Leidos’ Sea Hunter autonomous anti-submarine vessel has passed nearly two years of testing with the U.S. Navy and joined the service’s fleet of warships, CNBC reported Wednesday. The report said almost all of Sea Hunter’s elements are now classified. Rear Adm. Nevin Carr, vice president and Navy strategic account executive at Leidos, stated that Sea […] More

The Center for a New American Security has formed a task force to study how the U.S. government can address national security risks from artificial intelligence. CNAS said Thursday Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, will co-chair the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security alongside Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School […] More

Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that may arise if Commercial Crew Program contractors experience spacecraft certification delays, SpaceNews reported Friday. He told SpaceNews in an interview that NASA will discuss with Boeing and […] More

AT&T has unveiled a new visual brand for the products and services of the First Responder Network Authority which was created to represent the latter organization’s commitment to supporting public safety. Chris Sambar, senior vice president at AT&T, said in a blog post published Monday the new logo features three horizontal lines that represent FirstNet’s […] More

Lockheed Martin has selected Gibbs & Cox to support functional design work on a  multi-mission surface combatant platform for Saudi Arabia. Gibbs & Cox said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia’s navy chose an MMSC offering that Lockheed based on the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in a bid to help the service branch confront maritime and economic security threats. […] More

Leidos has received a potential three-year, $43.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to build a hull structure for the construction of a second autonomous vessel. The company will develop the Sea Hunter II-Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel Hull Number 2 under the cost-plus-fixed fee contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work is expected to be completed […] More

Mark Rayha sees his position as vice president and CFO for General Dynamics Mission Systems as far more than keeping an eye on financial results and forecasting emerging trends, opportunities for growth and financial ‘headwinds.’ Throughout his more than 20-year career with General Dynamics, Rayha has come to see that a financially healthy and growing […] More

Raytheon has received a $9.3 million contract from Australia’s defense department to support the first phase of a $1.54 billion air defense project. The department said Wednesday Raytheon’s Australian arm will conduct a year-long risk mitigation activity for the country’s future Short Range Ground Based Air Defense system. Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry, said risk mitigation efforts […] More

L3 Technologies has received a $97 million production contract to support the U.S. Army‘s Apache Manned/Unmanned Teaming – eXpanded Capabilities program that seeks to integrate modern warfighting technologies into the military’s AH-64E fleet. The company said Monday the MUMT-X program aims to facilitate communications and data exchange between manned and unmanned aircraft platforms. L3’s Communications Systems-West […] More

Leidos CEO Roger Krone has called on other chief executives to help combat opioid addiction during the two-day COMMIT!Forum event for corporate responsibility practitioners that kicked off on Wednesday in Maryland, TriplePundit reported Friday. The science and technology company partnered with the Chris Atwood Foundation and other nonprofit organizations in August to help counter opioid abuse. Leidos also […] More

NASA has picked a potential $40 million science mission that aims to measure emissions from the cosmic material – interstellar medium – that can be found among stars in order to generate data for use in research into the Milky Way galaxy. The Galactic/Extragalactic [Ultralong-Duration Balloon] Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory mission seeks to offer a “complete […] More

Microsoft has introduced a cybersecurity learning path under the company’s technology training program for military veterans and transitioning service members. The company said its Microsoft Software & Systems Academy will offer the Cybersecurity Administration program that will tackle access controls; cryptology; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; and network and communications security. “The increased demand for cybersecurity professionals […] More