An industry team led by Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business and KBR’s wholly owned subsidiary Kord conducted live-fire exercises of a 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a Stryker armored vehicle at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and demonstrated the capability of the weapon system to counter multiple 60mm mortar rounds and drones. […] More

Christian Zur of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Scott Kordella of Mitre wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Federal Times that the U.S. needs to have a “single operational picture“ to facilitate timely and accurate monitoring of aircraft and space systems and enable the space launch sector to safely coexist with the aviation industry.

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Centauri has purchased Kord Technologies in a move to expand technology offerings for the defense and intelligence sectors. Dave Dzaran, CEO of Centauri, said the company aims to help government customers address national security threats with the use of technology across the military, intelligence, space, missile and cyber domains.

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KBR’s Kord Technologies subsidiary demonstrated a 50 kilowatt-class laser weapon prototype on a Stryker vehicle as part of the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense program during a combat shoot-off held in July at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Byron Bright, president of KBR’s government solutions business and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said […] More

General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has showcased a new two-channel software-defined radio developed to deliver multiple levels of security and National Security Agency-certified encryption for ship voice and data communications. The new Badger radio can transmit information using high frequency, very high frequency, ultra-high frequency and satellite-enabled Mobile User Objective System signals, the company said […] More

The mission systems business of General Dynamics has received two contracts worth $30.5 million in combined value for maintenance services and modernization of the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Independence-variant littoral combat ship.  The Department of Defense awarded May 4 the first contract worth $17.4 million intended to enhance the fleet’s mechanical and electrical capabilities through […] More

A KBR subsidiary is continuing integration activities for the U.S. Army's Mobile Experimental High Energy Laser weapon at the company's new facility in Huntsville, Alabama ahead of prototype deliveries scheduled for fiscal year 2022.

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Applied Technology Associates has received a contract to develop a target acquisition and tracking platform for installation on a Stryker military ground vehicle as part of a U.S. Army initiative to increase soldier protection with laser weapon systems. ATA said Tuesday it will also provide electro-optical infrared sensors and control systems to the Directed Energy-Maneuver Short Range Air Defense prototyping effort.

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The Department of Defense has unveiled the recipients of the Nunn-Perry Award for fiscal year 2019.

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Raytheon has built the first antenna array for a new radar system designed to help the U.S. Army counter hypersonic weapons and other sophisticated threats.

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Rockwell Collins has received a four-year contract to continue providing logistics support for the avionics display systems of the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 aircraft fleet. The agreement will extend performance-based logistics work the company has performed over the past 15 years on more than 1.2K F/A-18 units, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. Services under the PBL effort […] More