Auterion, a Swiss manufacturer of software for unmanned aerial systems, plans to make first shipments of its fixed-wing and trirotor drones in the fourth quarter of this year, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday.

NASA has certified Lockheed Martin’s Orion spacecraft ahead of its uncrewed flight in lunar orbit as part of the Artemis I mission.

Donna Morea, an operating executive at The Carlyle Group, has been selected to chair the board of directors of Washington, D.C.-based information governance technology maker KLDiscovery.

Firefly Aerospace plans to move forward with the development of its Genesis lunar lander as its continues work on an orbital transfer vehicle in partnership with Aerojet Rocketdyne, ARS Technica reported Wednesday.

Persistent Systems has received a $5.4M contract to supply communications systems for the U.S. Army’s next-generation optionally manned fighting vehicle intended to replace the service’s Bradley ground platforms, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.

Rick Lober, vice president of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems division, has said that the Department of Defense should start deploying a unified network system for satellite communications, Breaking Defense reported Monday.

An Aerojet Rocketdyne study has found that using liquid hydrogen for propulsion systems supporting the lunar lander could pose risks because currently available cryogenic fluid management capabilities may not be mature enough, SpaceNews reported Monday.

Several U.S. government, commercial and academic organizations have vowed to provide high-performance computing resources to support COVID-19 research and development efforts worldwide through a newly formed public-private consortium.

A robotic spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics business is slated to reposition Intelsat’s communications satellite back to its geosynchronous orbit by the end of the month, Breaking Defense reported Friday.

Cisco has earmarked $225M to support global COVID-19 response efforts, including technology development and other healthcare, government and educational initiatives.

Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector business and a 2020 Wash100  awardee, said the company will contribute up to $20M to a new program aimed at helping customers research and develop diagnostic tools for detecting the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19.

The U.S. Air Force plans to select Hillwood Aviation for a contract to provide trainer aircraft as the service continues to assess potential updates to the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk, FlightGlobal magazine reported Friday.

The Professional Services Council is calling on the Office of Management and Budget to issue clear guidelines on continuing the operations of government contractors amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The U.S. Army has selected 10 companies that will compete for $250K in prizes for the Expeditionary Technology Search 4.0 competition focused on providing avenues for small businesses to work with the service branch.

A team consisting of Raytheon and Norwegian aerospace and defense firm Kongsberg expect to conduct a flight test for its Joint Strike Missile on an F-35A fighter jet this year, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday.