Boeing has delivered to the U.S. Navy an unmanned submarine capable of operating independently of a host vehicle. The company said Wednesday the Orca Extra Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle is a novel autonomous submarine that is purpose-built for extended and critical underwater missions.

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United Launch Alliance is preparing for the inaugural certification mission of its new heavy-lift rocket, Vulcan Centaur, scheduled for Dec. 24. The maiden launch is set to carry two payloads and depart from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, ULA said Monday.

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Boeing has secured the St. Louis Airport Commission’s approval to lease approximately 158 acres of land near Lambert International Airport for its planned $1.8 billion business expansion in the city, St. Louis Business Journal reported Wednesday. According to Boeing, the expansion project or “Operation Voyager” is aimed at enabling the aerospace company to further pursue […] More

Lockheed Martin has entered into partnerships with three small businesses under the Department of Defense’s Mentor-Protege Program to support the development of the Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor. Under the two-year agreements, Marotta Controls, Space Information Labs and Valley Tech Systems will work as subcontractors on Lockheed’s NGI program to develop, mature and deploy […] More

The U.S. Space Force has awarded its first Orbital Prime program contract to Space Micro for the research and development of robotics technology that can help the service branch refurbish space system capabilities previously lost. Space Micro said Wednesday that it collaborated with Altius Space Machines, its fellow Voyager Space subsidiary, and Sandia National Laboratories […] More

Xplore has secured $16.2 million in venture financing and completed milestones on contracts with federal customers, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday its investors include Alumni Ventures, Starbridge Venture Capital, KittyHawk Ventures, Brightstone Venture Capital, Private Shares Fund, Lombard Street, Gaingels, Helios Capital, […] More

Space Micro, a Voyager Space-backed company, has received a Space Development Agency contract to build a laser communications capability for sending data from one satellite to various receivers. The 24-month development contract calls for an advanced one-to-many optical system that uses managed optical communication array technology to enable point-to-multipoint communications from low-Earth orbit, the space […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Space Micro a contract to design a terminal that would link military aircraft to satellites via laser communications, Space News reported Tuesday. The company, now a subsidiary of Voyager Space, won the contract under the AFWERX organization’s Small Business Technology Transfer program for phase one work, which covers initial […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded Maxar Technologies a $9.3 million contract to further develop and deliver to the agency a pair of robotic arms for in-space assembly activities. Maxar said Monday it will test and provide its approximately six-foot-long robotic arms within a three-year timeline. The arms will run on a single motor with […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Chris Brady, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving the business unit’s growth by leading valuable industry partnerships and securing profitable contracts, which has expanded GDMS’ influence in the federal marketplace. This marks Brady’s second consecutive Wash100 Award.

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General Dynamics' mission systems business and Klas Telecom's government unit have partnered to offer a data networking platform with a Type 1 encryption technology built to help military customers secure tactical computing functions and communications.

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Lockheed Martin and Universal Synaptics have partnered to help the Department of Defense detect and address intermittent faults in avionics systems, Avionics International reported Monday.

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