Raytheon plans to equip military aircraft with an identification friend or foe interrogator system to comply with an IFF mandate by June 30, 2020, Avionics International reported Wednesday. Read more
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions plans to commence payload tests of the XQ-58A unmanned aircraft system by next year’s first quarter, Flight Global reported Thursday. Read more
BAE Systems announced on Wednesday that the company has partnered with Booz Allen Hamilton, Advanced Core Concepts, a.i. solutions, GreenDart, LinQuest, Space Vector and VETS to offer world-... Read more
Ball Aerospace has partnered with Microsoft to demonstrate a data processing prototype for the U.S. Air Force that will rapidly transmit information from low-Earth orbit satellites to data c... Read more
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works arm has teamed up with the U.S. Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency to demonstrate multidomain operations and secure data transmission across multiple syst... Read more
Northrop Grumman Systems will produce B-2 bomber aircraft parts for the U.S. Air Force under a potential nine-year, $42.8M contract with the Defense Logistics Agency. Read more
Leidos has been invited to showcase its space and aviation offerings at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md. Read more
The Department of Defense has selected Southwest Research Institute and partners to develop a prototype system for the processing of satellite-based military data. Read more
Executives from United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and other launch services firms discussed their companies’ interest in the government market during a panel discussion at the Worl... Read more
BlackHorse Solutions has received a $48.8M contract to produce cyber defense software and hardware prototypes for Air Force Research Laboratory. Read more
Alabama-based space startup Aevum has secured a $4.9M contract from the U.S. Air Force to send experimental satellites to low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Monday. Read more
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 450 research and development contracts with a cumulative value of $140M to small businesses through an accelerated contracting initiative. Read more
Boeing has tapped Wencor Group’s Kitco Defense subsidiary to provide sub-assemblies, supply kits and related parts to support the development of wing sets for the U.S. Air Force's A-10 T... Read more
David Gerber, senior principal systems engineer at Mitre, said the company’s recent study suggests that the Air Force should postpone the retirement of legacy bombers until the B-21 aircraft... Read more
Raytheon Updates Missile, Radar Offerings for F-35 Aircraft
Raytheon has updated some of its air defense, navigation and landing systems in an effort to address the U.S. military’s emerging needs. Read more