The U.S. Air Force has authorized a Raytheon Technologies-built “smart” weapon for fielding on Air Combat Command's F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft following a recent test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The StormBreaker munition uses a multimode seeker technology with infrared, semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar guidance technologies that can work alongside GPS and inertial navigation systems to reach targets over 40 miles away from the aircraft, the company said Tuesday.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman have commenced the fourth experiment with groups of autonomous vehicles designed to support future small infantry operations in an urban environment.

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Raytheon Technologies executives have said the company is applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the company's technology offerings in a push to help military customers process intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data faster. “We’re looking at how machine learning can augment our existing sensor product lines and the question is: "How can we utilize machine learning technology to help military commanders make decisions?" said Shane Zabel, AI technology area director for Raytheon's intelligence and space business.

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Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business plans to demonstrate an artificial intelligence-based mission data processing technology to the U.S. Army later this month in pursuit of the service branch's new tactical ground station development program. “The goal of TITAN is to link Army commanders at all echelons to timely intelligence data, speeding up the data-to-decision timeline," said David Appel, vice president of defense and civil solutions at RI&S.

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ID Technologies has partnered with rugged laptops and tablets manufacturer Getac to offer the Department of Defense with mission-focused, secure technologies for the military.

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Engility has joined a Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies-led industry team that will support operations at NASA‘s Houston-based human spaceflight hub under a potential eight-year, $1.12 billion contract. The Mission Systems Operations Contract covers administrative, technical and managerial services for the NASA Flight Operations Directorate’s systems that support multiple spaceflight programs, Engility said Tuesday. Those programs encompass the International Space Station, Orion, Space Launch […] More

Summit Technologies & Solutions has secured a potential five-year, $55 million contract from NASA to support the space agency’s Technology Transfer Program, an initiative aimed at ensuring that technologies developed for space exploration and discovery missions are widely available to the industry. Under the HUBZone small business set-aside award, the contractor will deliver consolidated agency technology […] More

A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton’s Tech Scouting team has identified generative artificial intelligence, post-quantum cryptography, software domain awareness tools and autonomous swarms among the top 10 emerging technologies for defense and national security. The emerging technologies are expected to have an impact in the defense and intelligence sectors in the next one to […] More

HII and Amazon Web Services will expedite the development and delivery of next-generation sea power technologies, digital shipyard transformation projects, commercial space initiatives, warfighter training readiness and other mission-critical capabilities to defense and intelligence agency customers under a three-year strategic collaboration agreement. HII said Wednesday Todd Borkey, the company’s executive vice president and chief technology […] More

John Lucio, formerly senior vice president at Ervin Graves Strategy Group, has been named senior director for government relations at BWX Technologies. In his new role, Lucio will focus on strengthening BWXT’s relationships with defense and civilian agencies and advancing support for various Department of Defense programs, including the production of naval nuclear reactors for […] More

Steve Escaravage, an executive vice president within Booz Allen Hamilton’s global defense business, said the U.S. federal government and the Department of Defense should find new pathways that would enable industry to back defense missions as the country faces strategic competition. Escaravage, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, noted that the National Defense Strategy states that denial, resilience and cost imposition are the three areas that play a role in strengthening deterrence.

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Venture capital financing company In-Q-Tel made an investment in Cloudburst Technologies during the cyber threat intelligence provider's latest venture funding round. Cloudburst said Monday that the investment will make it possible for the company to support various U.S. government agencies.

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