MDA Space will acquire Blue Canyon Technologies from RTX business Raytheon The acquisition is an all-cash transaction valued at $620 million The deal is intended to strengthen MDA Space’s manufacturing capacity and footprint in the U.S. aerospace market MDA Space has agreed to acquire Blue Canyon Technologies, or BCT, from Raytheon, ...
IBM has committed more than $10 billion to advance its quantum computing roadmap The investment supports research and development, manufacturing scaling and more IBM plans to deliver Quantum Starling in 2029 as its first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer IBM has unveiled a potential five-year, $10 billion investment plan to support quantum...
Space-based intelligence firm NorthStar Earth & Space has agreed to merge with Viking Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company, to become a publicly traded company. As NorthStar moves to scale its capabilities through a public listing, government and industry leaders are converging to discuss the future of space security and in...
Saronic Technologies has secured $1.75 billion in a round of Series D financing led by Kleiner Perkins to accelerate the delivery of autonomous maritime platforms across the defense and commercial sectors. As companies like Saronic scale next-generation autonomous maritime platforms and expand shipbuilding capacity, momentum is building across the n...
Redhawk Federal Solutions has acquired Twenty8 Technology to expand its data interoperability and artificial intelligence and machine learning engineering capabilities. As companies like Redhawk expand their technological capabilities through strategic acquisitions, the federal market continues to accelerate its focus on digital transformation. Atte...
Beth Michelson, chief financial officer of NorthStar Earth & Space, has assumed additional responsibilities as president of the company’s U.S. subsidiary. NorthStar said Wednesday Michelson’s appointment aims to reinforce the company’s commitment to U.S. space defense innovation and expand the company’s presence in the U....
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon events, networking and media organization, is ecstatic to announce that Thomas Rondeau, the Department of War’s principal director for FutureG, will give a keynote address at the 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 at the Hilton McLean in northern Virginia. The 202...
The Pentagon’s research and engineering enterprise is entering one of its most decisive restructuring periods in more than a decade. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael has formally trimmed the department’s sprawling list of 14 “critical technology areas” down to six streamlined priorities, a shift he said ...
Parsons has appointed Steven Meier as chief technology officer and vice president of space solutions, while John Davies was promoted to CTO of high consequence missions. The executives announced their appointments via LinkedIn. Who Is Steven Meier? Meier is an aerospace technology executive with over three decades of experience spanni...
Raymond Richards has been appointed chief technology officer of RTX BBN Technologies. The executive announced his new position on LinkedIn Tuesday. Raymond Richards’ Career Achievements Before joining RTX, Richards spent nearly two years at Leidos as vice president of information and data sciences and VP of enterprise strategy ...
