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  • Carahsoft Launches AWS Marketplace-Powered Digital Catalog of Software Offerings for Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Launches AWS Marketplace-Powered Digital Catalog of Software Offerings for Public Sector

    Carahsoft Technology has announced the launch of a digital catalog dubbed CarahCloud Marketplace. Carahsoft said Monday that the digital catalog is built on recently released AWS Marketplace application programming interfaces and serves as a storefront that facilitates the sale of independent software vendor offerings to public sector buyers. Commenting on the value that the APIs […] More

  • Beacon Global Strategies Welcomes Former NSA Official Rob Joyce as Senior Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Beacon Global Strategies Welcomes Former NSA Official Rob Joyce as Senior Adviser

    Rob Joyce, former director of the National Security Agency’s cybersecurity directorate, has joined Beacon Global Strategies as senior adviser. The strategic advisory firm said Tuesday that Joyce will be made part of its intelligence practice, which is headed by BGS Managing Director Andrew Hire, who said, “[Joyce’s] distinguished career in cybersecurity and national security expertise […] More

  • CesiumAstro Raises $65M in New Funds to Boost R&D, Manufacturing Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CesiumAstro Raises $65M in New Funds to Boost R&D, Manufacturing Capabilities

    CesiumAstro, a space communications technology provider, announced closing its Series B+ funding round and raising $65 million. Trousdale Ventures led the investor group, with matching participation from the Development Bank of Japan and Quanta Computer, CesiumAstro said Tuesday. Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies is also one of the investors. Shey Sabripour, founder and CEO of CesiumAstro, […] More

  • SwRI Holds Ground-Breaking Ceremony for New High-Speed Propulsion System Research Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SwRI Holds Ground-Breaking Ceremony for New High-Speed Propulsion System Research Facility

    Southwest Research Institute, or SwRI, held a ground-breaking ceremony for its Center for Accelerating Materials and Processes, a two-story, 36,600-square-foot facility that will support research and development for high-speed aerospace engines. In a press release issued Monday, Barron Bichon, director of SwRI’s materials engineering department, said, “This project will help ensure the U.S. is a […] More

  • RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies Selected by NASA to Build CubeSat Buses for PolSIR Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies Selected by NASA to Build CubeSat Buses for PolSIR Mission

    RTX subsidiary Blue Canyon Technologies was selected by NASA for its Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer mission, which aims to study clouds forming at high altitudes or above tropical and sub-tropical regions. The small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider will build two 12U CubeSat buses and design and manufacture the bus platforms, RTX said Wednesday. Chris […] More

  • Apex Raises $95M in New Funding to Increase Satellite Bus Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apex Raises $95M in New Funding to Increase Satellite Bus Production

    Apex, a spacecraft manufacturing company, announced completing its Series B funding round and securing $95 million. The investor group, led by XYZ Venture Capital, co-led by CRV and joined by other investors provided the new funding, the Los Angeles-based company said Wednesday. Ian Cinnamon, CEO and founder of Apex, said, “The West cannot achieve the […] More

  • Boeing Expects to Complete New Engineering Facility Within Florida's Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University by Late Fall - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Expects to Complete New Engineering Facility Within Florida’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University by Late Fall

    Boeing announced plans to open and operate a new engineering facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, or ERAU, in Daytona Beach, Florida, soon. Once the facility is erected within the university’s Cici & Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace, Boeing said Tuesday that its employees will perform engineering work for military aircraft programs and advanced technology capabilities. […] More

  • Anduril to Expand Mississippi Solid Rocket Motor Production Facility via $75M Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril to Expand Mississippi Solid Rocket Motor Production Facility via $75M Investment

    Anduril Industries will invest over $75 million to expand its solid rocket motor production facility in McHenry, Mississippi. Anduril said Monday that the investment would increase the annual production capacity of propellant mixing and solid rocket motor from 600 to over 6,000 tactical-scale solid rocket motors. In addition to expanding its 450-acre Mississippi Solid Rocket […] More

  • Hawkeye 360 to Open Expanded Corporate Headquarters on June 10 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hawkeye 360 to Open Expanded Corporate Headquarters on June 10

    HawkEye 360, a space-based radio frequency data and analytics provider, has announced the grand opening of its new corporate headquarters in Herndon, Virginia. The company said Tuesday that the new 13,297-square-foot facility is situated on the same campus as its Advanced Technology Development Center. John Serafini, CEO of HawkEye 360, stated, “Our new headquarters in […] More

  • Gerald Caron Takes on Cybersecurity VP Role at RIVA Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gerald Caron Takes on Cybersecurity VP Role at RIVA Solutions

    RIVA Solutions has appointed Gerald Caron, former chief information officer for the International Trade Administration, as its new vice president of Cybersecurity.  Caron brings to the McLean, Virginia-based information technology government contractor and systems integrator more than 20 years of experience as a leader in global IT operations and cybersecurity, RIVA said Monday. As ITA […] More