Category: Press Release

BlueHalo Awarded JAIC BPA to Support the Acceleration of AI Capabilities

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060 ARLINGTON, VA – BlueHalo was recently awarded a five-year contract to support the Department of Defense (DoD) strategy to accelerate scaling Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact across the Department by the Joint Acquisition Intelligence Center (JAIC) Artificial Intelligence Test & Evaluation (T&E) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The DoD created the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in June 2018 to explore the use of AI-enhanced communication for… Read more »

BlueHalo Appoints Dr. Deat LaCour as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060 ARLINGTON, VA – BlueHalo proudly announces the appointment of Deat LaCour, Ph.D. as the company’s new Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DDEI).  As BlueHalo’s DDEI, Dr. LaCour will support mission critical strategies and tactics that bring insight, knowledge, leadership, and clarity to BlueHalo to create an inclusive workplace… Read more »

BlueHalo Advances Long-Term Technical Strategy with Addition of Vikram Manikonda as Chief Technology Officer

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060 ARLINGTON, VA – BlueHalo is pleased to announce the appointment of Vikram Manikonda, Ph.D., as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective January 1, 2022.  Dr. Manikonda will spearhead cross-sector collaboration, leading efforts to define the vision and path to execution for technology development across the company’s Defense, Intelligence,… Read more »

BlueHalo Technology on Orbit as Part of NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060  ARLINGTON, VA – As a long-standing partner in NASA’s laser communications efforts, BlueHalo’s inertially stable platform assemblies serve as a key component of the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).  The LCRD will test laser communications capabilities from geosynchronous orbit (GEO) with numerous experiments to refine laser technologies further.  It launched… Read more »

BlueHalo Announces Acquisition of Asymmetrik, Cementing Leadership Position in Cyber and SIGINT

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060  ARLINGTON, VA – BlueHalo, a leading provider to the national security community of critical capabilities and technologies across Space Superiority, Space Technology, Directed Energy/c-UAS, Autonomy, Advanced RF, Cyber, and SIGINT, today announced it has acquired Asymmetrik Ltd. (Asymmetrik). Founded in 2008, Asymmetrik is a leading developer of software solutions and technology… Read more »

BlueHalo’s DE M-SHORAD Target Acquisition and Tracking System Successfully Demonstrated by Army

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060 ALBUQUERQUE, NM – During the U.S. Army’s late spring Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) Combat Shoot-Off (CSO), soldiers at Fort Sill operated BlueHalo’s DE M-SHORAD Independent Target Acquisition and Tracking System (ITATS).  The system successfully demonstrated the capability to provide independent precision cues, illumination, and identification… Read more »

BlueHalo Solidifies Leading Position in Counter-UAS with Acquisition of Citadel Defense

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (703) 718-4060  ARLINGTON, VA – BlueHalo (the “Company”), a leading provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community, today announced it has acquired Citadel Defense Company (“Citadel”).  Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Citadel develops advanced counter-unmanned aerial systems (“cUAS”) technology utilized by customers within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, as well as civilian, commercial, and international markets.  Founded in 2016, Citadel’s team of engineers and data scientists has developed best-of-breed cUAS products that leverage proprietary artificial intelligence… Read more »

BlueHalo Awarded USMC Contract for 33 Virtual Stinger Training Systems

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (505) 767-1200 HUNTSVILLE, AL – BlueHalo was recently awarded a firm-fixed price contract for Stinger Training Systems (STS) by the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Virginia.  This contract provides for procurement of 33 STS, spare blocks, labor support, a technical data package, help desk support, and other direct costs in… Read more »

BlueHalo Performs Successful sUAS Demonstration for Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (505) 767-1200 HUNTSVILLE, AL – BlueHalo’s small-unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) team successfully completed a capabilities demonstration of BlueHalo’s, American-made Group 1 sUAS for Defense Innovation Unit at a Department of Defense facility in California.  BlueHalo was recently awarded a contract to participate in DIU’s Blue 2.0 Prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA)… Read more »

BlueHalo Bolsters Technical Capabilities and Intellectual Property with the Acquisition of Intelligent Automation, Inc.

Contact: Tiffany Sevieri [email protected] (505) 767-1200 ARLINGTON, VA – BlueHalo (the “Company”), a leading provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Intelligent Automation, Inc. (“IAI”). Based in Rockville, Maryland, IAI provides advanced technology development and productized solutions in the… Read more »