A General Atomics affiliate has demonstrated the use of A-size sonobuoys to remotely process acoustic and bathythermal data when deployed from an unmanned aircraft system to support U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare operations.
Read More »Raytheon Tests Data Analysis Method for Tactical Ground Station; David Appel Quoted
Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has demonstrated an activity-based intelligence methodology for a ground station being developed to help military users receive data and find potential threats on the battlefield.
Read More »S3 International Changes Name to Reflect Aerospace & Defense Market Vision
S3 International has rebranded as S3 AeroDefense to emphasize the company's target market for aircraft spares and repair services.
Read More »William King: WMD Defense Requires Mission-Focused, Integrated Framework
William King, an executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has said the complexity of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear explosive defense missions demands an integrated and mission-focused approach to counter weapons of mass destruction.
Read More »Lockheed’s Orion Spacecraft Concludes Assembly, Testing for NASA’s Artemis Mission to Lunar Orbit
Lockheed Martin has sent the Orion capsule to NASA’s exploration ground systems team for final preparations ahead of the unmanned Artemis I mission to lunar orbit that will launch later this year. The spacecraft concluded assembly operations and testing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read More »LMI to Extend Air Force Logistics Process Support; Robert Lech Quoted
LMI will continue to help Air Force Materiel Command manage logistics operations using readiness-based sparing tools under a potential five-year, $18M contract. The nonprofit company said Wednesday it will provide administrative, technical, and professional support to the Air Force Sustainment Center's supply chain processes.
Read More »Microsoft, HITRUST Unveil Security Controls Compliance Matrix for Azure
Microsoft and the Healthcare Information Trust Alliance have launched a matrix intended to assist customers of the company’s Azure cloud offering in efforts to implement HITRUST controls and comply with global cybersecurity standards.
Read More »SpaceX to Support Intuitive Machines’ Second NASA Lunar Payload Delivery Mission
Intuitive Machines has selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to deploy a lunar lander that will carry an ice drilling instrument and a mass spectrometer as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Read More »Mitre, NHTSA, Auto Industry Expand Traffic Safety Data Sharing Collaboration
Mitre has partnered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and eight automobile manufacturing companies for a data-sharing initiative that will involve analyzing the performance of advanced driver assistance systems.
Read More »Navy Vet Brian Weinstein to Lead Stantec’s Defense Ports, Maritime Business
Brian Weinstein, a 27-year U.S. Navy veteran and former vice commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, has been named leader of the defense ports and maritime practice at Stantec. He will also hold a senior principal role at Stantec and the company said Wednesday his appointment is part of the engineering, architecture and consulting firm's federal team expansion initiative.
Read More »L3Harris Demos Multiband Antenna Prototype for Space Force Satcom Network; Ed Zoiss Quoted
L3Harris Technologies demonstrated the capacity of a phased array antenna prototype to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communications Network during a recent exercise at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.
Read More »BAE’s Charles Woodburn: Defense Sector Can Play Key Role to Restore Economy
Charles Woodburn, CEO of BAE Systems, has said defense companies support the global economy through export activities and technology investments that help create high skilled jobs. “I strongly believe we can have a key role to play in restoring the economies of the countries in which we operate,” Woodburn wrote in a guest piece for Defense News published Monday.
Read More »ULA’s Tory Bruno: Industry Must Help US Maintain Tech Edge Over Adversaries
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, has said that space industry could help the U.S. government realize the advantages of innovation and ensure technological superiority in that domain through initiatives such as the National Security Space Launch program.
Read More »HII’s Unmanned Tech Center of Excellence Completes Initial Construction Phase; Andy Green Quoted
Huntington Ingalls Industries has finished construction of a 22K-square-foot building that will be part of the military shipbuilder's new campus in Hampton, Virginia, for the prototyping, manufacturing and testing of unmanned technology platforms. “Opening this initial facility immediately expands our unmanned systems capability and helps support the increasing needs of our customers who defend our national security,” said Andy Green, president of HII's technical solutions division and two-time Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »Shift5, NAWCAD Sign Cyber Resiliency R&D Agreement; Josh Lospinoso Quoted
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has partnered with operational technology security company Shift5 to conduct cyber resiliency research and development activities through a cooperative R&D agreement.
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