Leidos has awarded a subcontract to Stratolaunch to conduct flight tests in support of the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed program of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. The contract award covers five flights involving Stratolaunch's reusable, autonomous Talon-A hypersonic vehicles and optional payloads, prime contractor Leidos said Tuesday.

Viasat has launched GX LITE, a flat panel user terminal designed to provide land expeditionary forces with global network connectivity to support their various missions. The GX LITE terminal serves Global Xpress network, the company’s high-throughput commercial Ka-band network available worldwide.

Lockheed Martin's space business conducted a demonstration of its wideband electronically steerable antenna payload that is capable of performing missions on orbit faster than traditional sensors. The Tantrum payload demonstrator is expected to be onboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha launch vehicle when it lifts off in December, Lockheed announced Monday.

The integration of the fifth-generation wireless technology standard has significantly expanded since the development of open radio access networks, said Carahsoft Sales Director Mark DeMerse. In an opinion piece published Thursday, he discussed the benefits of combining O-RAN and 5G networks to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

Nick Weiser, former senior director of human resources at L3Harris Technologies' space systems arm, was promoted to the role of HR vice president at the company's maritime sector. He is responsible for leading HR strategy development, driving the execution of segment and enterprise efforts and overseeing other workforce-related initiatives.

Nick Weiser, former senior director of human resources at L3Harris Technologies' space systems arm, was promoted to the role of HR vice president at the company's maritime sector. He is responsible for leading HR strategy development, driving the execution of segment and enterprise efforts and overseeing other workforce-related initiatives.

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to GE Aerospace subsidiary Innoveering and Hermeus to develop prototypes of hypersonic test systems for the Department of Defense under the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities program. Through the HyCAT program, Innoveering will work with subcontractors Specter Aerospace and Starfighters International to build a prototype air-breathing hypersonic testbed, DIU said Monday.

BAE Systems' FAST Labs was tapped by the Office of Naval Research to create Gallium Nitride-based monolithic microwave integrated circuit and module electronics as part of the Common-architecture Amplifier for Low-cost, Efficient, SWaP-Constrained Environments or COALESCE program.

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ECS has secured a prime spot on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s $1.25 billion Technical and Analytical Support Services contract vehicle. ECS will offer technical, analytical and program support services to help DARPA achieve its research and development mission goals, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced on Wednesday.

ECS is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 15. At the event, you will have the opportunity to hear from top public and private sector homeland security experts, who will come together for a variety of speeches and panels. Click here to learn more and click here to register for the summit.

Planet Labs has conducted a ground demonstration that validated technologies enabling connectivity between low Earth orbit satellites and in-space communication satellites operated by the government solutions business of Telesat and the space and defense business of SES. Planet said Friday the demonstration was part of a subcontract it had received in 2022 from Telesat Government Solutions and SES Space & Defense for NASA's Communications Services Project, which seeks to evaluate the feasibility of using commercial satellite communications to support future NASA missions.

Small business company Applied Technology has won a one-year, $90.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct tactical electronic warfare research and development. The Naval Research Laboratory conducted an online procurement process for the award and received one bid, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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Radiant Digital has secured a five-year contract from the Department of Health and Human Services to maintain and enhance a platform for collecting vital data related to programs under the Older Americans Act. The software company said Tuesday it will support the Administration for Community Living’s Older Americans Act Performance System, which includes information on participants, services and expenditures.