Susan Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been appointed to BlackSky’s board of directors. Gordon’s intelligence career spans over four decades and includes serving in the nation’s highest-ranking intelligence officer position as key adviser to the President and the National Security Council. “Sue is a visionary leader, and we […] More

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded BlackSky Holdings a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $30 million to monitor global economic activity and provide analysts and decision makers with relevant insights. The geospatial intelligence company said Monday it will leverage its Spectra artificial intelligence tool that uses advanced AI and multisensor analytics in detecting […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $25.4 million modification to a contract for the Blackjack satellite constellation. The company will contue integrating Blackjack surveillance satellites under the option 3 action, which raises the contract’s value from $40.5 million to $65.8 million, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Eighty-two percent of […] More

The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded a contract modification to BlackSky Holdings for access to real-time satellite imagery that provides defense and intelligence communities with information on pattern-of-life anomalies. The satellites of BlackSky, capable of providing intraday revisit capabilities, will generate on-demand images intended to support homeland defense, national security and disaster and emergency response […] More

BlackSky Holdings and Palantir Technologies have completed a joint project aimed at integrating high-resolution imagery with deep analytics to provide real-time geointelligence and demonstrate the impact of global monitoring from space.  The pilot program combined BlackSky’s commercial satellite imagery and analytics and Palantir Foundry to demonstrate the capability to deploy worldwide intelligence that can potentially […] More

Data analytics and machine learning company Black Cape has promoted Mike Santamaria to executive vice president and Claire Rich and Justin Shelton to software engineering directors as part of efforts to expand its leadership team. Santamaria, former principal technologist, will mentor all of Black Cape’s software teams and leaders in his new position, the Arlington, […] More

Black & Veatch‘s management consulting business has received accreditation to prepare federal contractors for assessments under the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. As a Registered Provider Organization, Black & Veatch Management Consulting can now deliver consulting services to companies applying for Level 1 to 3 CMMC certification, the company said Tuesday. The […] More

Black & Veatch has received a federal funding from the Department of Energy to join a project initiated to advance direct air capture technology through research and development. Under a $2.5 million funding, the company will design a DAC system intended to gather 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions on a yearly basis, Black & […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched two spacecraft under the Blackjack program in an effort to demonstrate advanced laser communications terminals. DARPA said Wednesday the pair of Mandrake 2 satellites reached orbit in late June as part of the SpaceX Transporter 2 launch and are currently undergoing checkout and commissioning. The agency considers […] More

BlackSky Holdings aims to expand its business footprint in the Southwest region by opening a new office at a facility built by a space-focused organization in New Mexico. The geospatial intelligence technology provider said Thursday it collaborated with NewSpace New Mexico, a nonprofit committed to supporting the development of the state as a space innovation […] More

Blackstone has entered into a definitive agreement with QTS Realty Trust to acquire the latter in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $10 billion, including the assumption of debt.  QTS said Monday Blackstone will purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of the data center solutions provider for $78.00 per share. “We see a significant market […] More

David Wolf, former senior vice president at Steampunk, was named as SVP of operations and capture at Blackwatch International, responsible for helping the company pursue growth initiatives in the federal contracting sector by contributing his leadership, management and vision.

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