BlueHalo has secured a four-year logistics support contract to help the U.S. Army manage and maintain its laser weapon system designed to defend forces and critical infrastructure against threats from small unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Monday it will serve as the full-cycle lead system integrator overseeing preventative and corrective maintenance and operator and maintenance team training for the Army's Palletized High Energy Laser system.

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BlueHalo has expanded its national security offerings with the launch and demonstration of an integrated command and control system designed to support uncrewed airspace operations. The company said Thursday VigilantHalo is a software-driven tool that features integrated data processing, fusion tracker and communications system for air traffic control, BVLOS and counter-UAS activities as well as air and missile defense.

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Phillip Pickens has been named vice president of quality and mission assurance at BlueHalo, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, he announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. He joined the Arlington, Virginia company from Leidos subsidiary Dynetics, where he worked as quality manager.

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BlueHalo, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Ipsolon Research, a provider of high-performance, ultra-small form factor software-defined radios, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is intended to support BlueHalo's current strategic and technological priorities by accelerating rapid prototyping and product delivery and promoting quality within its supply chain.

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BlueHalo has secured a contract from the Office of Naval Research and Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to develop a high-energy laser technology prototype for integration onto the U.S. Marine Corps’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. The company said it will adapt its Locust laser weapon platform to equip the JLTVs with laser-powered counter-unmanned aerial systems capabilities that will work to identify, engage and disable drone targets.

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BlueHalo has unveiled its Next Generation Missile to provide the military with layered counter-unmanned aerial system and air defense capabilities. NGM was developed to integrate with current military infrastructure and command and control platforms and defeat Group 3 UAS and other larger air targets.

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Kelly Hammett, head of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, said BlueHalo demonstrated its phased-array antenna system in late August and is set to make an initial delivery of the first unit by the spring of 2025 to help the U.S. Space Force upgrade its Satellite Control Network.

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Justin Litko was elevated to the role of vice president of SOF operations at BlueHalo where he previously served as chief of staff, according to his LinkedIn post Monday. Litko joined BlueHalo in November 2020 as director for SOF engagement and then transitioned to his most recent role, which he held for more than two […] More

BlueHalo is teaming up with the University of Maryland’s MATRIX Lab and UAS Research and Operations Center to develop and test unmanned aerial systems and long-range communication technologies. The collaborative effort aims to contribute innovations to national security, while cultivating UMD students into talents for the tech and defense industries, the company said. BlueHalo and […] More

BlueHalo worked with Alpine Advanced Materials to use the Dallas, Texas-based manufacturer’s HX5 multi-scale reinforced polymer in the injection molded chassis of the technology company’s next-generation Intense Eye unmanned aerial system. HX5 is expected to make the UAS platform lighter but capable of carrying heavier payload, BlueHalo said Thursday. The IE-V3 UAS uses artificial intelligence […] More

BlueHalo has turned over and installed its first high-energy laser diagnostic tool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia. The Laser Instrumented Diagnostic Suite is among four units that will be delivered to U.S. Navy test sites across the country, BlueHalo said Thursday. The company won the contract to develop LIDS in April […] More

Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the Space Rapid Capabilities Office under the U.S. Space Force will be the first customer of the company’s mobile electronic phased array antenna in support of the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program, SpaceNews reported Saturday. According to Moneymaker, the BlueHalo antenna, dubbed Badger, is […] More