Raytheon has combined merged a laser weapon and advanced surveillance equipment to a Polaris-built all-terrain vehicle to develop a new platform that can engage unmanned aerial vehicles using laser beams, Popular Mechanics reported Monday. The new High Energy Laser Weapon System-MRZR platform features a 30-square-foot electronics package, Polaris’ MRZR ATV and Raytheon’s Multi-spectral Targeting System […] More

Polaris Industries, Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems have forged an alliance to offer a multimission ground vehicle platform designed for infantry units through the U.S. Army‘s Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport program. Team Polaris’ MRZR X platform will feature ARA-built unmanned systems technology and Neya Systems-made autonomy behavior module, Polaris said Monday. The alliance seeks to help increase mobility […] More

Polaris Industries has received a $14.9 million contract from Canada’s government to deliver of fleet of 78 combat vehicles with a capacity to carry up to nine commandos, Ottawa Citizen reported Thursday. David Pugliese writes the contract will cover integrated logistics support and technical support services for including spare parts and driver training for the DAGOR […] More

Brendan Hannigan, former general manager of the security division at IBM, has joined Polaris Partners as a venture partner to support the investment company’s efforts to finance and establish security, cloud and software-as-a-service businesses. He also plans to invest in technology startups and seek new business opportunities in his new position, Polaris said Thursday. “For more than 15 years, we’ve known Brendan as a great […] More

John Olson, formerly vice president of Sierra Nevada‘s space systems group, has joined Polaris Industries as vice president and general manager of the defense division at the Minnesota-based motorized products manufacturing company. The 28-year public and private sector veteran will oversee the division’s profit-and-loss functions as well as help develop the company’s long-term growth strategy in defense market, Polaris said […] More

Iron Bow Technologies has adopted a Polaris Associates-built software application to analyze and manage business reports across the Irow Bow enterprise. Polaris said Friday it provided and helped integrate the Reporting Workbench tool into Iron Bow’s existing Oracle-based enterprise resource planning system. Ray Harris, chief information officer at Iron Bow, said the Polaris technology works […] More

Parsons has secured a three-year, $28 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance command and control and space software baselines for the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance toolset. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL continuously research, develop, prototype, integrate, test, demonstrate, deploy and maintain technologies and concepts throughout the contract life cycle.

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Deltek has launched new time-tracking and professional services automation tools designed to help government contractors streamline their business operations while maintaining regulatory compliance. The Replicon Time Tracking for Government Contracting uses artificial intelligence to capture worktime data automatically from workforce collaboration applications for accurate billing and payroll, Deltek said Tuesday.

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Top government contracts won by Airbus U.S. Space Defense, Inc. often serve the defense and space sectors. The company’s international government relations often involve providing logistics support and manufacturing equipment for specific missions. Airbus is a defense and space contractor based in France, established in the late 1960s to match the American manufacturers. Airbus has […] More

Two teams led by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies have received prototype demonstration agreements from Space Systems Command to support the ground segment of the Evolved Strategic SATCOM program. The command said Tuesday it awarded the agreements through the Space Enterprise Consortium’s other transaction authority in support of the ESS Ground Resilient Integration & Framework […] More

NVIDIA has made upgrades to its Omniverse 3D design platform to enable collaborative workflows in research and development projects conducted by government laboratories and defense companies. The technology company said Monday NVIDIA Omniverse is now compatible with various scientific computing visualization tools and facilitates batch workloads processed in its A100 and H100 Tensor Core graphics […] More

NASA has partnered with SpaceX to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of sending a Crew Dragon spacecraft to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit and extend its life. SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act agreement with the agency to collect technical data from both the telescope and the spacecraft to […] More