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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the goal of helping customers test new space-based tools through realistic multidomain scenarios. “Pulsar Guardian reflects a new way for space operators to evaluate new systems, changes to existing ones, or train on the platforms they use every day,” said  Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager of mission solutions at Lockheed's space segment.

Aerospace Corp. has secured a $1.08B contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to help the national space community engineer and integrate systems.

Five contractors have secured positions on a $95M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for civil engineering services to Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.

BAE Systems' ship repair business in San Diego has won a pair of contracts worth $185M combined from the U.S. Navy to modernize Arleigh Burke-class USS Decatur and USS Stethem destroyer ships.

ST Engineering has acquired Glowlink Communications Technology through its iDirect Government subsidiary for approximately $25M.

Ricci Mulligan, former acting principal deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs' information and technology office, has joined Grant Thornton as a director within the public sector healthcare practice.

Darren Kraabel, a 17-year veteran of Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC), has been appointed president of cybersecurity firm Sentar.

BAE Systems will convert the U.S. Army's armored recovery vehicles to a M88A3 configuration under a $318M contract to help the service branch address its single-vehicle requirement for Abrams tank towing operations.

Boston-based artificial intelligence technology firm DataRobot has raised $206M in a round of Series E financing led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing the company’s total funds to $431M.

Kelly Loeffler, former global capture management leader of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health division, has joined CNSI as vice president of deals, strategy and capture. She brings nearly two decades of capture and sales experience to CNSI and will help drive its growth, investment and partnership efforts in her new position, the company said Tuesday.