Ball Aerospace has shipped a new observatory spacecraft to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an upcoming NASA mission that will measure cosmic X-ray polarization while in orbit. The company said Wednesday it built the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer under a collaboration with NASA and the Italian Space Agency. IXPE will launch in December from Kennedy Space […] More

Marvin Griffin, a former U.S. Army engineer with nearly three decades of experience, has been appointed to serve as federal lead and business manager of Dewberry‘s office in Huntsville, Alabama. He will help Dewberry handle business development and federal customer engagements within the southeast region, the company said Monday. At the Army Corps of Engineers, […] More

Lockheed Martin and its Sikorsky subsidiary are considering linking future helicopter offerings to the F-35 aircraft and other fighter jets, Defense One reported Wednesday. Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, said the military aircraft manufacturer will use a Black Hawk helicopter as a surrogate model for a proposed Army Future Vertical Lift vehicle and equip the […] More

Data from Space Capital shows that private investment deals within the space industry have amounted to $10.3 billion for the first three quarters of 2021, surpassing the $9.8 billion for all of last year, CNBC reported Thursday. The New York-based venture capital firm estimates that investors injected $3.9 billion into businesses that develop satellites, launch […] More

Five companies will compete for delivery orders under a five-year, $29 million contract to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with analytic services aimed at addressing economic-related geospatial intelligence challenges. BAE Systems, Ball Aerospace, BlackSky Holdings, Continental Mapping Consultants and Royce Geospatial Consultants will deliver capabilities that leverage artificial intelligence, machine-learning and nontraditional GEOINT sources, NGA […] More

Northrop Grumman has secured a $13.3 million contract to continue developing a software-defined positioning, navigation and timing payload as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack program. The company’s Future PNT Systems Operating Unit in Woodland Hills, which assists DARPA Tactical Technology Office’s mission of attaining low Earth orbit national security space capabilities, […] More

The partnership between Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has submitted a proposal for the U.S. Army’s development program that seeks to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter with a new assault aircraft. The Sikorsky-Boeing team has entered the service branch’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition with the partnership’s Defiant X helicopter bid, Lockheed […] More

The shortage of microchip supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing down the progress of satellite efforts under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a program manager told SpaceNews Thursday.  Stephen Forbes, Blackjack program manager, said DARPA is eyeing to launch 12 satellites into low Earth orbit by 2022 but the disruption in the […] More

Carahsoft Technology has added five more providers under an existing blanket purchasing agreement with the Department of Defense for enterprise software products and services. The company said Tuesday it will expand the military’s access to cybersecurity and information technology asset management offerings through a new award that modifies the Enterprise Software Initiative BPA. Carahsoft will […] More

Leonardo has agreed to supply over 1,200 more pointer trackers for a Northrop Grumman-led infrared countermeasures program under the U.S. Army. Leonardo said Monday it will deliver the trackers from the U.K. to support the Army’s Common Infrared Countermeasures system, which is designed to protect helicopters from infrared-guided missiles. The deliveries under the new five-year […] More

The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter with Northrop Grumman’s open architecture-based integrated avionics suite has reached the First Unit Equipped designation, enabling the aircraft to enter into service with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s unit at Fort Indiantown Gap. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation Missile Center has certified the aircraft to operate under visual […] More

Carey Smith, president and chief executive officer of Parsons and a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, recently sat down with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview. During the interview, Smith discussed her transition into her first few months as Parsons’ CEO after Chuck Harrington’s retirement, her growth strategy as the company continues to make […] More