BAE Systems is poised to commence vehicle testing activities after delivering to the U.S. Marine Corps the first production representative test vehicle of the amphibious combat vehicle 30-millimeter cannon variant. The aerospace company said Thursday it will continue to collaborate with the service branch and the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering over the next 15 months to test and demonstrate the PRTV during a Fleet Marine Force event in southern California.

An Advanced Air-Launched Effects platform was released from an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft system while in flight during a demonstration conducted at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah in November last year. General Atomics' aeronautical systems business said Thursday that the launch capped a series of demo activities of the A2LE platform, which covered not only flight but also manufacturing and structural testing.

Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Army an Integrated Collaborative Environment, a major end item in the first production of the Integrated Battle Command System. The company said ICE is an electromagnetic interference-protected shelter with battle management workstations for conducting air and missile defense planning and defensive operations.

Zero trust is increasingly becoming a critical component of cybersecurity as threats resort more to data-centric attacks, said Garrett Yee, General Dynamics Information Technology's vice president and general manager for the U.S. Army and defense agencies sector. In an interview with Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International, Yee shared his short- and long-term outlook for zero trust and how artificial intelligence is impacting tactical decision-making.

Ardent has appointed Ryan Jennings as its first chief ventures officer. Ardent said Tuesday that in his new role, Jennings' responsibilities include working to ensure that future mergers and acquisitions, technological innovations and new business ventures align with the objectives of the digital transformation and data analytics firm.

BAE Systems has concluded the critical design review of an advanced global positioning system receiver and next-generation semiconductor for the U.S. Space Force. The CDR is part of the $247 million contract that BAE received in 2020 from the agency to design and manufacture new technologies in support of the Military GPS User Equipment Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface program, the company said Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Venice Goodwine, chief information officer of the Department of the Air Force, as a first-time Wash100 Award recipient. Goodwine is included in the 2024 Wash100 roster for her outstanding leadership in spearheading the service branch's information technology investment strategy and fostering innovation in emerging technologies across the enterprise.

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The U.S. Air Force awarded Serco Inc. a $90 million follow-on contract to continue implementing IBM's TRIRIGA software at the maintenance and installation systems division of the U.S. Air Force Program Executive Office for Business Enterprise Systems. The potential five-year contract includes a base performance period of one year and four one-year option periods, the company said Wednesday.

Nicholas Waguespack, a technology executive with over two decades of combined defense and industry experience, has been appointed vice president of artificial intelligence at CACI International. Waguespack announced his new post on LinkedIn and shared that he would support the integration of AI and machine learning technologies into the various aspects of CACI's business operations.

Northrop Grumman and the Missile Defense Agency completed a preliminary design review of the Next Generation Interceptor capability one year ahead of schedule. As part of PDR, the Northrop NGI team provided MDA with a full-scale solid rocket motor, avionics, test hardware and other on-site interactive demonstrators for assessment as well as a digital model of the all-up round design in a virtual reality environment, the company said Wednesday.

Carahsoft Technolog will act as a master government aggregator for SparkCognition Government System’s artificial intelligence-based visual security tool to the public sector, including schools. The Visual AI Advisor will be made accessible via reseller partners, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance and OMNIA Partners contracts, Carahsoft said Wednesday.

RTX's Collins Aerospace subsidiary and partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering have completed the crew capability assessment test on next-generation spacesuits developed for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. During the test, the spacesuits went through a series of demonstrations in a manufactured zero-gravity environment onboard an aircraft, RTX said Wednesday.