A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary continues to provide support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s on-orbit evaluation of a small satellite that was launched in December 2021. AFRL deployed the Blue Canyon Technologies-built Ascent spacecraft to test in geostationary orbit the performance of commercial satellite systems, including a cold gas propulsion system from the Georgia Institute […] More

Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, provided hardware for a SpaceX-launched mission that brought nine small satellites to orbit. BCT said Wednesday it supplied XACT and FleXcore attitude control systems, as well as reaction wheels, for five microsats and four CubeSats as part of the Transporter-3 mission in January. The company now has […] More

Another fiscal year had passed, and many small business government contractors could procure their products and services successfully. While others are selling to the federal government, other large and small businesses are still hoping to win government contracts. The U.S government announces and releases its available contracting opportunities in many different ways. Some are just […] More

Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has secured a $14.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and demonstrate a small satellite bus for operations beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit. The contractor will build a satellite capable of operating and maneuvering for up to three years in orbits beyond GEO under the […] More

Interested vendors have until Sept. 22 to submit white papers for Increment 1 of the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System program, according to an updated notice on SAM.gov. The branch extended the submission deadline by five days for informational documents as part of its process to identify potential industry sources of a runway-independent […] More

Kymeta will provide eight connectivity terminals to the U.S. Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Team for a pilot program that will focus on testing on-the-move communications equipment for military applications. The company said its u8 technology, an electronically controlled antenna that can support low Earth orbit and geostationary satellite constellations, will be integrated into and tested […] More

Small satellite maker Blue Canyon Technologies has wrapped up a critical design review of its X-SAT Saturn-class satellite bus for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack program.

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BAE Systems presented a live-stream event for the U.S. Army's first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle that came off the assembly line Monday. The branch will initially receive the mission command variant of AMPV, which is designed for use by armored brigade combat teams as part of a network modernization strategy, BAE said Tuesday.

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Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has received a $30M contract to help the Army National Guard train brigade combat team members. The company said Wednesday its subject matter experts will support planning and implementation of events for the military reserve component's Exportable Combat Training Capability program.

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The U.S. Navy's Naval Research Laboratory has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to provide nanosatellites for NRL's joint mission with the U.K. ministry of defense to study the ionosphere and radiation environment in space from different vantage points.

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BAE Systems has proposed a combat vehicle for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program. The MPF program seeks to provide the service’s infantry brigade combat teams with a precision firepower capability and help IBCTs maneuver through various terrain conditions, BAE said Thursday. Jim Miller, director of business development at BAE’s combat vehicles business, said the […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More