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  • GE Aerospace Receives Contract to Provide Avionics Support for Navy Aircraft
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    GE Aerospace Receives Contract to Provide Avionics Support for Navy Aircraft

    The U.S. Navy has awarded GE Aerospace a contract for performance-based logistics avionics support of the service’s F/A-18, AV-8B and AH1-Z aircraft fleets deployed in various international locations. GE Aerospace said Monday the five-year deal will provide supply, warehousing and logistics management support for the spares used in the military aircraft. The company will also […] More

  • Rheinmetall Unifies & Rebrands US Vehicle Manufacturing Operations
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    Rheinmetall Unifies & Rebrands US Vehicle Manufacturing Operations

    The U.S. vehicle manufacturing operations of Germany-based global automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has been rebranded as American Rheinmetall. The move on the venture, formerly known as American Rheinmetall Vehicles, merges its three core businesses: System Prime work, Tier 1 Component work, and Commercial work, Rheinmetall said. The integration includes the operations of Loc Performance, […] More

  • GE Aerospace Completes Design Review of Air Force Adaptive Cycle Engine
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    GE Aerospace Completes Design Review of Air Force Adaptive Cycle Engine

    GE Aerospace has completed the detailed design review of its XA102 adaptive cycle engine, marking a milestone of the company’s ongoing development support for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion, or NGAP, program. Following the review’s conclusion, the project will proceed to the next stage of assembling and testing a full-scale XA102 demonstrator […] More

  • Cubic, Partners Launch Translation Tool for Tactical Military Ops
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    Cubic, Partners Launch Translation Tool for Tactical Military Ops

    Cubic DTECH Vocality, Instant Connect Software and Rally Tactical Systems have introduced Instant Connect Enterprise, or ICE, an advanced language translation tool for tactical military operations. The ICE is a communications platform that integrates with RTS’ Engage Engine and Cubic’s Radio Over IP gateways, enabling special operations forces worldwide to use combined capabilities for multilingual […] More

  • Raytheon Completes Demos for Army’s Upcoming Missile Interceptor
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    Raytheon Completes Demos for Army’s Upcoming Missile Interceptor

    Raytheon, an RTX company, has completed 10 subsystem demonstrations for the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor, or NGSRI. The subsystem tests were conducted and concluded over the past several months, RTX said Tuesday, adding that the entire process verified that NGSRI aligns with the Army’s system performance requirements. The upcoming interceptor is set to replace […] More

  • Marine Corps, L3Harris Test Long-Range Precision Fire Weapon System
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    Marine Corps, L3Harris Test Long-Range Precision Fire Weapon System

    The U.S. Marine Corps conducted a demonstration of a long-range weapon system developed by L3Harris Technologies at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The Melbourne, Florida-based defense company said Monday its long-range precision fires were launched from a vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, platform using an AH-1Z helicopter. This is the first time the weapon system […] More

  • EXPANSIA to Provide Digital Modernization Support for Air Force
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    EXPANSIA to Provide Digital Modernization Support for Air Force

    Technology provider EXPANSIA has received a $10 million contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Armament Directorate to provide digital modernization support. The agreement, which runs for three years, will deliver a range of services, including transforming data sets and advancing future digital sustainment to ensure Armament mission readiness, EXPANSIA said Monday. Providing […] More

  • Firefly Secures Space Force’s Launch Service Contract for New Space Mission
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    Firefly Secures Space Force’s Launch Service Contract for New Space Mission

    Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $21.8 million contract by the Space Systems Command to provide launch service for the U.S. Space Force’s latest space mission. Launch Service Contract to Boost Rapid Launch Capabilities The SSC said Thursday the company was selected to launch the VICTUS SOL, USSF’s newest Tactically Responsive Space, or TacRS, mission. Under […] More

  • Peraton Secures DHA Contract for Healthcare Delivery Program Support
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    Peraton Secures DHA Contract for Healthcare Delivery Program Support

    Peraton has secured a $28 million fixed-price contract for support of the Defense Health Agency’s healthcare delivery program. Peraton said Thursday it will support the agency’s Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform prototype, a version of the original electronic health record, or EHR, software that the company developed with T6 Health […] More

  • Raytheon Demos Advanced Radar System
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    Raytheon Demos Advanced Radar System

    Raytheon, an RTX business, has completed a demonstration of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Showcasing LTAMDS Radar Capabilities RTX said Wednesday the live-fire test showcased the ability of the 360-degree, full-sector radar system to detect and track the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guidance […] More

  • Mattermost, Qrypt Partner on Quantum-Secure Communications
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    Mattermost, Qrypt Partner on Quantum-Secure Communications

    Mattermost is integrating into its security-focused collaboration platform the quantum entropy-based encryption of security solutions company Qrypt under a partnership to provide defense and intelligence customers with quantum-secure communication services. Bill Anderson, Mattermost principal product manager, said the two companies’ collaboration addresses the cybersecurity threat of “harvest now, decrypt later” posed by adversarial quantum computing. […] More

  • EACOWT, Hughes to Boost Military Communications Through Enhanced LEO Connectivity
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    EACOWT, Hughes to Boost Military Communications Through Enhanced LEO Connectivity

    Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies, or EACOWT, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, has entered into a partnership with EchoStar subsidiary Hughes Network Systems to enhance low Earth orbit connectivity to the L3Harris Multi-Mission Rapidly Adaptable Standards-compliant Open Radio, or RASOR, Ecosystem. Boosting Military Communications Through LEO Connectivity OneWeb Technologies said Tuesday the collaboration aims to develop a OneWeb-capable […] More