Eight NASA-supported research and technology payloads launched aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft Wednesday as part of the space agency's Flight Opportunities program.

Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command, has said AFSPC plans to use its acquisition authorities to accelerate procurement of three technology platforms, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.

The U.S. Navy has issued a request for information on potential vendors that could develop, integrate, produce navigation subsystems for the Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile system.

U.S. Cyber Command is seeking industry feedback on a statement of work for interested vendors to provide program, policy, advisory and assistance services to a Cybercom directorate that oversees technology development efforts for joint cyberspace activity.

DynCorp International has received a five-month, $18.5M contract modification to provide aviation field maintenance services to the U.S. Army's theater aviation sustainment management division.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host an event on Feb. 6 to familiarize interested vendors with DARPA's plan to explore methods to defend machine learning models from adversarial deception attacks.

Northrop Grumman has received a $19.5M contract modification to continue engineering and cybersecurity efforts for an unmanned aerial system built to support the U.S. Navy's reconnaissance, situational awareness and precision targeting missions.

The U.S. Air Force has posted a request for information on potential vendors that can provide an enterprise technology platform to facilitate collaboration and communication between  Distributed Common Ground System users.

Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with three Department of Energy-funded national laboratories to explore hardware and software platforms that can help update and secure the U.S. electric grid system.

An industry team led by General Electric's aviation business has received two-year contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to prototype architectures intended to facilitate manned-unmanned teaming activities.

FLIR Systems has received a $39.6M order to provide nano-unmanned aerial vehicle systems for the U.S. Army's surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a request for information on a contractor's ability to determine military positions and equipment within a bounded geographic area.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information on the availability of a commercial off-the-shelf application designed to manage routine administrative tasks and generate documents.

Ibis Tek and O'Gara Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring have won spots on a potential five-year, $49.5M contract to produce turret systems and hardware kits forU.S. Army armored vehicles.

Harris' space and intelligence systems business has landed a potential five-year, $72.3M contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain ground-based electronic warfare systems and supporting infrastructure.