Spire Global, a space-based data and analytics provider, will receive a convertible term loan worth $70 million from global investment firm Francisco Partners as part of a growth financing deal. Spire CEO Peter Platzer said in a statement published Friday the financing will help the San Francisco-based company accelerate the deployment of intersatel...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy General Atomics-built MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, related equipment and services under a $1.651 billion foreign military sales agreement. The transaction includes the purchase of up to 12 units of MQ-9B, Multispectral Targeting systems-D EO/IR sensors, Lynx AN/APY-8 synthetic apertu...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $243.2 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency for the delivery of one AN/TPY-2 radar designed for detecting ballistic missiles and guiding the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to help it shoot down the threat. The award raised the contract’s total cumulative face...
The Six Pillars of a Zero Trust Security Model for 2021 By Antonio Redding, Cybersecurity...
Russell Smith, former vice president of cyber practice at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) to serve as its cybersecurity program director. Smith made the announcement through a LinkedIn post published Monday. He spent nearly two and a half years at SAIC. As VP, the cybersecurity a...
Bernard Harris Jr., the first African-American astronaut to complete a spacewalk 26 years ago, has been appointed to the board of directors of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). He concurrently serves as CEO and managing partner of Vesalius Ventures, an investment company focused on the health care technology market, and leads a nonprofit educationa...
The Department of the Navy has developed sweeping new initiatives aimed at updating information technology (IT) and security practices. The Navy has also improved collaboration across operations, planning, acquisition sustainment and readiness. These strides for the Navy’s digital transformation must continue for the service to remain on the cutti...
SpaceX has won a potential $2.89 billion contract from NASA to continue development work on its human landing system that would transport two astronauts to the surface of the moon as part of the Artemis program. NASA said Saturday it awarded the firm-fixed-price contract under the Appendix H broad agency announcement of the Next Space...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that Dave Spirk, chief data officer for Department of Defense (DOD), has been named a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for leading DOD’s new data strategy, advancing the department’s principles to adapt its data culture to support U.S. warfighters and military capabilities. With this honor, Spirk has r...
The Department of Defense has released requests for prototype proposals for Risk-Informed Spectrum Access and Multiband Control Channel Architecture requirements under a potential five-year, $2.5 billion other transaction agreement with the National Spectrum Consortium. The RISA RPP seeks industry feedback to build and demonstrate prototype spectrum...
