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Northrop Grumman has completed two tests on the new artificial intelligence capabilities of its Forward Area Air Defense, or FAAD, an advanced battle manager system designed for counter-drone operations. The tests on the counter-unmanned aerial system’s AI upgrade demonstrated streamlined decision-making to foil UAS swarm attacks through a single button command from a mobile tablet, […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp. has started the construction of its Aviation Innovation and Technology Center, or AITC, to support the development of the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft and other projects. Located at the company’s campus at the Dayton International Airport in Ohio, the AITC will employ artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and […] More
Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division has awarded ManTech a $63 million recompete contract for the systems design modernization of the U.S. Navy’s seaborne underway replenishment, or UNREP. The five-year contract calls for work on carrier and large deck amphibious UNREP platforms facilitating fuel and supply transfers between ships at sea, ManTech said Tuesday. […] More
Guided flight demonstrations are scheduled this fall for Leidos’ small cruise missile, dubbed “Black Arrow”, after the completion of its carry and store separation testing in an AC-130J aircraft. The forthcoming demos will be conducted from a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command warplane, Leidos said Thursday. The company started working on the SCM’s design […] More
The mission technologies division of HII has inaugurated its new advanced materials and coatings lab in Willowbrook, Illinois, which is geared at enhancing aerospace technology support to International Space Station missions. HII said Wednesday that the new facility will also expand its specialty coating research and production capability to applications and solutions for the Department […] More
Computing solutions integrator Exxact has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to make its computing and data center solutions available to the public sector. Serving as Exxact’s Master Government Aggregator, Carahsoft said it will make the Fremont, California-based company’s offerings available through its reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement and OMNIA Partners contracts. Michael Adams, […] More
RTX business Raytheon has booked a $736.5 million U.S. Navy contract to supply Air Intercept Missile-9X Sidewinders as part of Lot 24 production requirements for the Navy, Air Force and Army, as well as foreign military sales to unnamed buyers. The company will work on the contract at various continental U.S. locations, as well as […] More
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has secured a contract, valued at $847.2 million as per a SAM.gov post, to build two C-130J Hercules aircraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to replace its current WP-3D Orion hurricane hunter aircraft in service since the mid-1970s. The procurement is partly funded under the 2023 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations […] More
Anduril Industries estimates that its Autonomous Surveillance Towers, or ASTs, now cover 30 percent of the U.S. southern land border. The company cited the estimate as it announced on Thursday the deployment of the 300th Anduril AST to support the homeland security functions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Anduril’s sentry tower offerings, including the […] More
Technology integrator Intelligent Waves and software company SpiderOak have formed a partnership to meet the Department of Defense’s need to counter persistent adversarial threats to hinder terrestrial and satellite communications. The partnership will deliver a decentralized communication system that stays functional when traditional networks are disrupted or denied, Intelligent Waves said in a statement issued […] More
Defense technology company Parry Labs has appointed Raanan Horowitz, former president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, as a member of its board of directors. The expertise that Horowitz is bringing in “will be invaluable” in the company’s continuing efforts to support national security, John Parkes, co-founder and CEO of Parry Labs, said in […] More
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has secured a $60 million contract from the U.S. Navy for operational test programs and models to support the service branch’s AN/APY-9 radar avionics line replaceable modules. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract also tasks the company to provide risk management and cyber test frameworks for depot-level repair of the Navy’s […] More
