets, infrastructure, processes and controls systems protection technology and support services to the defense and commercial sectors. “Many industries rely on [operational technology] and control systems to run their operations,” said David Drescher, […] More

Mission Secure Inc. has closed a second round of financing in preparation for the company’s plan to deploy cyber physical systems security project. The company will use the funding to build upon its Secure Sentinel Platform technology research and development work, Mission Secure said Tuesday. “Global companies and the military are challenged to find the […] More

Mission Secure Inc. has teamed up with Perrone Robotics and the University of Virginia to launch a pilot program intended to protect autonomous ground vehicles from cyber threats, Defense Systems reported Friday. George Leopold writes the team will demonstrate the Defense Department-funded project by simulating cyber attacks against onboard control systems that are used to operate […] More

The U.S. Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit have awarded contracts to Rocket Lab’s national security business and True Anomaly to support a mission under the Tactically Responsive Space program. The Victus Haze mission under the TacRS program intends to harness commercial capabilities to rapidly address on-orbit threats, Space Systems Command said Thursday.

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Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential seven-year, $494 million recompete contract to provide safety and mission assurance support services at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract III covers safety, reliability, engineering and quality and software assurance support for NASA programs in deep space, including the Gateway lunar space station, Orion spacecraft and Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility, NASA said Friday.

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Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Group‘s North American business arm, as a recipient of the 2024 Wash100 Award for his leadership in the delivery of professional, technology and management services to U.S. military service branches and federal civilian agencies. This is the first time that Watson was named among Executive Mosaic's annual list of Wash100 awardees.

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Agile Defense has received a contract from the U.S. Army to oversee the management, operation and maintenance of vital networks extending to all systems of the Army’s Project Manager Mission Command. Under the contract, the information technology services provider said Thursday it will support PM MC with 24/7 operational and technical assistance for battle command capabilities. […] More

The U.S. Army awarded Parry Labs two task orders to help implement a modular open systems approach to the service branch’s aviation hardware and software operating environments. The contracts are part of the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium MOSA agreement, the company said Thursday. The project involves deploying an Aviation Mission Computing Environment for future […] More

Axiom Space has received an order from NASA to carry out the fourth private manned mission to the International Space Station. NASA said Friday Axiom Mission 4 will launch in August 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and coordinate in-orbit activities while docked at the space station for up to two weeks. Under the […] More

NASA awarded contracts to 12 companies under the Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity to help advance its Moon to Mars mission objectives. The space agency said Wednesday it chose 16 proposals focused on space component and equipment development, design, manufacturing and testing. As part of the unfunded Space Act agreements, NASA will share its facilities and […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s venture arm made a strategic investment in Regent in a bid to help the maritime transportation company speed up the development of its electric seagliders for potential defense applications. Lockheed is eyeing the vehicle as a low-cost, sustainable option to address the logistical and mission-critical transport needs of the Department of Defense, Regent […] More

Maxar Technologies announced on Monday that the company was awarded up to $202 million in mission support contracts with the U.S. government in the first quarter of 2022.  The total of $202 million in government contract awards, valued over a six-year period, includes 27 award wins across nine government agencies. Eight of those agencies are […] More