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The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has picked the National Security Technology Accelerator to manage the potential $12B Space Enterprise Consortium for a period of 10 years.

General Atomics will help the U.S. Air Force maintain the service branch's MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles under a two-year, $305.2M contract.

The Senate on Friday passed in a 84-13 vote a bill that would authorize $740.5B in defense funds for fiscal year 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The upper chamber’s vote sends the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

Interested offerors have until Feb. 10, 2021, to submit proposals for the initial round of an Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity program that seeks algorithm-based systems for whole-body biometric identification at long distances from an elevated or an aerial sensor platform.

James Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has said the company has expedited payments to 10K suppliers that include 5.9K U.S. small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic and estimated that accelerated supply chain invoices will reach more than $1B by the end of this year.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a three-year, $109.1M order under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to provide aircrew training systems for New Zealand's P-8A multimission maritime patrol aircraft.

Nasdaq will move to pull out shares of four Chinese companies from the stock exchange's indexes on Dec. 21 to comply with the White House's security investment executive order, Reuters reported Saturday.

A Bechtel subsidiary in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, will continue to build components for nuclear ship propulsion systems under a $104.5M contract modification with the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense said Friday.

During Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit, Dr. Joe Evans, principal director for 5G, reporting directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, will be featured as the keynote speaker. To register for Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit, as well as see upcoming opportunities, visit Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page.

ExecutiveBiz announced its list of the top ten GovCon Executive Recruiters of 2020 on Friday to recognize the crucial role that recruiters play in the continued success and growth of the government contracting (GovCon) sector’s most important companies. The elite GovCon firms of all shapes and sizes reach out to …