A three-week field test of the Counter-Electronic High-Power Microwave Extended-Range Air Base Defense system, or CHIMERA, recently took place at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. RTX business Raytheon said Monday that it had conducted the test in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, with whom the company is working alongside Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to develop CHIMERA under the Directed Energy Front-line Electromagnetic Neutralization and Defeat program.

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The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, commonly referred to by its abbreviation THAAD, is an anti-missile ballistic interceptor of the United States. It’s the only U.S. system capable of intercepting targets inside and outside the atmosphere. Check out this fact sheet display and the timeline on which this defensive weapon has been in service or […] More

Curtiss-Wright's defense solutions division has launched a next-generation high-voltage power management system designed to stabilize turret drives to address the power requirements of U.S. ground vehicles. The high-voltage turret drive stabilization system uses a platform's existing continuous low-voltage power to convert 28V battery voltage up to 750V for precise maneuvering of high-inertia loads, such as medium caliber weapon systems, main battle tank turret drives and stabilization systems, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions said Monday.

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General Dynamics‘ information technology business will support a financial system modernization project for the higher education student financial aid agency of New York under a $78 million contract. The GDIT unit will replace New York Higher Education Services Corporation systems with a new platform designed to help the agency simplify grant application processing and analyze […] More

A joint venture between information technology firm HighPoint Digital and national technology and operations advisory practice Think Systems will provide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with support services under a potential five-year contract worth around $108 million.  The contract was awarded to Think HighPoint JV as part of the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege program, […] More

The U.S. arm of U.K.-based Reaction Engines completed testing of its thermal management platform designed to power engines for high-Mach flight at its Colorado site as part of the Foreign Comparative Testing campaign that was first announced in July. The company said Monday it demonstrated its engine precooler heat exchanger in partnership with the Department […] More

The U.S. Navy has received a new Lockheed Martin-built multi-mission laser weapon system that will be equipped on existing ships to counter threats from adversarial missiles and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors. Lockheed said Thursday the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance platform is the first tactical laser weapon system designed to provide […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has demonstrated its High Energy Laser Weapon System paired with a Norwegian anti-missile technology to deter unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Thursday HELWS received and used target cues from the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System’s Fire Distribution Center during a demonstration at White Sands Missile Range. The cues, […] More

John Steckel, vice president of business development at American Systems, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveGov on Wednesday. He talked about the employee-owned federal contractor’s Independent Research and Development efforts and its importance to American Systems and customers. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Steckel: “We not only have […] More

Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new research center at Wichita State University in Kansas to advance work on high temperature materials, such as hypersonic weapons, for aviation, defense and space programs. The National Defense Prototype Center covers over 125,000-square-foot of space for manufacturing and laboratory activities such as material processing and characterization work, the Wichita, […] More

Craig Miller, president of government systems at Viasat, said that discussions about the Space Development Agency’s upcoming satellite network should focus on how spacecraft from different manufacturers could be interoperable and support a “highly complex, multi-band and multi-network system” together. In an opinion piece SpaceNews published Friday, Miller noted that the Transport Layer’s network and […] More

Northrop Grumman has completed the integration of its agnostic gateway systems with L3Harris Technologies’ High Capacity Backbone capability, validating the open architecture nature of the former’s high-speed connectivity system.  Northrop said Tuesday that with the advanced HCB gateway capabilities enabling 300 times faster data flow, the Department of Defense can leverage upgraded network architecture required […] More