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OCTOBER 31, 2018

According to NTS, it has added electromagnetic interference (EMI) and interoperability testing to its Rustburg, Virginia naval research and test facility. Anaheim-based National Technical Systems , which operates a number of qualification testing, inspection, and certification labs, says it is expanding its facilities in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The funding was led by Craft Ventures, and also included Fika Ventures, MaC Ventures, Naval Ravikant, WorkLife Ventures, Liquid2 and The Weekend Fund.

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MAY 14, 2018

Williams was most recently at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), within the United States Navy, working on SPAWAR's small satellites. Williams also served at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). San Diego-based Cubic Corporation reported on Wednesday that one of its divisions, Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), has scored a contract worth more than $20M from the U.S. Cubic said the award goes towards the delivery of a portable common data link system for the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2017

contract with the Department of Defense, to provide counter-UAS systems to Naval Special Warfare units. SkySafe said that Lars Dalgaard of Andreessen Horowitz joins the company's board with the funding. In addition to the funding round, SkySafe says it has also received a $1.5M READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 5, 2017

Esri said its systems were being demonstrated last week by the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC) at an "Unmanned System Operational Demonstration" off the coast fo Gulfport, Mississippi. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The industry group said the study--run by the San Diego Economic Development Corporation (EDC)--found that there are more than 150 core "cyber" firms emplying 4,920 people in the region, on top of an additional 3,530 jobs in San Diego's cybersecurity industry attributed to the Navy's Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

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JUNE 26, 2018

According to SpaceX, the recent test was held at the Naval Air Facility El Centro in Southern California, verifying the system's ability to slow Crew Dragon and ensure a safe landing in the unlikely event of a low altitude abort.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Brandywine Communications was founded in 1995; the company's products are used on satellite hubs, naval vessels, and military aircraft, and are ruggedized for the military and industrial market. The acquisition is the company's third acquisition in the defense electronics sector, the company said on Thursday.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Carlsbad-based Viasat announced this morning that it has received a new, military contract award, from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), to modernize the U.S. Navy's UHF satellite communications network. The contract is worth $48,270,580.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. According to ViaSat, its KOV-55 Security-System-on-a-Chip has been certified to to secure voice and data up to the Top Secret level for Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low-Volume Terminals (MIDS LVT) operating over a Link 16 network. Navy, Marines Corps, Army, and others.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The startup, which offers up dockless, electric bicycles to customers, said the funding round came from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and a number of strategic investors from the entertainment and sports communities.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

in a seed round, which was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Ludlow Ventures, Lightbank, Promus Ventures, MESA+ I, Eniac Ventures, Wareness.io, along with angels Shervin Pishevar, Brad Feld, Eric Ries, Naval Ravikant, Semil Shah, Don Norman, and Dan Shapiro. Navdy --which is based in San Francisco--said it raised $6.5M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Carslbad-based satellite and wireless networking developer ViaSat said today that it has scored a big, $54M contract, from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). ViaSat said the contract covers a program for migrating a line-of-sight radio system used for tactical data links used by the military.

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MAY 6, 2013

The startup, which is headed by Farhad Mohit (Bizrate/Shopzilla) and backed by MindFund, Charles River Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Naval Ravikant, and others--has the tagline "celebrate life and happiness." Cheers , the developer of a mobile app aimed at spreading gratitude and cheer to people--which is venture backed by $2.5M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

” From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to deride [Naval, the co-founder of AngelList]” as though the industry was collectively s g its pants that AngelList was going to put us out of business. We of course have Naval to thank for helping to innovate in our industry.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) for measurement devices used to monitor temperature and salinity at different depths of the ocean. contract from the U.S. According to the company, the contract comes from the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

in seed funding for its service, from such angels as Aaron Batalion (LivingSocial), Ben Huh (The Cheezburger Network), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Paige Craig, Jillian Manus, Mike Walsh, and Structure Capital, along with Double M Capital, Venture51, Expansion, and Karlin Ventures. Honk also revealed that it has raised $1.8M

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Military support contract PAR Technology Corporation said this morning that it has scored a $5.6M, contract award, at Point Mugu, to help provide satellite operations and maintenance services at the Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC) Headquarters.

