The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a total of $23M in two-year contracts to GeoOptics and Spire Global for radio occultation data that the agency plans to use for operational weather forecasts. NOAA awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts on Nov. 20 under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot program for work that will run through 2022, the Department of Commerce's space commerce office said.
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Spire Global Establishes DC Office to Support Federal Clients; Keith Johnson Quoted
Spire Global has established an office in Washington, D.C., to serve as a hub for the cloud analytics company to develop enterprise platforms designed to support government space data requirements. The D.C. facility represents Spire's third office in the country and its sixth worldwide.
Read More »Spire Global to Host KeyW ‘InSpace’ Payloads Under Tech Validation Effort, Bill Weber Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2019 — KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has tapped Spire Global to provide hosted payload services in support of the former’s efforts to demonstrate its space technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported March 12. Spire, whose space-as-a-service offering enables it to host third-party payloads on its satellite constellations, will help …
Read More »Keith Johnson: Spire Provides Data Sets to Help Federal Clients Address Mission Challenges
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2020 — Keith Johnson, vice president and general manager of Spire Global's federal business, said the company has embarked on data-driven projects that support the government's maritime domain awareness and transportation operations, ExecutiveBiz reported March 16.
Read More »ICF Signs Lease for New Global HQ in Reston, Virginia; John Wasson Quoted
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has entered into a lease agreement for its next headquarters site in Reston, Va. "As we celebrate our 50th anniversary this year we are very pleased to announce a new headquarters that will inspire innovation, creativity and collaboration," said ICF CEO John Wasson.
Read More »Spire to Provide AIS Data for BAE Systems’ Geospatial eXploitation Products; Keith Johnson Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 14, 2019 — Spire Global will supply automatic identification systems data for a BAE Systems software suite that works to enable users to discover, utilize and disseminate geospatial intelligence, ExecutiveBiz reported May 3. The space-to-cloud analytics firm said May 1 it will feed AIS data into …
Read More »Paul Damphousse Appointed Spire National Security Business Dev’t Lead; Keith Johnson Quoted
Paul Damphousse, a 22-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former chief of advanced concepts in the Department of Defense’s National Security Space Office, has joined Spire Global as senior director of national security business development for its federal group. He brings three decades of leadership experience in the strategic business …
Read More »Space Force Selects Maxar to Develop Prototype Mission Data Processing Applications; Tony Frazier Quoted
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has been awarded a one-year, $8.5 million contract by the U.S. Space Force to develop prototype mission data processing applications for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data Processing (FORGE MDP) program, the company announced Thursday. “Maxar has decades of commercial expertise in geospatial information and analytics, satellite technology and ground processing systems,” said Tony Frazier.
Read More »GovCon Expert Kim Koster: As Cyber Threats Persist, So Does DoD’s Push to Implement CMMC
One of the many lessons to come out of the ongoing global health crisis is that, even amid quarantines, stay-home orders, and a drastic slowdown in business and economic activity, cyber threats never rest — and in some instances, even escalate.
Read More »Mark Gray, President and CEO of ASRC Federal, Receives Sixth Consecutive Wash100 Award From Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal, his sixth consecutive Wash100 Award as part of the 2020 selection.
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