Axiom Space has secured $130 million during a Series B funding round and plans to use the new investment to support the company’s workforce expansion efforts and accelerate the establishment of a private space station.

Axiom Space will construct a 14-acre headquarters campus at Houston Spaceport where the company plans to build a habitable space station module for NASA and train private astronauts for missions.

Axiom Space hopes to hammer out an agreement for its maiden commercial flight to the International Space Station slated for launch in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2021, SpaceNews reported Friday.

Axiom Space and SpaceX have signed an agreement for the former to provide operational support for the Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station slated for 2021.

NTT Data Services has obtained a “Gold Partner” status from Axiomatics and will begin to offer the latter’s authorization management suite for applications, databases and big data to federal clients. Both companies aim to help customer agencies gain access to control software, architectural guidance and professional services necessary to implement external authorization …

Axiomatics‘ federal subsidiary has projected that DevOps, information dissemination and data monitoring initiatives are among the information technology-related areas that will dominate federal security practices in 2018. The DevOps methodology — an integration of software development and operations — will see increased implementation across large federal agencies that are used to creating …

Axiom Resource Management has won two contracts to provide support services for federal and military healthcare information technology programs. The company said it won a potential three-year contract, with one base year and two option years, to provide business operational support services to the Defense Health Information Management System, within …

NASA has released the results of studies conducted by 12 companies to identify potential commercial opportunities in the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations.

Network Designs Inc. has agreed to resell a Unisys-made software suite designed to help customers secure transmission control protocol/internet protocol-based assets against cyber threats.

ExecutiveBiz is pleased to name Mark HuYoung, Managing Partner and Practice Leader – Investor, Board & C-Suite at NorthWind Partners, as a recipient of its 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters Award. ExecutiveBiz spoke to senior leaders at some of the GovCon sector’s most notable firms to find out whom they turn to …

Technica has received a potential $7.7 million task order to provide an identity and access management platform and associated services to the Labor Department. The task order has a base value of $6.3 million with two option years and was awarded through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Tools and Continuous Monitoring …

Microsoft has awarded 12 entrepreneurial businesses with seed grants and resources — including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support — to help the expansion of the company’s hardware, applications, connectivity and power systems. The company said Monday the Affordable Access Initiative grants support the $1 billion investment plan of …

Oracle is providing its data storage system to hospitality industry analytics provider Avero LLC for data reporting and managing its information technology environment, Oracle said Tuesday. Avero is implementing Oracle’s Pillar Axiom 600 Storage System in an attempt to run both its production and pre-production staging environments on a single …

Davis Temin, an expert in the field of reputation and crisis management, has created a list of her top 10 ways for leaders to protect their reputations and legacies in 2011. Temin is the CEO of Temin and Company, a consulting firm that focuses on creating, enhancing and saving reputations …

In a recent essay in Harvard’s National Security Journal, security expert Daniel Geer proposes how cyber insecurity is the paramount national security risk because of the nation’s ability to project power depends on IT. Geer sums up three risks that can be considered national security concerns, the first being “any …