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Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a project to field and operate a constellation of more than 3K satellites in low-Earth orbit to provide broadband service.

Hughes Network Systems has agreed to make an in-principle investment of $50M in a consortium with the U.K. government and Bharti Enterprises that will take over satellite company OneWeb.

Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos' (NYSE: LDOS) defense group and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, told Government Matters in a video interview posted Tuesday about the Department of Defense’s focus on speed of acquisition and its impact on government contracting.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has notified the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of its intent to end its work on a DARPA program to develop an unmanned reusable launch vehicle that can be used to send small satellites into low-Earth orbit, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday.

Information technology companies Smartronix and Trident Technologies have received strategic investments from New York-based private equity firm OceanSound Partners.

Leonardo has made an investment in unmanned aircraft technology startup Skydweller Aero in a move to accelerate the deployment of the latter’s solar-powered drone platform.

Bluestone Investment Partners has made an investment in Intrepid Solutions and Services, a Sterling, Va.-based provider of enterprise information technology, operational training and data analysis support to intelligence community clients.

Bloomington, Minn.-based microlectronics manufacturing company SkyWater Technology is set to receive a $170M investment from the Department of Defense to expand a production facility for radiation-hardened electronic components under a multi-phase expansion project.

Veritas Capital has generated $6.5B in capital commitments for its seventh fund in support of its strategy to invest in technology-focused companies that deliver products and services to government and commercial clients.

Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) has launched a venture arm to invest in startups that leverages data to improve business and bring about social change. The company said Wednesday Splunk Ventures is composed of the $100M Innovation Fund and the $50M Social Impact Fund.