Jane Edwards

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies have concluded ahead of schedule a system requirements review of the Next Generation Interceptor. The milestone came after the Northrop-Raytheon team demonstrated the NGI Common Software Factory, which supports rapid software development and delivery through DevSecOps implementation, the companies said in a joint release published Monday. In March, the Northrop-led […] More

More companies are offering to pay younger employees in cryptocurrency as part of efforts to attract talent, CNBC reported Monday. One of those companies is independent ratings agency SharpRank, which taps influential college students or “campus captains” to help build up the startup’s user base by serving as brand ambassadors. Chris Adams, founder and CEO […] More

Boeing is adopting digital design processes to build the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft at its production facility in St. Louis, Defense News reported Friday. “Everything’s in 3D, everything’s digital,” said Paul Niewald, a vice president at Boeing and T-7 program manager. “It’s an authoritative source of data. So our technical publications, our flight manuals, […] More

An analysis by blockchain analytics company Chainalysis shows that scammers took in more than $7.7 billion worth of cryptocurrency from victims in 2021, reflecting an increase of 81 percent from the previous year. A new type of scam in the decentralized finance ecosystem called “rug pulls” accounted for 37 percent of the total cryptocurrency scam […] More

A Raytheon Technologies business and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated a warfighting concept designed to help the U.S. Navy facilitate distributed maritime operations and transform how the service projects power. Raytheon Missiles & Defense combined its software and hardware systems with the Naval Information Warfare Center-developed virtual test bed during the three-week demonstration […] More

Lockheed Martin will allow the use of Radisys’ Open Radio Access Network software offerings in its 5G.MIL products under an enterprise agreement as part of efforts to facilitate the deployment of relocatable 5G base stations within tactical military networks. Dan Rice, vice president of 5G.MIL programs at Lockheed, said in a statement published Monday collaborating […] More