Lockheed Martin completed a test focused on the integration of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor with the Aegis Weapon System’s AN/SPY-1 Radar. The missile interceptor was able to communicate with the radar after its radio frequency data link was converted from dual band to tri-band, resulting in an S-band frequency, the company […] More

Nvidia‘s quarterly revenue guidance drove an extended trading session rally in artificial intelligence-related stocks and fueled a 28 percent jump in shares at the company after the bell Wednesday, Reuters reported. The market value of Nvidia increased by $200 billion to more than $960 billion after the company’s stock price hit a record high of […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a contract to build more solid rocket engines and control systems for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday the deal includes manufacturing lots 13 and 14 propulsion hardware to power the Missile Defense Agency’s THAAD interceptors. The weapon system is designed to help U.S. […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne aims to expand its presence in Huntsville, Alabama, with the development of a manufacturing facility that will accommodate the production of new capabilities for its defense business unit.  The company said Monday it will transition some inert work from its current Camden, Arkansas, location to the 379,000-square-foot manufacturing facility envisioned to be operational […] More

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched its Frontier supercomputer designed to help researchers accelerate scientific discoveries. Frontier is the world’s first exascale computer composed of 74 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray EX cabinets that include 9,400 Advanced Micro Devices-powered nodes and 90 miles of interconnect cables, ORNL said Wednesday. “Exascale computing is […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has opened a 51,000-square-foot facility in Camden, Arkansas, that consolidates multiple activities involved in producing solid rocket motors. The company said Wednesday it will make propulsion systems in the new building to power the updated version of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 weapon system, which Lockheed Martin makes for defense customers. Eileen Drake, president and […] More

The U.S. Army has received a new mobile rocket launcher system developed by Lockheed Martin to equip next generation rockets and missiles for long-range firing operations. The M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System is the latest configuration of the M270 launcher that features new engines, enhanced armored cabs and a common fire control system, and is […] More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have launched the world’s first exascale supercomputer designed to accelerate discoveries in areas such as disease diagnosis and prognosis, new materials, drug discovery and renewable energy. The HPE-built Frontier supercomputer reached a performance of 1.1 exaflops, making it the world’s fastest supercomputer based […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has initiated “light off” of the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer the company is building for the U.S. Navy at a shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. HII said Wednesday the activity represents a milestone for Aegis combat system activation aboard the future USS Jack H. Lucas and marks the beginning […] More

Lockheed Martin has produced the 1,000th unit of a modern missile interceptor following efforts to meet government demands for advanced air defense missiles. The company said Wednesday it ramped up its manufacturing capacity of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor and expects to produce 500 units annually by 2024. Lockheed will expand its Camden, Arkansas-based […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business demonstrated two information sharing systems in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s interoperability-focused exercise in May. The company said Tuesday the Raytheon BBN team provided the Robust Information Provisioning Layer and the Multi-domain Assured and Networked Tactical Information Sharing systems for the multinational exercise that involved five waveforms, three security […] More

Raytheon Technologies has named its new set of gallium nitride-based sensor offerings as “GhostEye,” which the company aims to bring to the U.S. Army. The company said its missiles and defense business will produce the first in the radar series for the Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program and expects initial deliveries […] More