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The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, Inc.  announced today the election of new officers to lead its Board of Directors in 2022. Current Vice Chair Jeff Dalton was elected by the Board to serve as Chairman; Paul Michaels, who served as Chair of the Ethics and Compliance Committee and acting Government Security Officer, will become Vice Chair; and Sheryl Hanchar will serve a second term as Secretary. Current Chairman Karlton Johnson informed the Boar

Camden County, Georgia a rocket testing location and alternate launch site for the Apollo program has reclaimed its aerospace heritage with the issuance of a launch site operator license (LSOL) by the Federal Aviation Administration for Spaceport Camden. Spaceport Camden is a multi-user, vertical lift, commercial launch site on the Atlantic seaboard that will support up to 12 small vehicle launches per year. “In the 20th century Camden County was declared the ‘Gateway to

L3Harris Technologies  completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration and has already begun building the demonstration satellite. Completing the CDR is the final design milestone ensuring performance, cost and schedule requirements can be met before beginning to build the satellite. However, L3Harris has been building and buying

SkySafe, an airspace security and management technology company, today announced a $30 million Series B investment led by Kingfisher Investment Advisors with participation from new investors Gaingels, and MIT alumni investment fund Castor Ventures. Previous investor Andreessen Horowitz, who led the seed and Series A investments, also joined the round. To date, SkySafe has raised $45 million in total financing. The fresh capital will help further accelerate the company’s growth through s

BetterUp, the human transformation company and inventor of virtual coaching, announced today an award of a sole source contract by The Department of the Air Force to enroll more than 1,500 Airmen and Guardians across multiple Air Force Major Commands, including the newly established Space Force. Airmen and Guardians have access to International Coaching Federation certified individual coaching and group coaching as part of a program designed to further propel a coaching culture across the Air

Fairbanks Morse Defense , a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management , has acquired Fluid Filtration Specialists LLC , a leader in flushing and filtration services for marine vessels and other facilities that operate large, highly sophisticated engines and systems. The acquisition of FFS further expands FMD’s capabilities and service solutions for shipyard, defense, and commercial marine customers, including the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Canadian Coast Guard.

BAE Systems received a $493 million contract modification from Lockheed Martin to significantly upgrade and modernize the electronic warfare (EW) system for the F-35 Lightning II, enabling the fifth-generation fighter to quickly detect and address evolving electromagnetic threats in contested battlespaces. Under the contract, BAE Systems will deliver enhanced and highly capable core hardware for the F-35’s high-performance EW mission system, known as AN/ASQ-239, and will provi

MPL’s strength are computing and network solutions that work without the need of any active cooling. They have been providing passive cooling concepts for more than 35 years. Thousands of fanless solutions perform trouble free their services in the toughest environments for years. The conductive cooling solutions from MPL are not achieved by using heat pipes. The concept starts with the design of the MPL CPU boards, its peripherals, and the selection of parts. This method allo

Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions for tactical wheeled and tracked defense vehicles, and medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles has been selected by the Israeli Ministry of Defense for their future Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The Israeli Ministry of Defense selected the Allison 4800 Specialty Series™ (SP) transmission for their 8-wheeled Eitan Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV). The Eitan (Hebr

Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Air Force to support the service's counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) efforts. This single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a total estimated value of $82 million. It includes a one-year period, as well as four one-year options. Work will be performed at various CONUS locations. "The complex and rapid proliferation

Science Applications International Corp. was awarded a contract valued at $99 million by the U.S. Air Force. The Weapon Engagement Simulation Technology for Advanced Research (WESTAR) program, within the Air Force Research Laboratory, will continue developing modeling capabilities to assist in the research, development and transition of Air Force weapon systems. Under the five-year, single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, SAIC will help the U.S. Air Force Rese

Stratolaunch, LLC is pleased to announce a research contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The company plans to augment existing Department of Defense flight test resources through affordable, commercially contracted, rapid-turnaround hypersonic flight testing for the Department of Defense and its prime contractor partners. "We're excited to provide MDA with a threat-representative and threat-replicating target that allows them to understand how to engage and inter

ThroughPut Inc, an industrial artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain pioneer, announces it has been awarded a contract to work with the United States Air Force. The contract further accelerates the Armed Forces' ability to effectively manage and combat complex and thus-far unpredictable supply chain disruptions in real-time. The project enables the US Air Force to leverage powerful AI to significantly enhance its operational command and agility by optimizing its entire supply chain, en

Valley Tech Systems, Inc., a Voyager Space company, has been awarded a subcontract worth up to $94 million for base and future option scope by Lockheed Martin for an advanced solid-propulsion subsystem for its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The NGI is a missile defense interceptor program designed to protect and defend the U.S. from intercontinental ballistic missiles. This program will serve as a first line of a layered missil

L3Harris Technologies has completed the sale of its Narda-MITEQ business to an investment affiliate of J.F. Lehman & Company. Narda-MITEQ was part of L3Harris’ Aviation Systems segment and provides high performance amplifiers, integrated microwave assemblies, pin diode switches, safety and measurement instrumentation, and other components for use in radiofrequency and microwave systems. About L3Harris Technologies L3Harris Technologies