John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory was tasked to provide the U.S. Air Force with satellite communications capability in support of nuclear command, control and communications operations. Under the potential two-year, $10 million task order, the awardee will perform work at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications Software Integrator, […] More

L3Harris Technologies was selected by the U.S. Air Force to create a Common Tactical Edge Network to help the service branch enhance the interoperability of its aerial platforms.  Under a recently awarded contract, the aerospace and defense company said Tuesday it will work on developing a meshed network of defense and commercial resources and will […] More

CAES has been selected to add its two-channel wideband radio frequency converter to the U.S. Air Force’s MIRAGE airborne Electronic Warfare pod demonstration. The open architecture 3U one channel up, one channel down converter has been delivered to the Georgia Tech Research Institute for integration into the MIRAGE pod, CAES said Wednesday. 3U is aligned […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct Rob Stein, senior vice president of Salesforce‘s North American public sector business, into the 2023 Wash100 in recognition of his leadership in driving the company’s information technology sales strategy in the government market. “Rob is a seasoned leader and expert technologist for software-as-a-service companies and applications. Following NetApp, he landed […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall as a winner of the 2023 Wash100 Award for driving strategic initiatives for the Air and Space Forces to improve their abilities to project power. Kendall has been selected four times to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who shape the government contracting narrative […] More

C3 AI has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply mission-critical artificial intelligence applications to its Crowd-Sourced Flight Data Program. Under the award, the company will work alongside fellow contractor Intelligent Waves to support the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron in its efforts to rapidly deliver software-defined warfighter capabilities, C3 AI announced from Redwood […] More

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to present the 2023 Wash100 Award to Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer at the Department of the Air Force. Knausenberger earned this distinction for her efforts to keep the DAF aligned with rapidly evolving technological progress and instituting practices to ensure that tools and the network are more accessible and reliable for airmen […] More

L3Harris Technologies has delivered a positioning, navigation and timing satellite technology to the Air Force Research Laboratory in preparation for the spacecraft’s launch in late 2023. The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 payload is now stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, where it will undergo functional and performance evaluation prior to integration into Northrop […] More

The U.S. Air Force flew for the first time a Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft with the Technology Refresh 3 upgrade on Friday, Jan. 6, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. TR-3 updates the fighter jet’s computational core to support Block 4 capabilities, including new sensors, improved electronic warfare functions, data fusion, long-range precision […] More

L3Harris Technologies and Strategic Global Aviation are set to conduct maintenance and other fleet readiness services in support of the U.S. Air Force’s C-130 Hercules following the arrival of the first transport aircraft at the latter’s facility. SGA recently received authorization from the Department of Defense to provide flight and ground test for the aircraft, […] More

L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first T7 explosive ordinance disposal robots to the U.S. Air Force as part of the 10-year, $85 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The company delivered four robots out of the initial 56 units requested. The Air Force requested additional 51 T7 EOD robots in May, bringing the total order to 107, the […] More

The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected a team up of Black Sage and Spectral Sensor Solutions to research novel lidar sensing systems eyed to boost the detection and discrimination capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles. Black Sage said Wednesday the partnership will conduct work under the Lidar Unmanned Aerial System Detection and Discrimination program at […] More