X-Bow Systems has secured a $64 million contract from the Department of Defense to supply large solid rocket motors to the U.S. Navy and Army. The SRMs will boost the propulsion of the Navy's hypersonic All Up Round system, which is a component of the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike and the Army's Long Range Hypersonic weapon systems.

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Leidos has booked a $14.1 million follow-on contract with NASA for the building of laser air monitoring systems to be used in future Artemis missions. The 19-month extension increases the total contract value to $37.8 million, which covers fabrication and delivery of four main LAMS units and one spare for the Artemis III, IV and V programs, the company said Tuesday.

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Rocket Lab has booked a follow-on contract from Leidos to carry out additional launches for the latter’s hypersonic test project with the U.S. Navy. The deal covers four missions to support the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program, managed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division, and follows an initial large-scale test in June […] More

Rocket Lab has booked a follow-on contract from Leidos to carry out additional launches for the latter's hypersonic test project with the U.S. Navy. The deal covers four missions to support the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program, managed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division, and follows an initial large-scale test in June that used Rocket Lab's Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron platform. More

Scott Goldstein, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined Parsons as a senior vice president, G2Xchange Defense reported Thursday. He brings to the Centreville, Virginia-based technology company his leadership and research and development experience in engineering, space, cybersecurity, electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance areas. Goldstein most recently served as chief scientist […] More

Listed as one of the Department of Defense’s 14 critical technology areas, hypersonics have become a top priority in national defense. The ongoing need for cutting-edge hypersonics technologies is reflected in the department’s $886.3 fiscal year 2024 budget request, which allocates significant funding to continue advancing U.S. progress in hypersonics through development and procurement as well as […] More

Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary and LInC innovation center are working to develop sensor technology designed to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with a 360-degree coverage area to identify the presence of air-based threats. The Marine Expeditionary Long-range Persistent Surveillance system employs a threat-sensing approach and seeks to avoid transmitting electromagnetic signals an adversary may detect, Leidos […] More

Leidos subsidiary Dynetics completed on Saturday its first test launch of a hypersonic test bed from Rocket Lab‘s launch complex at a spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The inaugural launch was conducted as part of the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane under the […] More

Leidos has unveiled the design of its proposed lunar rover for NASA and will work with NASCAR to develop the vehicle through a promotional partnership. Leidos said Tuesday it has submitted a proposal for a NASA contract that seeks to create a sustainable lunar presence through the development of a moon lander. “This groundbreaking collaboration […] More

Rocket Lab USA has unveiled a suborbital testbed launch vehicle it developed based on its flagship Electron reusable small rocket. The Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron, or HASTE, is scheduled for an inaugural flight from a launch site at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in the first half of this year, the company said […] More

Dynetics awarded Curtiss-Wright a contract to provide actuation technology for integration into the Leidos business arm’s Enduring Shield platform to meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for cruise missile defense. As part of the deal, Curtiss-Wright will design and produce electromechanical actuators for the first 16 Dynetics launcher platforms, with the option to bundle 400 more […] More

Chris Cage has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Leidos since July 2021. The nearly 25-year industry veteran started his career at the former Science Applications International Corp. that split in 2013 into two companies now known as Leidos and SAIC. In an Executive Spotlight interview with GovCon Wire, Cage offered […] More