Caitlin Waldie, formerly director of finance at Assured Consulting Solutions, has been elevated to the role of chief financial officer of the company. Waldie managed ACS’ fiscal planning and financial operations and oversaw the implementation of the company’s financial strategy as head of finance, ACS said Thursday. Prior to ACS, she was director of development […] More

Sandy Smallwood, a former Peraton and Northrop Grumman executive, has joined Assured Consulting Solutions as director of the Reston, Virginia-headquartered small business’ portfolio of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency programs. The new director, who is a veteran in the defense and intelligence communities, will oversee ACS systems and digital engineering and managed services work for the NGA, […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has finished an early engineering test of a divert and attitude control system designed by Aerojet Rocketdyne for the Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor. The MDA contractor said Thursday it demonstrated the functions of liquid propellant DACS’ thruster valve and nozzle in an effort to reduce risk to […] More

Michael Shrader, vice president of Intelligence and Innovation Solutions for Carahsoft, recently participated in a Q&A session with ExecutiveBiz to explore why and how federal, state and local government organizations should understand and adopt emerging technologies. Shrader also described how his company’s new partnership with the Marion Square consulting firm will provide market intelligence to […] More

L3Harris Technologies will deliver intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance products to a Middle East customer under a recent $23 million foreign military sales order. The company said Monday it will provide the Integrated Tactical Area Communications Systems, ROVER transceivers, Falcon tactical radios and Hawkeye III very-small-aperture terminals, which will all be integrated into the customer’s deployed […] More

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to send a miniature satellite into space for the agency’s project to test deployable composite materials and a method to power spacecraft using sunlight. The company said Wednesday it will deploy a 12-unit CubeSat with the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System as part of the Electron launch vehicle’s rideshare mission scheduled […] More

Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said he believes the entire satellite industry will benefit from all the innovation in low-Earth orbit satellite constellations, Via Satellite reported Tuesday. “It’s making stuff cheaper and making stuff better. My next satellites are going to cost a lot less to build than […] More

CAE‘s U.S. arm has secured a U.S. Air Force contract for the development and fielding of simulation systems meant for training personnel in controlling aircraft against ground threats. The company said Monday it will deliver the Joint Terminal Control Training Rehearsal System that will be used for Joint Terminal Attack Controller operator training, and will […] More

The Mobile Communications System Block 2 system for the U.S. Air Force’s Tactical Air Control Party has achieved initial operational capability after demonstrating its combat readiness for voice and video communications. The IOC declaration from Air Combat also underscored that TACP Mobile Communications System Block 2 program has enough required assets available needed to support […] More

Curtiss-Wright has delivered the first set of its electromechanical actuators from its manufacturing facility in Shelby, North Carolina, to Eviation Aircraft for use on the latter’s Alice all-electric plane. The flight control actuation hardware is meant to enable a flexible control architecture for various aviation applications such as flight systems, landing gear and utility activation, […] More

The U.S. Air Force has flight-tested a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions-made unmanned tactical aerial platform equipped with a new autonomy core system to assess its navigational command response and basic aviation functions. The UTAP-22 aircraft flew at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on April 29 to exhibit safe flight performance of the Skyborg ACS while being monitored by both ground-based and airborne control stations, Air Force Research Laboratory said Wednesday.

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General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and CP Technologies have partnered to build a mobile military-grade workstation that will replace the U.S. Air Force's Ruggedized Aircraft Maintenance Test Station. The Portable Aircraft Control Station will be designed and manufactured by the two companies to support direct connect aircraft pre- and post-flight operations and engine functions through the use of multi-touch displays and Intel Xeon processors, CP Technologies said Tuesday.

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