Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has completed a demonstration of its OpenSpace Platform as a fully virtualized low Earth orbit satellite communications ground system for connecting U.S. Army missions. Kratos partnered with Telesat Government Solutions and Cobham Satcom in the demo for establishing simultaneous and resilient satellite communication using LEO constellations. Satellites in LEO orbit […]
The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base has begun using Machina Labs’ artificial intelligence-enabled manufacturing system to produce parts for the repair and sustainment of aging aircraft. The portable Machina Deployable System can build parts out of titanium and Inconel, among other lightweight, high-temperature metals that are challenging to form. Product […]
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has awarded Rite-Solutions a three-year, $88.6 million contract to develop new imaging and electromagnetic warfare systems in support of the Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department. Rite-Solutions will work with 13 subcontractors to build, test, analyze, integrate and install the new capabilities. The contract requirements also include providing engineering […]
Boeing will continue testing critical U.S. defense platforms at the Little Mountain Test Facility at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, under a new five-year contract of up to $559 million from the U.S. Air Force. The defense and space company has been operating and maintaining the facility since 1974, performing extreme environmental tests on intercontinental […]
A flight demonstration of the XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed aerial vehicle has shown that it is capable of an integrated electronic attack working with two F-35 jet fighters, according to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Kratos said the live flight test by its unmanned systems unit wraps up the first phase of the U.S. Marine Corps’ […]
BAE Systems’ Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System has passed the U.S. Air Force’s initial operational test and evaluation, a step toward integrating the advanced system into the F-15 aircraft. With EPAWSS, airmen can access full-spectrum electronic warfare capabilities, including geolocation, radar warning and situational awareness. The contractor has been helping the military branch’s Air […]
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $754 million contract to supply the second round of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle family of vehicles to replace the existing Vietnam War-era M113 fleet. The mission-ready AMPV offers the Armored Brigade Combat Team critical survivability, mobility and interoperability. The contractor initially received the AMPV engineering and manufacturing […]
The Defense Innovation Unit, in partnership with other Department of Defense stakeholders, is developing a new credibility assessment technology called Polygraph+. The DIU previously selected Presage and Altec to develop prototypes of the enhanced polygraph tool in cooperation with the National Center for Credibility Assessment, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence […]
Dr. Aprille Ericsson has been sworn in as the first-ever assistant secretary of defense for science and technology. Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, administered the oath at a Pentagon ceremony, Defense .gov reported. Ericsson joins the Department of Defense after a distinguished career at NASA, recently […]
Northrop Grumman has begun building a new modular energetics facility in the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia under a three-year, $178 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command. The company operates the ABL, a government-owned facility that produces tactical rocket motors, warheads, munitions, composites, metals, propellants and […]
