The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Jan. 19 at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia, to provide potential offerors information on the objectives of a program that seeks to build and demonstrate propulsion systems that could enable sustained operations in very low Earth orbit. The Otter program intends to […] More

Northrop Grumman demonstrated the capability of the Re Scalable Aperture for Precision Targeting Radar and Mini-Communications, Navigation, Identification system to transmit communications and sensor data while onboard a flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The company said Monday its RAPTR sensor and Mini-CNI system performed air-to-ground communications while carrying out air-to-air target searching and tracking functions […] More

Northrop Grumman has showcased the potential of a company-built sensing technology to support data transmission and sharing in military operations. The Converged Sensor demonstration took place at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland and applied the system to a mission scenario using ground test equipment for radio frequencies, the company said Tuesday. The sensor, […] More

Google Cloud’s service offering has received a Defense Information Systems Agency provisional authorization to host Department of Defense data at Impact Level 5. DISA said Tuesday the IL5 provisional authorization covers several services, including BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Cloud Hardware Security Module, Cloud Key Management Service, Google Compute Engine, Identity and Access Management, Persistent Disk […] More

Raytheon Technologies and a Boeing subsidiary have completed critical design reviews for Space Systems Command’s overhead persistent infrared technology-powered sensors intended to identify and track missile threats. Lt. Col. Gary Goff, materiel leader for strategic payloads with SSC’s Space Sensing directorate, said in a statement published Monday that the assessments have determined that the Missile […] More

The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has awarded two startup companies other transaction contracts to develop systems for monitoring potentially anomalous events in video footage. Flux Tensor of Kansas and Lauretta AI of Massachusetts respectively secured phase one awards worth $199,833 and $198,000 for the Securing Soft Targets project under the first […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office issued a request for information as part of its plan to explore the use of radio frequency power beaming and relay in small unmanned aerial systems. The project is part of DARPA’s Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program, which aims to enhance energy distribution and performance in […] More

CGI Federal has booked a $17.4 million contract to help the Nuclear Regulatory Commission update cybersecurity tools and processes. The award under NRC’s Global Infrastructure and Development Acquisition blanket purchase agreement tasks CGI Federal with helping advance the agency’s ability to safeguard information technology assets from present and future cyberthreats, the company said Thursday. “Through […] More

The U.S. Space Force has awarded a contract to SciTec for mission data processing application provider to equip the service branch with missile warning support apps under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution program The company said Friday it received a $272 million deal from Space Systems Command for MDPAP following a prototype competition executed […] More

Swish Data will help the U.S. Coast Guard implement security information and event management tools under a contract from the Department of Homeland Security. The company said Wednesday it partnered with a cybersecurity technology vendor to deliver a platform for USCG’s security operations center to detect, manage and address potential threats to more than 65,000 […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low rate initial production phase 1 contract to provide phased array antennas for its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. AEOW is designed to provide persistent electronic surveillance and attack capabilities against anti-ship missiles and other potential threats, CAES said Wednesday. Phased array antennas from CAES can support Lockheed’s AOEW […] More

Viasat has been tapped to develop a space relay capability for NASA to support near-Earth communications services. As part of NASA’s Communications Services Project, Viasat will leverage its ViaSat-3 global satellite constellation, along with its upcoming geostationary orbit network – which features three Terabit-class high-throughput satellites – to enable rapid, low-latency communications for LEO spacecraft, the Carlsbad, […] More