SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Look at the business and determine what's going to make sense from a development perspective in the short-term, longer-term. Would you create contracts without an attorney? Do you really have control of the development?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Carlsbad-based Ostendo Technologies , a developer of solid state lighting and display technology, reported this morning that it has scored a $58.3M contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

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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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

San Diego-based Maxwell Technologies reports this morning that it has received a $7.01M contract from the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), to develop advanced energy storage systems for power assist hybrid electric vehicles. DOE grants. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2014

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies Incorporate said Tuesday that one of its subsidiaries, Teledyne Energy Systems , has scored a $17.6M contract from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Teledyne said the contract is for a technology transfer and flight hardware upgrade program. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Mojave-based XCOR Aerospace , which is developing technology and vehicles for suborbital flight, said today that it has inked a deal with Southwest Research Insitute (SWRI) for six, suborbital flights. XCOR said the contract is the first ever, commercial reusable suborbital vehicle scientific flight contract.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Santa Ana-based STEC , the developer of solid state disk drives and technology, said this week that it has opened up a new storage innovation center in Pune, India. According to STEC, the new design center will provide software development resources for its products.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies , the diversified electronics, instrumentation, aerospace and defense firm, reported Thursday that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, has won a $350M NASA Engineering contract.

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socalTECH

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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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said Wednesday that it has signed a contract with The Boeing Company , to develop and supply aircraft data acquisition systems for the Boeing Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX, along with the new information management system for the 777, Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX and 747-8 production aircraft.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2009

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. Navy Office of Naval Research, which is worth nearly $1M.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Would you create contracts without an attorney? The Strategic Technical Advisor looks at the business and determines what makes sense from a technology perspective in the short-term and longer-terms. This is especially important with outsourced development teams. Why do this without the right technical advisor?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2010

San Diego-based Althea Technologies , a provider of contract development and manufacturing for the life sciences market, has raised $17M in debt funding, according to financing provider Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Use for the funding was not disclosed. Althea is venture backed by Telegraph Hill Partners.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said this morning that it has won a $60M, NASA contract to help design and manufacture a Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) for NASA''s new Space Launch System launch vehicle. teledyne nasa brown technologies space launch vehicle contract government aerospace rocket engineering'

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies , which develops electronics instrumentation, digital imaging products, aerospace, defense, systems, and a wide range of other products and services, reported Thursday that it has scored a $9.9M contract from the U.S. According to the company, the contract comes from the U.S.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies Incorporated says this morning that it has scored a $595M, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) contract. The contract is spread out over five years, beginning September 1st. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. Still, I believe I’m offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Goleta-based Aurrion , a developer of silicon photonics fabrication technology, reported today that it has been awarded $13.9M in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. Aurrion's technology is aimed at allowing active components such as lasers and amplifiers to be fabricated on silicon wafers.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , on the heels of the firm's successful launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, announced over the weekend that it has signed a contract with the National Space Organization (NSPO) to launch an Earth Observation Satellite, Formosat-5. Financial scope of the launch contract was not announced.

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MAY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Althea Technologies , a contract development and manufacturing firm for the biopharmaceuticals industry, said today that it has acquired the assets and IP portfolio of Altus Pharmaceuticals. Tags: pharmaceuticals altus lifescience acquisition merger manufacturing contract technologies althea.

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APRIL 5, 2013

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals contract manufacturer Althea Technologies is now officially part of Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto Co., The firms said that Ajinomoto paid approximately $175M for Althea Technologies. the firms said late Thursday, as the acquisition of Althea completed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics , a developer of cell therapy products aimed at treating cardiovascular disease and repairing soft tissue, said today that it has been awarded a contact worth up to $106M. The contract came from the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Carlsbad-based satellite communications technology developer ViaSat claimed a win in court today, saying that a federal court judge has upheld a jury verdict against Space Systems/Loral. viasat contract patent infringement lawsuit legal satellite communications' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2013

San Diego-based pharmaceuticals contract manufacturer Althea Technologies said today that it has been acquired by Japanese company Ajinomoto Co. Althea Technologies provides biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Mojave-based Virgin Orbit , the Richard Branson-backed space launch startup which spun out of Virgin Galactic, said on Thursday afternoon that it has received a contract from the U.S. Financial details of the defense contract were not announced. Department of Defense. defense and intelligence community.

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JULY 21, 2021

San Diego-based high performance computing technology developer MemComputing says it has scored a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Size of that SBIR contract was not nnounced.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Irvine-based Kurion , the developer of nuclear cleanup technology, reported another win over the weekend at Fukushima Daiichi. According to the company, it has been awarded a contract by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to deliver a system to remove strontium from tank water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Guard against a preclusion that would deny you from utilizing the IP developed during the course of executing the agreement. Get The Cheese With Your Neck Intact.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based medical device developer Neural Analytics reported a win with the U.S. Defense Department this morning, saying it has received a $10M contract from the U.S. Army to developer a portable device to assess combat-related traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to the company, the contract was awarded by the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , founded by former dMarc founders Ryan and Chad Steelberg , said Monday that it has acquired La Jolla-based Beeyla , a developer of virtual sports collectibles. Brand Affinity Technologies said the buy will extend its portfolio of endorsement offerings. billion in contingent payments.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2011

If you enter into a development or trial partnership for free, you are allowing the BDC to forestall its ultimate determination of the value of the partnership. BDCs can afford to hire large staffs to adequately track all of the evergreen provisions in their contracts. Oh, but you scoff. Never agree to such a provision. Arbitration.

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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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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. Air Force (USAF), where its technology will be used to detect and adaptively jam any drone swarms. GHz) communication frequencies.

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