Sierra Nevada Corp. has conducted a free flight test of a spacecraft designed to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract. The Dream Chaser test spacecraft was air-lifted by a Columbia 234-UT Chinook helicopter before the space vehicle performed a pre-planned flight and autonomous landing operation […] More

L3 Technologies has joined a Boeing-led team that won a potential $42.3 million contract to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle platform for the U.S. Navy. L3 said Thursday it will design and integrate autonomous, mission planning, cybersecurity, navigation and anti-tamper technologies into the team’s XLUUV offering. Christopher Kubasik, L3 president and chief operating officer, said […] More

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated its navigation platform designed to guide military aircraft and aerial weapon systems to maritime and ground targets without using GPS signals. The company said Monday it teamed up with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research to test the capability of its All Source Adaptive […] More

Fulcrum seeks to expand research and development services and other offerings for Defense Department and intelligence community customers through the company’s position under a $480 million U.S. Army contract. The company said it won a spot under the Deployable Adaptive Global Responder Support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which covers electronic and electro-optic equipment; software design; and technical development […] More

Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based weapons manufacturer Barrett Firearms Manufacturing has received a potential $2.8 million contract to deliver weapon systems for New Zealand’s Defence Force (NZDF). NZDF said in a report published Wednesday that the contractor will deliver 40 M107A1 anti-materiel weapons, 42 Multi-Role Adaptive Design sniper rifles, optics, suppressors and ballistic computer auxiliary equipment. Maj. Gen. Peter […] More

Peraton will work to provide technology-based emergency response management services to the U.S. Army through a potential five-year, $480 million, multi-award contract as part of the Deployable Adaptive Global Responder Support program. The company said Tuesday it is one of 10 companies eligible to deliver systems that will serve to support U.S. and allied military and civilian activities […] More

Alion Science and Technology has received a potential five-year, $41.4 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific to support training for U.S. Navy tactical afloat shipboard, ashore and submarine systems. The company said Thursday it aims to support command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms installed on naval ships and at […] More

The State Department has approved the Dutch government’s request to buy 26 Raytheon-built AIM-120 C-7 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles, military equipment and related services from the U.S. government under a potential $53 million foreign military sales agreement. The Netherlands also asked to procure AMRAAM guidance section spares, captive air training missiles, control section spares, missile containers, test […] More

A team of BAE Systems engineers and Cranfield University students has unveiled a new concept of unmanned aerial vehicle technology designed to alternate between fixed- and rotary-wing flight modes. BAE said Friday it envisions the Adaptable UAV as a hybrid platform with a capacity to be launched and recovered in battlefield environments with the use of multiple vehicle models. The […] More

A United Technologies Corp. division has tested a three-stream fan in an F135 propulsion system as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Adaptive Engine Technology Development initiative. Pratt and Whitney said Sept. 18 the test occurred at the Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, and aimed to demonstrate the division’s capacity to meet combat aircraft propulsion requirements of the AETD program. […] More

The U.S. Army has called for information on aircraft structural concepts that can be configured to adapt to changing operational needs due to unexpected flight conditions or missions without impact to structural integrity. A FedBizOpps special notice posted June 29 indicated the Army’s aviation unit seeks biomimetic structures technology that supports in-flight adaptation to different configurations in efforts […] More

Cambridge International Systems, Inc. (Cambridge) has recently been awarded a $343.3 million-dollar Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Support Services contract by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Program Support Center. Cambridge will provide Department of Defense (DoD), Federal, and coalition sponsors with planning, analysis, organization, integration, and […] More