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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

San Diego-based high performance computing (HPC) technology developer MemComputing says it has received two, Air Force Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts. Size of the contracts were not announced. MemComputing is led by CEO John Beane.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Irvine-based ICEYE, a satellite developer which is launching a constellation of satellites to monitor the earth using radar, says it has received a contract from the National Reconnaissance Officer (NRO). Financial details of the contract were not announced.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2021

announced it has received three new contracts from the Agency for International Development and a task order under an existing contract with the Labor Department. Pasadena-based consulting and engineering services firm Tetra Tech Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin win swarming cruise missile development contract; GumGum to exceed $100 million in revenue in 2017; and founder of Timehop left Snap after less than a year.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

Mojave-based aerospace developer ,a href="[link] reports that it has received a research contract with the U.S. Financial details of that contract were not announced by the company. Financial details of that contract were not announced by the company.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

El Segundo-based space thruster developer Phase Four says it has won a U.S. Space Force contract, as a result of its participation at the SpaceWERX Pitch Day. According to the company, the contract calls for the company to use a US air force developed propellant and its radio-frequency thruster in a demonstration effort.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has received a new, $149M contract to help develop new, missile tracking satellites for the U.S. Department of Defense, part of two contracts awarded by the DoD to improve its capabilities. The award was through the Pentagon's Space Development Agency.

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JULY 8, 2020

Simi Valley-based unmanned aircraft systems developer Aerovironment says it has received a $21M contract option, from the U.S. According to AeroVironment, the award is part of the first of three options under a sole source, Flight Control Systems (FCS) small UAS contract, which it annoucned earlier. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Carlsbad-based Metawave, a developer of radar equipment, says it has been awarded a contract from the United States Air Force (USAF) to modify its radar systems for next generation, autonomous "flying cars". Size of the contract was not announced by the company.

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2021

Air Force contract, focused on Software Defined Radio (SDR). San Diego-based defense contractor Cubic says this morning it has scored a new, U.S. Cubic said the deal is worth over $10M. The Small Form Factor (SFF) Radio Phase 2 award is part of the United States Air Force (USAF) Data Links Enterprise (DLE) project.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Mojave-based Stratolaunch, which is developing an aerial rocket launch system based on its own aircraft design, says it has snagged a research contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

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MARCH 30, 2021

San Diego-based drone security systems developer Citadel Defense reported on Tuesday that it has snagged a new contract, from the U.S. According to the company, it received the new contract award as an urgent, follow-on award to protect servicemen and servicewomen from small drone threats. Department of Defense, worth $5M.

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JULY 15, 2021

San Diego-based Citadel Defense, a developer of systems for defending against drone attacks, says it has secured $4M in new government contracts in June.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based drone software developer AirMap reports that it has won a contract from the US Air Force. According to AirMap, it has been awarded a contract to provide unmanned aircraft system (UAS) traffic management (UTM) services to the United States Air Force (USAF)'s Agility Prime program.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2020

The UC San Diego Health System has developed a diagnostic test that can determine whether a patient has contracted the novel coronavirus in about eight hours.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 30, 2021

Tetra Tech has been awarded a $37 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops products used in transportation management, reports that it has been awarded $1M in a contract in the City of Round Rock, Texas. Iteris said that the contract covers "mobility intelligence solutions and video detection technology updates" throughout the city.

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MARCH 17, 2020

El Segundo-based Phase Four , a developer of radio frequency (RF) plasma engines for in-space propulsion, announced this morning that it has received a SBIR Phase I contract by Air Force tech accelerator AFWERX, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the National Security Innovation Network. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based Relativity Space reports that has been awarded its first ever, orbital launch contract, from the U.S. Relativity Space is in the midst of developing an entirely 3D printed launch vehicle. Department of Defense (DoD). The firm has yet to launch its first rocket.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Santa Ana-based traffic and mobility management systems developer Iteris reported this morning that it has scored a subcontract win, part of a $2.4M The company said it will deploy its products as part of a statewide intelligent transportation system (ITS) maintenance sub-contract. project, for the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Los Angeles-based Relativity Space , which is in the midst of developing 3D printed rockets, has scored a launch contract from NASA, the company announced late last week. The company said it was awarded a Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) contract to place CubeSats into low Earth orbit. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2019

Carlsbad-based Viasat , which develops satellites communications equipment, reported a win this week with the U.S. According to Viasat, it has been contracted to deliver a "Link 16" capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) spacecraft for the USAF, which will be used to prototype and test space-based Link 16 capabilities.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Monrovia, California-based AeroVironment , which develops unmanned aerial vehicles, said late Monday that it has received a $8.5M military sales contract from an un-named, U.S. According to AeroVironment, the $8,584,734 firm-fixed-price U.S.

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MARCH 12, 2021

Simi Valley-based unmanned aircraft systems developer Aerovironment reported a $5.9M contract win this week, saying it signed a deal to deliver its Puma 3 AE aircraft systems to a European allied nation. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract award.

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JULY 30, 2019

Goleta-based Transphorm , which develops high voltage, Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, has received $18.5M in a contract from the U.S. base contract with the company, which will go to establish a domestic source of Gallium Nitride epiwafers. Office of Naval Research (ONR). option on an existing $2.6M

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Can you outsource your outsourcing? Anaheim-based Ziptask said today that it has launched a new, online platform which helps offload the management of freelancers and outsourcing, helping businesses via an online, dedicated virtual project manager. ziptask project outsourcing freelancer freelance' READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

And in most cases they are not ready to hire developers either. Instead, what they should be considering is how to bridge the Startup Founder Developer Gap and exactly what they need in terms of Startup CTO or Developer. The Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor will be able to help make that determination. Great post Gabriel!

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MARCH 19, 2019

Teledyne Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES), a business unit of Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne , reports this morning that it has won a $20M contract related to its support of the F-35 aircraft program.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Goleta-based Resonant , which develops technology used for filters for radio frequency (RF) front ends, reported a win in Europe, via its Swiss subsidiary, GVR Trade SA. The company said that it signed a contract with EuroStars to fund a multi-year project for the development of sensors for new medical applications.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2018

Monrovia-based unmanned aircraft systems developer AeroVironment reports that it has received a big, $44.5M contract for its Puma II AE platform, with an un-nnamed, major country in the Middle East. According to Aerovironment, the deal is the largest-ever international contract for the company.

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APRIL 14, 2021

El Segundo, California- and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace said on Tuesday that it has scored a contract from the U.S. Air Force, to develop a "next generation" tool for the military to streamline visualization of enemy missiles. According to Slingshot Aerospace, the $1.2M

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APRIL 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Eyenuk said this morning that it has fulfilled a contract it had been awarded by Public Health England (PHE).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Carlsbad- and London-based DNA Electronics , a developer of a semiconductor-based, DNA sequencing technology, says it has received $51.9M in a contract from the U.S. DNAe said the funding goes towards developing its platform for the rapid diagnosis of antimicrobial resistant infections and influenza.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Simi Valley-based AeroVironment , which develops unmanned aerial vehicles for the defense market, has scored a $45M contract award from the U.S. AeroVironment said the contract came from the United States Army for its Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFAB), and will go towards supporting the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Citadel Defense , which develops counter-drone technology for the military, government, and commercial market, reported today that it has scored a contract from the U.S. Financial details of that contract were not announced. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. What do we build in-house or outsource?

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