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French aerospace and defense company Safran and Terran Orbital have partnered to look into the potential of producing electric propulsion systems for satellites in the U.S. Terra Orbital said Friday the memorandum of agreement with Safran Spacecraft Propulsion will seek to explore the feasibility of using the latter’s PPSX00 plasma thruster as basis for new satellite electric […] More
AvePoint has enhanced its Cloud Backup for Salesforce product in an effort to bolster data protection for its public sector customers and simplify its fielding. The data security services company said Thursday the added features of the cloud offering provide more comprehensive data backup and modernized user mapping capabilities, metadata search functionality and support. Additionally, AvePoint […] More
Peraton’s applied research arm will enhance a company-built intrusion detection/intrusion prevention system for possible integration and flight testing on the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle. The security and technology company said Wednesday Peraton Labs will engineer, develop, produce, test and evaluate its 1553 Bus Defender offering under a $9.2 million contract to prevent […] More
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Aerojet Rocketdyne to power a new precision fires missile the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor is building for the U.S. Army. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Wednesday it will develop and deliver to Lockheed an advanced propulsion system for the Long Range Maneuverable Fires weapon. In March, the Army named Lockheed as one of […] More
William Walker, a retired U.S. Army major general, has joined the board of advisers of security information management company SIMS Software. He will assist SIMS Software in supporting the national security community and driving business growth by contributing insights gained from his decades of government, military and national security experience, the Carlsbad, California-based company said Tuesday. […] More
The Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic and Ignyte Platform have signed a licensing agreement that permits the latter to commercially distribute compiled binaries of a NIWC-developed software used to automate federal security compliance checks. Ignyte was given the go-signal to use the Security Content Automation Protocol Compliance Checker Software source code earlier this year through the five-year […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Air Force Research Laboratory have conducted a qualification static fire test of a large solid rocket engine the company built for the Missile Defense Agency’s medium-range ballistic missile target. The company said Monday its Coleman Aerospace subsidiary developed the eSR-19, a revamped SR-19 variant, to feature a lighter composite case and performance […] More
Spirit AeroSystems has booked a contract to develop a concept for making airframe structures for a project that supports NASA’s Sustainable Flight National Partnership with the aviation sector. NASA awarded the grant under the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project involving 14 organizations that will conduct initial development efforts, Spirit said Tuesday. The HiCAM awardees collectively […] More
Ensco is exhibiting its human presence detection system offering at the 2023 Corrections Technology Association Summit, a four-day event that kicked off June 18 in Fort Myers, Florida. The engineering and technology company said Friday its MicroSearch system employs contactless vehicle sensors intended to boost safety for inspectors when detecting humans hidden in vehicles or shipping […] More
General Atomics has performed the inaugural flight test of a 200HP heavy fuel engine using a Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft in an effort to demonstrate its suitability to replace the existing engine that powers the extended-range model of the U.S. Army’s drone. The company said Thursday its aeronautical and electromagnetic systems divisions co-developed the HFE 2.0’s […] More
Cycuity, formerly Tortuga Logic, has received a potential seven-year, $99 million contract under Phase III of the Department of Defense’s Small Business Innovation Research program to develop its core microelectronics security assurance offering. The California-based company said Wednesday it will collaborate with defense and commercial entities on the research and development effort to ensure the security of […] More
Ken Campbell, former strategic growth director of national security engagements at Maxar Technologies, has been appointed as president of Israel-based Edgybees’ U.S. business arm. The software company said Wednesday the executive move comes amid efforts to expand the delivery of its georegistration software platform offerings outside its home country. In May, Edgybees Inc. was launched to meet […] More
