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Intelligence CommunityHawkEye 360 Plans to Have 60 Satellites on Orbit By 2025
Virginia-based HawkEye 360 plans to have 60 satellites–20 clusters of three satellites–on orbit by 2025, Alex Fox, the company’s chief growth officer, said this week. The company said that the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWork on Competition For New Nuke Production Contracts Starting in 2023-24, NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration planned to start work on a competition for a pair of new contracts to manage its main nuclear-weapon sites in 2023 and 2024, the agency […]
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UncategorizedParts of Savannah River Pit Plant Could Be Under Construction By Year’s End, Site Prime Says
Subcontractors could begin building a planned plutonium pit factory at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., by Dec. 31, the site’s prime contractor said Monday in a press release. […]
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UncategorizedViasat Divests Link 16 Business to L3Harris for $2B
Viasat [VSAT] is selling its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] in a nearly $2 billion divestiture that the companies say sharpens Viasat’s core focus and […]
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Business/FinancialManTech Announces Tait As CEO, Phillips Becomes Chairman
Close on the heels of The Carlyle Group’s $4.2 billion acquisition of ManTech in mid-September, the company said on Monday that President and CEO Kevin Phillips will retire and transition […]
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SpaceFCC Adopts 5-Year Rule for Deorbiting Satellites
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a new rule on Sept. 29 that requires satellite operators in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to dispose of their satellites, calling it an important step […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Wins $47 Million Contract To Start First MQ-25 LRIP
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $47 million advance acquisition contract on Sept. 28 to prepare to build and deliver the low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot […]
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Homeland Security
CBP’s Innovation Team Can Tighten Work With Operators, GAO Says
Customs and Border Protection’s office focused on leveraging the startup community and speeding new capabilities into the field could improve outcomes in some cases by improved partnerships with operators and […]
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Air ForceF-35 Not Mission Capable for Supply Rate Has Increased Five Percent in 2022
While the not mission capable for supply (NMC-S) rate for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is to be no more than 10 percent, that rate has been stubbornly high. […]
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CongressSenate Won’t Vote On FY ‘23 NDAA Until After Midterm Elections
The Senate will hold its next votes on Nov. 14, leadership announced Thursday, meaning the upper chamber won’t consider its version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act […]
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