OROS Labs, the creator of Solarcore insulation, has announced raising $22 million at the close of its Series B funding round, which was led by Airbus Ventures. The thermal product developer said Wednesday that the fresh funds will support its expansion in consumer, commercial and government industries.

VivSoft Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Cryptologic and Cyber System Division to extend its work on Platform One, or P1. Issued through the Small Business Innovation Research program, this award is VivSoft's second contract under the P1 initiative and aims to solve enterprise-wide digital identity challenges, the Fairfax, Virginia-based organization told ExecutiveBiz on Thursday.

The U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit have selected eight companies to prototype autonomous software and processes to advance the use of uncrewed vehicles in challenging military operations as part of the Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways project. DIU said Wednesday the GVAP project seeks to provide a technical pipeline to support rapid modeling, development, testing and fielding of autonomous features.

Executive Mosaic is proud to induct Sam Maness, managing director of the Defense and Government Services group at Raymond James, into the 2024 Wash100 class. In October, Maness helped launch the 2023 Raymond James Defense and Government Conference, which highlighted the increasing role of private equity in the government contracting sector.

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Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Chris Christou and Michael Jacobs, the company's chief engineer, said artificial intelligence could play a role in enabling safer spectrum sharing as the U.S. government advances 5G and 6G technologies.

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Carahsoft Technology, under a partnership agreement, will distribute Ardalyst's defense industrial base-compliant cybersecurity service through its reseller partners to the public sector and government contractors. Tesseract can develop, implement and maintain cybersecurity programs tailored to fulfill Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification compliance requirements for small and mid-sized enterprises both on on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures, Carahsoft said Tuesday.

Northrop Grumman has entered into a partnership with EpiSci to develop and deliver tactical autonomy tools for unmanned and uncrewed aerial systems to U.S. and international customers. Under the agreement, Northrop will integrate EpiSci's TacticalAI software into its aeronautics system architecture to advance the development and deployment of secure autonomous systems designed to meet warfighters' mission requirements.

Baird Managing Director Jean Stack accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award in a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. For 11 years, Wash100 has annually recognized the success of the most impactful leaders in the government contracting industry. Winners are chosen for both their past achievements and their potential to continue to shape the field.

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Brian McElyea, an executive with two decades of experience in cybersecurity, was appointed vice president of cyber at RELI Group. The Maryland-headquartered services provider said McElyea previously worked as mission capability leader for TRADECRAFT internal research and development organization at Peraton and brought in experience from civil, intelligence, space and private health care sectors.

An RTX subsidiary has secured a $40.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to enhance the technology readiness of the Controlled, Advanced, Distributed Radio Frequency Effects initiative. The competitively procured contract is in support of the potential integration of CADRE into the Next Generation Jammer program, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Ultra Intelligence & Communications has demonstrated its suite of troposcatter systems designed to establish and maintain beyond-line-of-sight communication links to enable secure connectivity in diverse operational environments. The Archer family of BLOS troposcatter communications systems works to allow operators to set up communication links beyond 185 kilometers using a single antenna and withstand interference and jamming attacks, UI&C said Wednesday.

Helicity Space, a developer of fusion power for in-space propulsion and power technology, has announced securing an investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Lockheed Martin’s venture capital wing. This second funding round is a follow up to the initial round in December participated by institutional investors.