RTX will study, design, develop and demonstrate technologies that could be applied to original equipment manufacturer missile and weapons systems as part of a five-year, $35.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense said Thursday the aerospace and defense company was tapped to help the service branch create and integrate new […] More

BigBear.ai and L3Harris Technologies are working together to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the capabilities of autonomous surface vessels. The collaboration will combine L3Harris’ ASView vessel control system and BigBear.ai’s Ursa Minor, an AI-based technology for computer vision, forecasting and situational awareness analytics, Columbia, Maryland-based AI company said Tuesday. ASView is designed […] More

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a large aerospace and defense company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. The company specializes in developing cutting-edge technology and security solutions for space, land, air, sea, and cyber domains. Northrop Grumman’s operations are enabled by agreements granted by different federal government agencies. Below are the top government contracts awarded to Northrop […] More

BigBear.ai will demonstrate its artificial intelligence-powered predictive forecasting and computer vision platform on the U.S. Navy’s autonomous platforms as part of the International Maritime Exercise 23. The company said Wednesday it will partner with the Navy’s Task Force 59 to showcase the ability of Ursa Minor platform to identify potential threats using machine learning algorithms […] More

BigBear.ai partnered with Accenture’s federal arm and the U.S. Navy to demonstrate its decision support technology offering, called Ursa Minor, at the service branch’s Digital Horizon, a three-week artificial intelligence and unmanned integration event that concluded Thursday in Bahrain. Ursa Minor uses machine learning-augmented algorithms and analytics to detect potential threats and works to provide […] More

Fluor Corporation is a U.S.-based multinational conglomerate providing engineering, procurement, and construction services. The company’s capital projects for government clients include utilities, munitions storage facilities, and infrastructure, primarily focused on the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy. As a leading federal government contractor, its government business size has […] More

Amentum subsidiary PAE Applied Technologies has booked a $45.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide operations support for the Southern Command’s anti-narcotics base in Curacao. Base operations support for personnel, equipment and facilities at forward operating location Curacao will focus on aerial counterdrug surveillance operations, mission planning and execution, according to a […] More

Axiom Space will carry out the second private manned mission to the International Space Station in the second quarter of 2023 under a mission order signed with NASA. Axiom Mission 2 will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and astronauts on this mission will perform outreach, scientific research and other in-orbit activities […] More

Will Roper, a seasoned defense and technology leader and three-time Wash100 Award winner, has been added to the operating executive board of private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company. As an OEB member, Roper will contribute to strategy formation, investment inquiry and portfolio maintenance of the organization’s designated sectors of aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental, JFLCO said Wednesday. […] More

A Tyonek Native Corp. subsidiary has received a five-year, $100 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide engineering, maintenance, repair, overhaul and other services in support of the Naval Air Systems Command’s aviation equipment and weapons systems. The firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract from the U.S. Navy also covers lifecycle sustainment, logistics, technical services for NAVAIR platforms through November […] More

NASA has added 13 companies and a university to its project that aims to implement the use of air taxis, cargo delivery systems and other new commercial air vehicles across U.S. airspace. The space agency said Friday its Advanced Air Mobility project tasks participants to demonstrate the flight of their air vehicles and support the […] More

Amazon Web Services has selected 10 startup companies from the U.S. and Europe to study and develop space-based cloud technologies that have the potential to be applied to spacecraft launch and delivery, electronics and robotics, spacecraft hardware and software as well as earth observation efforts. The companies will receive up to $100,000 each in AWS […] More