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JULY 25, 2017

Meet the TEDxUCLA Salon Speakers: • Megan Fillinich, Chief Technology Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center. • Kimberly Jo, Associate Chief Information Officer, County of Los Angeles. How can government catch up with the rapid growth in technology? Join us as we explore these hot topics and learn from experts in the field.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The win came from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), and will go towards developing a crytographic module used for satellite communications by the Navy, Marines Corps, and Army. Carlsbad-based ViaSat , the satellite communications operator and developer, reported a $34M contract win this morning.

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APRIL 20, 2017

The company says it wants to help "answer humanity's biggest questions" using a "ground truth dataset" initially focused on "human movement".

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Brady Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Rear Admiral Brady assumed command of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in August 2010. SPEAKER: Rear Admiral Patrick H. See [link] (more).

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JUNE 24, 2016

The group--which also tallied up jobs last year--said the numbers are a 14.7 percent growth from 2014.

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MARCH 26, 2019

The startup is backed by such investors and Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and angels from the entertainment and sport communities. The startup has been offering up its electric powered bicycles--with wide, stable wheels and a seat--in eight location in San Diego.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Instead, he''s one of the key angel investors in a new, crowdfunding site called Ramen , which launched this week at Calacanis'' Launch Conference, saying that it has raised a seed funding from Calacanis, Naval Ravikant (AngelList), and Matt Cutler, to bring its online crowdfunding service for software projects to market.

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MARCH 9, 2011

The firm--which took first place at the event--has just raised $1M from Ashton Kutcher, Naval Ravikant, Paul Buchheit, and other angel investors. The firm is set to launch at SXSW this week. Zaarly is based out of Seattle, and is headed by Eric Koester. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Judges of the event were Naval Ravikant (Angel List), Scott Sangster (TechCoast Angels), Matt Thompson (Microsoft), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), and Jim Andelman (Rincon Venture Partners). Other companies who pitched at the event included Aadroid , Badgeville , Foodme , Nevolution , Sharethrough , Sonicangel , and Wanelo.

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MAY 18, 2011

The firm is backed by Ashton Kutcher, Aydin Senkut Ron Conway, Naval Ravikant, the fouders of Groupon, and others. Zaarly , a startup founded by Bo Fishback and Eric Koester at the event, has opened up its mobile marketplace, which helps connects buyers and sellers using mobile phones.

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MARCH 5, 2013

The funding came from MindFund, Charles River Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Naval Ravikant, as well as others. Los Angeles-based Cheers , the new startup from Bizrate founder Farhad Mohit, disclosed Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $2.5M

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Of these discussions, my conversations with Guy Kawasaki and Naval Ravikant entered the top ten list shown below. Naval Ravikant Interview. Naval graciously promoted this entry via Twitter. Another way I attempted to increase the value readers can derived from my blog was to incorporate video interviews. Guy Kawasaki Interview.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

The firm said that its Series B round came from MK Capital, as well as Shasta Ventures , First Round Capital , SoftTech VC, Richmond Park Partners , as well as angels, including Naval Ravikant , Jeff Kearl , Tom McInerney, and Allen DeBevoise of Machinima.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I also spoke with Naval Ravikant ,Co-Founder of AngelList, regarding Chris'' findings. Naval was skeptical of the relative importance of a company''s positioning pitch to its fundraising efforts, saying, "Honestly, I don''t think that the choice of how to position and the actual funding are all that correlated.

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JULY 8, 2009

Navy Office of Naval Research, which is worth nearly $1M. Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , an Idealab-backed firm developing robotics software, said today that it has won a federal contract from the U.S. According to Evolution Robotics, the contract covers research on scaling visual recognition for maritime domain awareness.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. Naval Ravikant describes how Silicon Valley’s dominance over the venture capital landscape will evolve over time in the previously mentioned interview.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The funding came from Shasta ventures, First Round Capital, Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures, Naval Ravikant and Nivi Babak of VentureHacks, Jeff Kearl, Tom McInerney, and Richmond Park Partners. As part of the funding, Tod Fracis of Shasta Ventures and Adam Lilling will join the company's board of directors.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

If we take a look back Zaarly was one of the most successful startups to come out of February’s LASW with over $1M in funding from Felicis Ventures, Lightbank, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Buchheit, Bill Lee, Naval Ravikant, and Michael Arrington. Its going to be really fun seeing what grows and becomes the reigning champ this time around.

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