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TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 27, 2019 “” Cubic (NYSE: CUB) completed its estimated $64M acquisition of microfabricated radio-frequency systems provider Nuvotronics earlier this month as it seeks to expand its protected communications portfolio, GovCon Wire reported March 15. Cubic said March 14 it also aims to facilitate synergies in the supply chain and build on […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential two-year, $13.4M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop propulsion systems for a ground-launched tactical weapon platform. The contract was awarded in support of DARPA’s Operational Fires program that aims to build new mobile missile technologies, the company said Tuesday. The OpFires initiative seeks to meet the […] More
Steven Walker, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said the budget increase would help DARPA advance the development of new technology platforms designed to build up deterrence and homeland defense capabilities amid competition with countries such as Russia and China, DoD News reported Thursday. Walker, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said DARPA has […] More
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works broke its silence on plans to build the SR-72, a hypersonic spy plane successor of the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. The SR-72 will have a combined cycle propulsion system that combines a supersonic jet engine with a rocket engine, Lockheed Martin’s advanced aircraft division told Aviation Week. According to specifications, the SR-72 will […] More
Orbital ATK has secured a contract to perform research and design work on space propulsion systems for NASA“™s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. NASA awarded the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 contract to Orbital ATK“™s Alliant Techsystems Operations subsidiary, Orbital ATK said Monday. In July, NASA awarded Orbital ATK and 12 other companies five-year […] More
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory wants industry proposals for a program to build and demonstrate a munition system that would hit targets at a hypersonic speed, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes AFRL’s munition directorate issued a broad agency announcement to solicit ideas about possible enabling technologies for the High Speed […] More
The Air Force will test an hypersonic unmanned experimental aircraft Tuesday to see if it can sustain hypersonic speed for nearly five minutes, the Los Angeles Times reports. W.J. Hennigan reports the X-51A WaveRider is scheduled to fly from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, up to a distance of about 50,000 feet […] More
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