Press Releases

Airrow, Inc. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase I contract in the amount of $74,616.00 focused on Airrow's Autonomous Dronehub to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timeline

Epirus announced today that it has delivered the final two of four total IFPC-HPM systems to the U.S. Army and successfully completed both NET and EDT with the U.S. Army – key milestones on the path to issuing the HPM systems to an operational unit. "We delivered our first IFPC-HPM system to RCCTO in November 2023, just nine months after our initial contract award, and finalized delivery of all four systems this March," said Andy Lowery, Chief Executive Officer, Epir

Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, will be the propulsion provider for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) as part of the Lockheed Martin team. On April 15, MDA announced it selected Lockheed Martin for NGI, the nation's first line of defense against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue nations. NGI is part of MDA's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and will provide a new, advanced interceptor to protect

Alabama Aerospace, a Birmingham Fastener company, is expanding to California with the opening of a facility in Santa Fe Springs this month. This new facility will help businesses in the western United States that have aerospace, military and rocket projects access inventory quicker. Alabama Aerospace West will distribute quality parts used in aircrafts, manned spacecrafts, missiles, land vehicles and more. It builds on Alabama Aerospace’s more than 25-year history as a leading

NASA is hosting a media call at 3 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 15, to discuss the agency's PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, which aims to improve life on Earth by studying heat loss from Earth's polar regions and provide information on our changing climate. The first of two shoebox-sized satellites is targeted to launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket no earlier than Wednesday, May 22. The launch date for the second satellite will be ann

Traka Americas, a division of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions and a leading provider of intelligent key management solutions, is pleased to announce they have been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) contract for their electronic key cabinets. This achievement allows government agencies and organizations to purchase Traka solutions at a contracted price under GSA contract number 47QTCA24D0095. Traka's electronic key cabinets offer a comprehensive solution for key and ass

Bechtel today announced the completion of the jacking and setting process for Mobile Launcher 2 at Kennedy Space Center. This achievement is a critical step in the process to design, build, and commission NASA's new mobile launcher. The milestone was accomplished through collaboration with NASA's crawler-transporter team – a one of a kind vehicle used to transport hardware critical to the Artemis campaign around Kennedy. Establishing safety as a top priority, Bechtel a

Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a $232 million contract to develop signals intelligence and electronic warfare systems for the U.S. Army. SAIC was awarded this contract under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) vehicle. These DoD IAC MAC task orders (TOs) are awarded by the U.S. Air Force's 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop and create new knowledge for the enhancement of the DTIC reposi

AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that its joint venture with Stantec was awarded a five-year environmental planning contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific. The joint venture will deliver environmental planning services, primarily within the Pacific Region, in support of Navy and Marine Corps compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). “Building on two decades of collaborati

Cognyte Software Ltd., a global leader in investigative analytics software, today announced that it received an approximately $5 million additional order from a national intelligence organization in the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region, for its solution that helps identify and prevent threats during operations. Including this latest order, Cognyte has received three orders from this customer over the past year, serving as a testament to the superiority of the company’s

Booz Allen Hamilton announced it was awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) to support the agency’s modernization efforts and its mission to protect human health and the environment. Booz Allen won one of four positions on the seven-year Scientific Modeling, Application, Visualization, Computational Science, Software, and Statistical Support (SMAVCS4) BPA, which has a ceiling of $431 million.

Dallas-based Precision Aerospace Holdings LLC a leading manufacturer of precision machined aerospace and defense components, has acquired Owens Machine and Tool Company (Owens). Precision was formed through the partnership of two Dallas-based private investment firms, CIC Partners (CIC) and Juniper Capital Management (Juniper). Owens produces complex, multifaceted parts, tooling and prototypes utilizing multi-axis machine tools and best-in-class cutting tools. It was established in

Godspeed Capital Management LP, a lower middle market Defense & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Quintron Systems (“Quintron”) by SAS, its recently-launched space engineering, defense, and communications technology solutions platform. The transaction marks the second addition to the growing SAS platform, following its recent acquisition of Willbrook, and reinforces SAS' position in the space and

Electro Rent, the global leader in test and measurement equipment rental solutions, announced today that it now offers Calibration-as-a-Service (CaaS) in U.S. and Canada markets for customers’ test and measurement equipment inventories. This new offering enhances the company’s already market leading portfolio of solutions and services which includes rental, sale of new and used equipment, and asset optimization services. With the world’s largest rental inventory of

Intellisense Systems Inc., a leading provider of advanced environmental-sensing solutions, was awarded an AFWERX Strategic and Tactical Funding Increase (STRATFI/TACFI) contract to further improve the Integrated Weather Observation System (IWOS®), a smaller, man-portable, tactical meteorological observing system (TMOS) that addresses one of the most pressing weather challenges in the Department of the Air Force. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) sequential Phase II contract w