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SpinLaunch, Backed By Google And Kleiner Perkins, Gets DOD Contract

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Long Beach-based SpinLaunch , a space launch services provider which recently relocated from Silicon Valley to Long Beach, reported on Wednesday that it has been awarded a launch prototype contract from the Department of Defense (DOD). Size of that new contract was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SpinLaunch Wins First Department of Defense Contract

L.A. Business Journal

Long Beach-based aerospace firm SpinLaunch Inc. announced June 20 that it had won a contract from the Department of Defense to develop a small satellite launch system prototype.

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Relativity Space Raises $650M More For 3D Printed Rockets

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Long Beach-based 3D, printed rocket developer Relativity Space said on Tuesday that it has raised another round of funding--worth $650M--to go towards production of its first rocket. Relativity is in the process of developing 3D printed rockets, which the company claims will be much easier to build and reuse.

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ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working

TechCrunch LA

The newly minted founder joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator , where she developed a curriculum to teach people how to repair EV chargers. It was here that she met Ellis, a career coach at LACI who also worked at the Long Beach Job Corp Center. ChargerHelp takes a workforce-development approach to finding employees.

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With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LA

TechCrunch LA

With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short-haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance is joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. Trucking logistics company NEXT Trucking takes in a $21 million haul. The company has raised $3.5

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Molina Healthcare Buys Unisys Unit

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Long Beach-based Molina Healthcare , a provider of health plans and managed care services, said today that it is buying the Health Information Management (HIM) business of Unisys Corporation , in a deal worth approximately $135M.

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Bikestation Installs In Covina

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Long Beach-based Bikestations , an angel-backed startup developing modules used for storing bicycles at train stations, bus stations, and elsewhere, said today that it has contracted for install of a center, at the Covina Metrolink station. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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