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The Air Force Research Laboratory has granted Parsons a $28 million contract for the company to continue servicing its Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance program. Under the three-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Parsons will provide such services as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance software baselines to GARDEM.  Launched in 2019 as a $427 million multi-award contract […]

The Army Futures Command has established a new cross-functional team focusing on all-domain sensing capabilities. The creation of the team follows the completion of the Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space CFT’s original mission, the Army Futures Command said. The All-Domain Sensing Cross-Functional Team will focus on developing the Army’s capacity to optimize and synchronize intelligence […]

Raytheon, an RTX business, conducted the fourth live-fire test for its Lower Tier Air Missile and Defense Sensor at the White Sands Missile Range on Thursday. According to Raytheon, the LTAMDS test tracked a cruise missile surrogate flying at high altitude, passed track data to the Integrated Battle Command System and launched a Patriot Advanced […]

RTX announced that the fiscal year 2024 U.S. defense budget includes the full $497 million funding for its Pratt & Whitney business unit to modernize the F-35 jetfighters’ F135 engines.  The modernization aims to boost engine durability and maximize the F-35’s Block 4 capabilities as a stealthy and configurable jetfighter by 2029. The current global […]

The Department of Defense is investing in strategic force capabilities to ensure the United States maintains a technological advantage over adversaries, including China, Russia and North Korea.  Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, John Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said the fiscal year 2025 budget proposal includes investments for […]

The U.S. Army has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $239 million task order for network modernization services. CACI will modernize the Army’s Global Secret Internet Protocol Router network and apply commercial solutions for classified technologies, giving warfighters secure and mobile network accessibility. The company will use the Archon solution, acquired through ID Technologies, to […]

The Department of the Air Force has selected autonomous aircraft systems maker Reliable Robotics as a recipient of the 2024 AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase program, an initiative that aims to deliver needed innovative solutions to help achieve mission success. The company’s selection comes after the follow-on Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract, enabling it […]

BAE Systems has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency valued at up to $182 million to provide geospatial intelligence enterprise modeling services, also known as GEM Cutter. GEM Cutter offers advanced modeling capabilities to streamline analysis workflows, reducing analysts’ cognitive workload and enhancing decision-making speed, BAE Systems said. According to the company, […]

HII’s Mission Technologies division has secured a $305 million contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency for intelligence analysis support services to help United States Forces Korea to determine enemy capabilities, threats and courses of action in its jurisdiction.  The task order the DIA initiated for the Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Korea also calls for Mission Technologies’ […]

Hughes Network Systems will continue providing Open Radio Access Network Private 5G networks to two naval bases after securing an extension of its contract with the Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s FutureG Office.  The contract covers the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii and the Naval […]