Northrop Grumman will proceed with factory acceptance testing of key components of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability program. The company said Tuesday it completed preliminary design review, critical design review and initial software demonstration in the 12 months since it was awarded the contract by the U.S. Space Force. In April 2022, Northrop selected Ansys […] More

American Systems will provide test, evaluation and certification services to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential 10-year, $1.01 billion contract. The company said Monday it will deliver a full spectrum of joint test and evaluation services to DOD’s Joint Interoperability Test Command at Fort Huachuca in Arizona and Fort George G. Meade in […] More

John Steckel, vice president of Corporate Development at American Systems, one of the largest employee-owned federal contractors in the country, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his appointment into a position with the company and its meaning to the future of the company. In addition, Steckel also discussed the company culture as a significant driver of success as well […] More

The U.S. Air Force has ordered missile warning sensors worth $31.2 million from Northrop Grumman to address parts obsolescence in a large military aircraft system. USAF is obligating $10.3 million at the time of award and expects the company to finish deliveries of the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure sensors by Nov. 30, 2025, the Department […] More

American Systems and U.S. Navy engineers have developed a system designed to aid helicopter pilots during degraded visual environment landings. The company said Tuesday the Low-Speed Precision Control system is a hardware and software platform that works to reduce pilot workload during approaches into DVE conditions such as brownouts. During a demonstration at the Naval […] More

American Systems, a leading IT and engineering solutions company, announced the formation of a Digital Engineering Lab as part of the firm’s Independent Research and Development initiatives in support of advancing their avionics systems prototype development capabilities. The DE Lab, located in Lexington Park, Maryland, brings together the high-fidelity models (Digital Twins) of aircraft and […] More

Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company will work with several industry partners under the second phase of a Department of Defense-sponsored program that seeks to advance the development of secure microelectronics and semiconductors for defense and national security applications using commercial innovations. Keane wrote in a blog post […] More

American Systems has received a Maturity Level 3 appraisal under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration framework for its programs within the enterprise information systems directorate and modeling simulation and analysis directorate. The company said Monday its programs in its EIS directorate and MSAD were appraised at Maturity Level 3 for CMMI version 2.0 […] More

A Teledyne Technologies business has unveiled two new ruggedized gallium nitride, high electron mobility transistors designed for high-reliability space, avionics and military applications. The 30-amp TDG650E30B and 15-amp TDG650E15B GaN HEMTs are the latest additions to Teledyne e2v HiRel’s family of 650-volt products based on GaN Systems’ technology.

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Cybersecurity company Tortuga Logic will work to advance its technology for securing microelectronic devices under a $12M Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. government.

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American Systems has been awarded a seat on the potential $496 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by Washington Headquarters Services for a range of services. “This is one more example of our capabilities aligning with national priority programs and enabling the OUSD (R&E) to accelerate concept to capability—we know what’s at stake,” said Peter Smith, president and CEO of American Systems. 

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ArchIntel has compiled a series of Spotlight Interviews with competitive intelligence practitioners and government contracting industry professionals in a white paper titled "The State of Competitive Intelligence Today." 

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