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3 days ago | 
executivebiz.com | Miles Jamison
The Defense Innovation Unit has approved the addition of Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Black Hornet 4 Personal Reconnaissance System and Silvus Technologies’ StreamCaster LITE 5200 to the Blue Unmanned Aerial System, or UAS, program.
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3 days ago | 
executivebiz.com | Miles Jamison
Tufts University hosted “Growing New England’s Next-Generation Economy,” a New England Competitiveness Competition summit at the Joyce Cummings Center on June 5 and 6. The two-day conference, organized by the Council of Competitiveness, gathered over 100 stakeholders from the New England area to focus on how academia, industry and government can work together to drive innovation, economic growth and global competitiveness, Tufts University said Monday.
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4 days ago | 
govconwire.com | Miles Jamison
Danial Zweifel announced on LinkedIn Monday that he has been appointed vice president of operations at Auria Space. Who Is Danial Zweifel? The executive was promoted after serving as portfolio manager and leader of the satellite communications, or SATCOM, operations division for over two years. Before that, Zweifel was a senior systems engineer at Ascension Engineering Group, a space systems provider by Boecore in 2022.
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4 days ago | 
govconwire.com | Miles Jamison
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson has presented the 2025 Wash100 Award to , CEO and director of Iridium Communications. Desch earned an unprecedented 11th Wash100 Award for his continuous leadership in championing technological innovation and global expansion. Established in 2014, the coveted award is given yearly to the top 100 executives in the government contracting landscape, who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, impact and vision.
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4 days ago | 
executivegov.com | Miles Jamison
Chris Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office and a five-time Wash100 Award winner, outlined the agency’s strategy, with an emphasis on speed, innovation and partnerships, at the Maryland Space Business Roundtable on June 18.
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4 days ago | 
executivegov.com | Miles Jamison
Sivaraj Shyam Sunder has been elevated to associate director for laboratory programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST said Friday Sunder, whose appointment became official on June 1, will oversee the agency’s six science and technology laboratories and lead efforts to achieve its mission of delivering critical measurement and research services to advance technology innovation. S.
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4 days ago | 
executivebiz.com | Miles Jamison
Austal USA announced the launch of its first-ever steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr., on June 14. What Is the USNS Billy Frank Jr.? The Mobile, Alabama-based company said Wednesday the USNS Billy Frank Jr., with registry number T-ATS 11, is a Navy ship intended to support fleet operations by performing towing, salvaging, rescue, oil spill response, humanitarian assistance and search and surveillance missions.
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4 days ago | 
executivebiz.com | Miles Jamison
HII has collaborated with the U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force to conduct a coalition forces exercise in the Joint Simulation Environment, or JSE, to provide high-fidelity training for F-35 Lightning II pilots. The company said Thursday the training exercise, hosted by the Air Force 31st Combat Training Squadron, involved HII personnel based at the Nellis U.S. Air Force Base in Nevada, along with USAF and RAAF F-35 pilots.
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4 days ago | 
executivebiz.com | Miles Jamison
Security Information Systems has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to strengthen and modernize the security capabilities of government agencies. Carahsoft said Thursday it was designated as the public sector distributor of SIS’ advanced security and operational technology data lake technologies. The company will utilize its reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and The Quilt contracts to bring these SIS products to the government sector.
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5 days ago | 
govconwire.com | Miles Jamison
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Procurement Operations has released a draft request for proposals for the Cellular Wireless Managed Services, or CWMS, 3.0 contract with a potential value of $3.10 billion.
