Jane Edwards

Mercury Systems has introduced a spectrum processing platform designed to expedite the development of signal intelligence, electronic warfare and software-defined radio applications. The Rappid platform is an open, modular architecture that could help accelerate the deployment of EW technologies and other capabilities and reduce integration costs by enabling system developers to use the same firmware and software on different hardware implementations.

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American Pacific has invested an undisclosed sum in space propulsion company Frontier Aerospace as part of efforts to better support the needs of space launch industry clients. "With our investment in Frontier, we now have a strategic partner in next-generation, in-space liquid propulsion technology," said American Pacific CEO Hal Murdock.

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South Korea-based armored troop carrier developer Hanwha and Oshkosh, a maker of military trucks, have partnered to pursue the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program that seeks to replace the service's M2 Bradley infantry vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Monday. The Oshkosh-Hanwha team joins the other four confirmed industry groups that have submitted bids for the Army’s OMFV program.

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Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is investing in the development of new capabilities – Advanced Technology Land Imaging Spectroradiometer and Improved Radiometric Calibration of Land Imaging Systems – that could help reduce the size and mass of future Earth observation satellites and improve the quality of land imaging data.

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The Space Development Agency has issued a request for information on potential vendors that could design and build optical communications terminals for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer. The latest RFI came a week after SDA sought industry feedback on the design and development of space vehicles for NDSA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer, which will deliver initial warfighting capability to service personnel via persistent regional access to low-latency data transport services.

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Boeing expects the U.S. Army to award a first production contract for the new variant of its CH-47 Chinook helicopter in fiscal year 2021, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this time, we really see no technical or programmatic challenges standing in the way of rewarding the Lot 1 production contract this fiscal year,” Heather McBryan, Boeing’s director of global sales and marketing, said of the CH-47F Block II variant. “We’ve been working closely with the Army to lay out a plan to meet all of our milestones and show a low-risk path to a first unit equipped in 2025, which was, you know, as planned originally."

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