L3Harris Technologies has tapped CAES to develop radio frequency assemblies for the Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite that the former designed to serve as a virtual electronic shield for the F-16 Block 70/72 multirole aircraft. CAES said Tuesday it will leverage its expertise in high volume manufacturing and advanced design strategies to deploy frequency […] More

Raytheon Technologies has received a $78.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of contractor logistic support for an early warning radar it constructed to help Qatar expand its defense against medium- and long-range ballistic missile threats.  The award provides for five-year logistic support for the Qatar Early Warning Radar and […] More

HawkEye 360 has generated $55 million from a Series C fundraising round, led by venture capital firm Night Dragon, to seed radio frequency sensing satellite development and deployment. The new capital, which brings HawkEye 360's total funds raised to more than $155 million, will be used to build nine additional satellites in three clusters for RF data collection and analytics work, the company said Monday.

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Lockheed Martin has awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract for developing an advanced electronic warfare system (EWS) meant to protect the internationally used F-16 Viper multirole fighter aircraft against emerging radar and electronic threats. L3Harris announced the contract award on Monday.

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Matthew Stern, vice president of Cybersecurity and a highly acclaimed CISO for Intelligent Waves, has written a thought leadership piece regarding the reasons and mistakes that lead to failures in cybersecurity practices by CISOs. Stern was recently named CISO of the Year by The Cyber Security Excellence Awards Competition for 2021. 

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Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded an $8.5 million contract to SpaceX to enhance manufacturing technologies used to produce hypersonic-capable thermal protection systems, Space News reported Monday.

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Proofpoint has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for its email security offerings.

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HawkEye 360 raised $70M in its Series B funding round to support the launch of four additional satellite clusters designed to handle the firm’s new radio frequency data analytics offerings slated for development in 2021.

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Raytheon has handed over to the U.S. Navy an airborne electronic attack weapon system that is slated for ground tests and integration onto the EA-18G Growler aircraft.

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Kratos Defense and Raytheon have provided missiles during NATO’s Formidable Shield 2019 military exercise that aimed to help member nations enhance interoperability in air and missile defense. 

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NASA and United Launch Alliance have agreed to send an inflatable heat shield in low Earth orbit by 2021 or 2022 to test the potential of such technology to support engine retrieval and cargo delivery missions, SpaceFlight Now reported Monday.

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Lockheed Martin and NASA completed the final static test for a heat shield intended to protect the Mars 2020 rover from extreme thermal conditions on its mission toward the red planet.

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