Firefly Aerospace closed the third tranche of its Series C Funding round, bumping the valuation of the end-to-end space transportation company to $1.5 billion. It has raised around $300 million since February this year. During the round, Mitsui & Co. and other new investors joined existing investors led by AE Industrial Partners, Firefly Ae...
The State Department has approved a potential $2.53 billion foreign military sale of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment to the government of Romania. The potential FMS deal includes 54 M1A2 System Enhancement Program version 3 vehicles, 54 M1A1 structures, four M88A2 Hercules combat recovery vehicles, four M1110 joint assault bridge...
David Dacquino, former CEO of Serco Group‘s North American business arm, has been named chairman of the board of managers at RA Federal Services, the U.S. subsidiary of RA International. “Dave brings with him a wealth of knowledge from the industry after a long and distinguished career as Chairman and CEO with proven success in...
Donald Speranzini, a defense and space industry veteran, has assumed the role of vice president and general manager of ground systems and services at Ball Corp.’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business, he announced in a LinkedIn post. In this capacity, he works with customers in the defense and intelligence community to deliver ground systems and comman...
Judith Doherty was elevated to the role of vice president of the health information technology business unit at GRSi, a DLH company where she previously worked as a program director, G2Xchange Health reported Thursday. According to her LinkedIn profile, Doherty is responsible for program lifecycle analysis and implementation, resources and schedules...
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have been assigned 21 launch service missions for fiscal year 2024 under phase 2 of the U.S. Space Force national security space launch contract vehicle. Space Systems Command said Tuesday SpaceX received 10 mission assignments while ULA received 11 missions that are expected to launch over the next two to...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will build 38 Alpha satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s transport layer under a potential $732 million contract with the Space Development Agency. The company said Monday the contract covers five years of satellite operations and sustainment services and support for ass...
Nathan Pritchard, a 26-year systems and cybersecurity engineering veteran, has been appointed chief engineer for launch and test range systems on Ensco‘s systems engineering and integration program. He announced his new role in a recently published LinkedIn post and will oversee the company’s SE&I efforts supporting the U.S. Space Fo...
The State Department has approved the U.K. government’s request to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) joint air-to-ground missiles from the U.S. government under a potential $957.4 million foreign military sales agreement. The British government has asked to buy 3,000 AGM-179A JAGM along with dummy missiles, publications, technical assi...
York Space Systems has secured a potential $615 million contract from the Space Development Agency to build 62 Alpha satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s transport layer, Breaking Defense reported Friday. SDA Director Derek Tournear said the PWSA Tranche 2 Transport Layer Alpha satellites in low Ear...
