Ricardo Defense has received a subcontract of an undisclosed sum from General Motors’ defense segment to support deployment and product logistics requirements for infantry squad vehicles.

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General Motors' defense business plans to leverage the parent company’s commercial research-and-development efforts to support its work in defense and aerospace areas, National Defense reported Thursday.

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General Motors’ vision for its defense segment is to “reimagine” ways of turning its commercial vehicles and other technology products into platforms that could be offered to the U.S. military and allied forces, Defense One reported Thursday.

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Matt Jones, president and CEO of Sigma Defense Systems, explored two of the three major questions facing the U.S. military regarding its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. In an article published Tuesday in Government Technology Insider, Jones first discussed the role of the sensor fusion concept and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge in generating actionable insights from data to support warfighters on the battlefield.

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Sigma Defense Systems has launched a development, security and operations platform designed to help defense and government agencies accelerate their digital transformation and software modernization initiatives. Sigma Software Studio is a DevSecOps platform authorized to operate across the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Department of the Navy enterprise, the company said Monday.

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A Boeing-led industry team and the Missile Defense Agency have demonstrated the ability of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system to intercept an intermediate-range ballistic missile target. During the test, a three-stage GMD interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, which deployed an RTX-built Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to intercept a threat-representative ballistic missile target air-launched from the Board Ocean Area, Boeing said Monday.

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Sigma Defense broke ground at the site of a new facility in Perry, Georgia, that will house the production of advanced defense technologies to address secure communications needs for multidomain operations. The company said Tuesday the production facility is expected to begin operations in April 2024, opening more than 30 job opportunities for the local workforce in the region.

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Mark Henrie, who joined Jacobs in 2015 after a nearly one-decade career at the Missile Defense Agency, has been elevated to the positions of division vice president and deputy general manager at the company’s missile defense group. Prior to his promotion, Henrie was director of event and warfighting support in Jacobs’ Colorado Springs office. He […] More

Sigma Defense has landed a position on a $950 million multiple-award contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop, test, mature and demonstrate multi-domain warfighting capabilities for the Advanced Battle Management System. The company said Thursday it will bring its expertise in open systems design to enable an integrated command and control system for ground, […] More

Greg Clifton, general manager of Defense & National Security Group at Intel, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the top technology needs in the federal government, the state of IT modernization in the public sector, working with trusted partners and Intel’s efforts to restore the U.S. position as a leader in semiconductor manufacturing. In addition, Clifton touched upon some of […] More

Sigma Defense will modernize aging Stingray satellite communication systems under a Department of Defense task order for the Block II Tactical Relay initiative. The technology refresh is meant to help commanders and warfighters continue to tap into battlefield intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors, Sigma Defense said Tuesday. U.S. Africa Command units tasked to backhaul ISR […] More

Mike Costas, general manager of Defense and Space Business with Bechtel, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s rich history of more than 125 years as well as its work to address the most significant challenges as the U.S. works to modernize its current infrastructure and implement the latest technology. In addition, Costas also discussed […] More