Navatek has changed its name to Martin Defense Group in a move to emphasize the technology research and company's intention to support U.S. defense programs. Martin Kao, CEO of Martin Defense, said the company aims to innovate with partners and transform emerging technology platforms into “game-changing” offerings designed to help customers ensure national security.

Raytheon Technologies plans to submit its concept for an enterprise system based on cloud computing and artificial intelligence as part of its bid for the Federal Aviation Administration’s updated aviation network.

Parsons has received a $40M contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide mine-resistant ground vehicles to support the service branch’s efforts to deploy a laser-based system for clearing airfields of mines and unexploded weapons.

Battelle has won a potential seven-year, $46.3M contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop a materials engineering concept and support the manufacture of technologies that can withstand extreme hypersonic environments.

Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary has completed preliminary design review activities for its proposed next-generation satellite for a U.S. Army program focused on tactical geospatial intelligence.

The U.S. Air Force has received Northrop Grumman-built sensor and camera technologies in a push to modernize the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the service branch and the geographic combatant commands.

Frank Dimina, vice president of public sector at Splunk, has said that agencies should consider using data collected from Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation procedures to generate more insights on cybersecurity.

Alion Science and Technology has received a potential five-year, $40M contract to provide information technology and cybersecurity services to the U.S. Air Force.

Spire Global plans to launch cube satellites with data crosslinks in the coming months in a push to drive the implementation of intersatellite communications.

Arthur Mabbett, vice president and deputy director of Leidos’ Innovation Center, and John Kovach, consultant at 2 Circle Consulting, have said that leadership, vision and incentives are key to driving cultural change in government acquisition.

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Microsoft to use the latter’s mixed-reality collaboration tool to help engineers visualize procedures while assembling the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to lunar orbit.

Jim Richberg, field chief information security officer at Fortinet, has said that organizations need to be proactive in protecting disparate networks against end-to-end ransomware threats based on an “as-a-service” framework.

Tim Ellis, cofounder and CEO of Relativity Space, has said the company plans to market a 3D-printed rocket to support missions in low-Earth, medium and geosynchronous orbits over the next decade.

A Raytheon Technologies business has received a $27M contract to provide technical support for the U.S. Army’s enterprise software system that manages logistics operations for the service branch’s ammunition resources.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has partnered with Mitre to help ensure the proper classification of industrial control systems under the latter’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program.