Braxton Technologies, now part of Parsons (NYSE: PSN), has secured a $139.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Space Force to continue ground-based satellite systems support at the Space and Missiles Systems Center. The company is helping the service branch prototype, integrate and manage network, infrastructure, architecture and hardware s...
Recent developments in anti-satellite and space-based weaponry by foreign adversaries has prompted the Department of Defense (DOD) to rapidly develop and deploy secure space intelligence sensors that will arm military leaders with information supremacy and warfighters with tactical advantages over adversaries. During Potomac Officers Club’s Space ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 21, 2021 — David Appel, vice president of command and control data solutions at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTN) intelligence and space business, said an open systems architecture has the potential to speed up data processing for the Department of Defense’s signals intelligence mission, ExecutiveBiz reported J...
Saab Inc., the Swedish aerospace and defense contractor’s U.S. subsidiary, has won a potential $127.9 million contract to provide instrumentation systems to the U.S. Marine Corps for tactical engagement training use. The company said Thursday it will replace the military branch’s instrumented and tactical engagement simulation system wit...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has won a potential $185 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force update a government-owned software suite that supports situational awareness efforts at the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The Space and Missile Systems Center’s special programs directorate awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for...
A Capstone Partners report shows that mergers and acquisitions in defense electronics, space and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance markets reached over 70 transactions in 2020, exceeding the deal volume recorded in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The report attributed the year-over-year increase in deal ...
Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), has been named a 2021 Wash100 Award winner for his leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic response and relief as well as the advancement of U.S. space exploration and development of IT technology capabilities. For Scolese, this marks the second consecutive year that he’s recei...
Bluestaq will continue to help the U.S. Space Force build a cloud-based multisource database for situational awareness under a two-year, $280 million contract modification awarded by USSF’s Space and Missile Systems Center. This award extends and increases the scope of Bluestaq’s work on the Unified Data Library — a data management...
As space exploration, space research and satellite technology continue to expand rapidly. Space agencies such as NASA have worked to develop innovative solutions to support critical space and defense missions. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Space Force intend to maintain space superiority and provide space capabilities to U.S. and alli...
A new McAleese & Associates report outlines key takeaways from the Air Force Association’s five-day Aerospace Warfare Symposium, where U.S. military leaders shared their insights into various topics such as nuclear deterrence, air superiority and domain awareness. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 wi...
