FireEye will be hosting the 10th Annual Cyber Defense Summit (CDS) on Oct. 9th and 10th at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Click here to register for FireEye’s Cyber Defense Summit.

Maxar Technologies announced on Thursday that Chris Shank has joined the company as the vice president of National Security Space, effective Monday.

Lockheed Martin has donated $3M to the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering for research projects on vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded a potential four-year, $176M to Maxar Technologies through the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery program.

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced on Thursday that Nazzic Keene, 2019 Wash100 Award winner, has assumed the role of chief executive officer for SAIC effective today. Keene succeeds for CEO and fellow 2019 Wash100 Award winner Tony Moraco, who announced his retirement back in March. 

CloudJumper has updated a cloud-based workspace management platform to include support tools for Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop and Azure Government offerings. Version 5.3 of the Cloud Workspace Management Suite supports deployment of the desktop and application virtualization service intended to help users install and virtualize apps in Azure, CloudJumper said Monday.

United Launch Alliance has partnered with Airborne Systems and RUAG to support a STEM education program that seeks to expose students and interns to space launch operations.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has named 10 companies and research organizations that will support the first phase of a $1.2M global challenge to build technologies to measure Earth’s magnetic field.

Draper Laboratory has received a grant of undisclosed sum from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop miniature robots that will provide navigational support to rescue operations, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced on Tuesday that SAIC has formed a new strategic partnership with Franklin Venture Partners to broaden its access and exposure to emerging technologies being developed by startup companies across the U.S. 

Amazon Web Services is offering AWS Ground Station, a new service that gives customers expanded access to satellite data through a network of ground stations around the world.

The Professional Services Council Foundation has issued a report that assesses the federal government’s adoption of artificial intelligence and identifies the opportunities and challenges agencies face when it comes to AI implementation. The report highlighted opportunities that AI offers to the government including reduction in backlog; optimization of resource allocation; accelerated decision making; fraud prevention; and extraction of insights from large amounts of data.

Alongside Capital One, the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) announced the 50 fastest growing companies owned and led by women across a wide variety of industries in the Charlotte, N.C. area during the 12th annual awards ceremony on May 2nd.

Jonathan Cooper, vice president and managing partner for True Zero Technologies, accepted the Splunk Public Sector Partner of the Year award on the company’s behalf for exceptional performance and commitment to Splunk’s Partner+ Program by closing over $4 million in license sales.

Ronald Yearwood, formerly a senior executive in the FBI's cyber division, has joined global advisory firm FTI Consulting as a senior managing director for its cybersecurity practice on the West Coast.