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WOW! The Hub Tenants Continue to Impress

photo source: Lonestar Data Company

The Maritime and Defense Technology Hub is home to 21 entities.  We are continually impressed with their accomplishments.  

Lonestar Data Co. recently announced that it completed an oversubscribed seed round for more than $5 million.  Lonestar, a Hub tenant, is set to launch a data center on the moon in Q2 of this year, with its second launch slated for the end of the year.  Click here to read more

Other noteworthy updates:

PVM was accepted into the U.S. Small Business Administration 8(A) Business Development Program which allows them to compete for federal set-aside and sole-source contracts.  Click here to read more

Virtru joined NIST NCCoE Data-Centric Security and Classification Consortium to develop recommended practices for data classification and security.  Click here to read more

Saildrone completed the first uncrewed Alaska ocean mapping mission and discovered a 3,200 foot-tall seamount. Click here to read more

Woolpert opened a Maritime Systems Hub office in the Gulfport Blue Economy Innovation District in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Click here to read more

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