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Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, told Defense News in an interview published Monday that she believes the company will be able to deliver on defense programs such as MQ-25 and T-X given its investments in digital engineering and advanced manufacturing processes.

Alain Bellemare, an aerospace industry veteran, has been appointed an operating executive within the global aerospace, defense and government services group at The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG).

Andy Green, president of the technical solutions group at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a 2020 Wash100 winner, said HII's equity investment in autonomous technology developer Sea Machines Robotics offers an opportunity for the miltary shipbuilder to help the U.S. Navy explore the potential of unmanned platforms.

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.