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Marines Take Ownership of 2 General Atomics-Built Reaper Drones

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business transferred ownership of two Reaper unmanned aircraft systems, ground control terminals and support equipment to the U.S. Marine Corps. USMC leased the MQ-9A Block 5 UAS for three years under a contractor-owned, contractor-operated construct before the military branch acquired the drones under the Marine Air-Ground Task Force’s UAS Expeditionary Program […] More

October 21, 2021, 11:54 am
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NASA Receives 1st Blue Canyon-Built CubeSat for Autonomous Swarm Demo

NASA has received a six-unit miniature satellite Blue Canyon Technologies built for a mission to investigate the feasibility of autonomous spacecraft swarm operations in low-Earth orbit. The shipment to the agency’s Ames Research Center in California was the first of four CubeSats to be used on the Starling technology demonstration effort, Blue Canyon said Wednesday. […] More

October 21, 2021, 11:53 am
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Sikorsky Envisions Data Networking System for Military Aircraft Platforms
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GovCon Veteran Mac Curtis Becomes Venture Fellow at Blue Delta

Blue Delta Capital Partners, an investment company focused on the government market, has named former Perspecta CEO and seven-time Wash100 winner Mac Curtis a venture fellow. “I have been fortunate throughout my entire career to have worked with some of the most elite teams in the GovCon industry,” Curtis told ExecutiveBiz’s parent company and publisher […] More

October 20, 2021, 11:55 am
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Attivo, Baker Tilly, Mandiant Execs to Discuss Supply Chain Cybersecurity at ExecutiveBiz Event

Leaders from Attivo Networks, Baker Tilly and Mandiant will participate in an Oct. 26 virtual forum hosted by ExecutiveBiz to give their perspectives on supply chain cybersecurity practices and risks. Join the “Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Revelations and Innovations” forum to hear from Tony Cole, chief technology officer of Attivo Networks; Jeff Jorge, principal and firm […] More

October 14, 2021, 11:36 am
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Amentum Receives Army Training System Prototype OTA; Paul Cummings Quoted

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 4, 2021 — Amentum will develop a prototype of the U.S. Army’s Synthetic Training Environment Live Training System under an other transaction agreement, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 22. Paul Cummings, vice president of transformational training, said the company aims to help the Army increase the effectiveness and interoperability of its live […] More

October 4, 2021, 11:58 am
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Criterion’s Promod Sharma: Protas Acquisition Part of Intell Business Growth Push

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 4, 2021 — Information technology services provider Criterion moved to expand its intelligence community business with the recent acquisition of Protas Solutions, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 22. Promod Sharma, president and CEO of Criterion, said the Protas purchase comes after the deal for Realm Consulting and allows the combined organization to […] More

October 4, 2021, 11:57 am
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ICF to Support USAID Survey Data Collection; Mark Lee Quoted

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2021 — The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) a $69 million task order to gather population-based survey data to track the agency’s progress toward achieving the goals of its global initiatives to reduce malnutrition, water insecurity, poverty and hunger, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 9. Mark Lee, […] More

September 27, 2021, 12:05 pm
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AI Startup Rebellion Defense Brings in $150M
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Parsons Enters Sensor Development Partnership; Mike Dewitz Quoted

Parsons has teamed up with Intelligent Surveillance Corp. to develop and market imaging sensors in the government sector. The partnership is working on two products that will feature the Intellisight hemoglobin filter technology Parsons designed to recognize human skin and allow surveillance systems to identify certain activities of people, the company said Monday. Forney, Texas-based […] More

September 21, 2021, 11:56 am
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Frank Kendall: Production of 5 Air Force Raider Bombers Underway at Northrop-Operated Facility

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that Northrop Grumman is manufacturing five test articles of the branch’s Long Range Strike Bomber aircraft at a government-owned contractor-operated factory in Palmdale, California, The Drive reported Monday. He mentioned the ongoing efforts at Air Force Plant 42 to build B-21 Raider planes in his speech Monday at […] More

September 21, 2021, 11:48 am
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4 Companies Win Spots on $69M USMC Vehicle Test, Evaluation Contract

Four companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $69 million contract to test and evaluate amphibious and ground combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps. MCSC, which functions as the acquisition unit of the U.S. Marine Corps, received seven offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering support services to the Marine Corps Systems Command […] More

September 20, 2021, 11:37 am