Edge Autonomy, a provider of uncrewed autonomous systems, hosted an event at its Huntsville, Alabama, facility to mark the expansion of services at that site. Because of the increasing demand for its products and services, the company said Monday that it plans to double the size of the facility and increase production capacity in the […] More

L3Harris Technologies‘ Aerojet Rocketdyne business is constructing a facility at its Camden, Arkansas site to increase production of Javelin, Stinger and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System motors as part of a $215.6 million cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. The new 65,000-square-feet facility will consolidate manufacturing activities for the GMLRS, Javelin and Stinger propulsion […] More

BlueHalo has entered into a partnership with London-based maritime technology company Kraken Technology Group to develop uncrewed maritime vehicles. Under the partnership, BlueHalo’s artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities will be incorporated into Kraken’s littoral security platforms to create uncrewed surface vehicles and uncrewed surface/subsurface vehicles, the former announced from its Arlington, Virginia headquarters on Friday. “This […] More

According to Nutanix‘s sixth annual global Public Sector Enterprise Cloud Index survey and research report, 85 percent of respondents from the public sector say their organizations have embraced cloud-smart IT deployment strategies. Even so, the ECI survey reveals that only 8 percent of global public sector organizations have reported actually using hybrid multi-cloud, Nutanix said […] More

The U.S. Air Force has increased the ceiling value of a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering worldwide contingency and humanitarian support services from $6.4 billion to $15 billion. Six companies will continue to provide contingency planning, force training, emergency and contingency construction services, logistics and commodities under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V contract, the […] More

Parsons has secured a $63 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to supply additional Recovery of Airbase Denied by Ordnance platforms. The company said Thursday the new award increases the total number of RADBO unit orders for the service branch to 29. Equipped with the Parsons-built ZEUS directed energy weapon […] More

Maxar Intelligence CEO Dan Smoot recently said that he is prioritizing the rollout of the WorldView Legion satellite constellation, which was supposed to begin launching in 2021. Legion is the next-generation imaging platform of Maxar Technologies, the parent organization of Maxar Intelligence, a division that specializes in satellite imagery. The constellation will comprise six satellites in all, with the first two set for launch in the next few weeks.

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Parry Labs will work to deliver software and mission system hardware for the P550 uncrewed aircraft system under a teaming agreement with AeroVironment. AV said Monday that the P550, which is being developed for the U.S. Army Long Range Reconnaissance program, was designed with a Modular Open Systems Approach, in which Parry Labs is a leader.

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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Viasat, said the satellite communications industry is seeing an increased variety of tactics, techniques and procedures for deploying electronic warfare and electromagnetic interference. Speaking at the Space Symposium, Cowen-Hirsch said there is an increasing amount of targeted and intentional electromagnetic interference, signaling a need for intervention and information exchange to come up with a different approach to countering threats.

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Michael House, vice present of infrastructure and energy solutions at Siemens Government Technologies, believes advanced digital services can be a game changer for how federal agencies improve energy resilience and sustainability at their facilities and installations.

In this Executive Spotlight interview, House mulled over various renewable energy sources and solutions in development, such as microgrids, and the necessity of partnership with private industry on the government’s part to ensure their swift and effective implementation.

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RTX business Pratt & Whitney has announced a $20 million investment to increase by 40 percent the capacity of its West Palm Beach Engine Center to maintain, repair and overhaul GTF engines. The facility expansion, will result in a 25 percent workforce increase and the addition of new equipment as well as technologies developed at the North American Technology Accelerator, is expected to be completed by the second half of 2025, RTX said Wednesday.

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Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense will work to increase its capacity to produce printed circuit board assemblies for use in hypersonic weapons after being awarded $11.7 million by the Department of Defense. The award is the latest issued within fiscal year 2024 by the Defense Production Act Investment Program, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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