Jacobs has announced that it worked with businesses and subcontractors under the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions contract to support a recent Missile Defense Agency flight test. The team provided information technology services, communications and connectivity support at 36 locations worldwide to ensure the success of the Flight Test Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon […]
SOS International has received a contract for multifaceted support services for the U.S. Army Europe and Africa‘s intelligence directorate. SOSi will provide integrated intelligence analysis; ISR planning and integration; intelligence planning, training and exercise support; cyber network defense; and systems engineering services. Over 130 intelligence, language and security professionals will deliver direct support to USAREUR-AF […]
The U.S. government is enhancing its geospatial intelligence capabilities by partnering with a secure GEOINT provider. On Thursday, Maxar Intelligence announced that it had received a contract to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with a Precision3D Data Suite to capture 160,000 square kilometers of the area under the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s responsibility. Under the deal, […]
A small-satellite maker has achieved a milestone in helping the U.S. Space Force demonstrate multi-agent autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations and docking for on-orbit refueling. The Space Force revealed that Orion Space Solutions has completed a critical design review of the Tetra-5 constellation of three satellites. After the CDR, the next step is to demonstrate docking […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Life Cycle Management Center has awarded Viasat a position on a potential $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide systems, hardware, software and cybersecurity solutions to the U.S. Air Force. Viasat was selected for each of the contract’s three categories: development planning, systems development and synthetic environment development. The company will work […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. James Slife was promoted to a four-star general and appointed Air Force vice chief of staff on Dec. 29 during a ceremony attended by Air Force leaders, including Gen. Charles Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Air Force vice chief, Slife will oversee the service’s efforts in […]
The U.S. Air Force has published Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-85, Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, which implements changes in the EMS operational environment. An update to AFDP 3-51, Electromagnetic Warfare and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, issued in 2019, the document introduces newer concepts and terminologies to keep pace with adversaries’ advancing capabilities and enhance U.S. superiority on […]
Dallas-based rocket propulsion company Firehawk Aerospace has announced a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the Army Applications Laboratory to create analogs for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket, FGM-148 Javelin and FIM-92 Stinger programs. The U.S. Army seeks propulsion systems resilient to supply chain issues, Firehawk said. According to a press release, the […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is engaging with four defense contractors for an experimental take-off and landing aircraft that could outmatch the V-22 Osprey. Under the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program, Northrop Grumman, Aurora Flight Sciences, Bell Textron and Piasecki Aircraft are tasked with creating a prototype VTOL aircraft that can reach speeds […]
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division is seeking solutions for a prototype firmware bill of materials extractor software to aid in security assessments of commercial-off-the-shelf electronic systems. The government plans to award at least three other transaction agreements under the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems OTA, according to a notice posted on […]
