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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
A Sierra Nevada subsidiary is close to completing the first Dream Chaser spaceplane being built at a facility in Colorado, SpaceNews reported Friday. Sierra Space has yet to install thermal protection systems and other components into the vehicle, dubbed Tenacity. Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice said the spaceplane’s structural testing is already completed and the […] More
The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for a potential five-year, $88 million contract to provide design and engineering support services for Group I unmanned aircraft systems. The service branch plans to compete the Soldier UAS Design and Engineering Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as a small business set-aside program, according to a solicitation published Friday. Group I […] More
Lumen Technologies will help the state of New Jersey move to a next-generation 911 platform under a seven-year contract to improve the delivery of emergency calls for the state’s 8.9 million residents. The company said Thursday the Lumen NG911 platform is supported by a carrier-class, tier 1 network that connects network management services, emergency call […] More
Boeing has introduced a digitally designed trainer jet that is set for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it developed and tested the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft using digital engineering, agile software development and advanced manufacturing. The trainer jet, which comes with open architecture software to accommodate future mission requirements, features […] 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
David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and former director of the CIA, has made an investment in software as a service company Hypori. Petraeus said in a statement published Wednesday Hypori has developed a zero-trust platform that could enable government agencies and commercial companies to protect critical infrastructure by safeguarding data in transit or […] More
The U.S. Navy is soliciting information on industry capabilities that could support a program meant to develop a clandestine tactical mining platform with an expendable unmanned underwater vehicle that could be torpedo-launched from the service’s submarines to meet future submarine payload requirements. The Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset program will include the development of […] More
Oshkosh has invested in Robotic Research to advance innovation and expand autonomous capabilities. The two companies started collaboration on autonomy initiatives for the Department of Defense in 2017 and Oshkosh said Tuesday the partnership with Robotic Research will further build up its work on autonomous vehicles and related systems that could be used to support […] More
The Department of the Air Force has selected the Boeing-built E-7 Wedgetail aircraft to replace part of its fleet of E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system planes, the service reported Tuesday. The military branch said the selection was based on market research and that the E-7 Wedgetail platform could meet the Department of Defense’s […] More
A team consisting of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing has selected Honeywell to provide auxiliary power units for the Defiant X helicopter. Defiant X is the Sikorsky-Boeing team’s helicopter offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program and is being evaluated in a digital combat environment, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell will provide […] More
Capella Space has raised $97 million in a round of Series C funding led by NightDragon and intends to use the capital to expand its artificial intelligence-enabled geospatial analytics offerings and imagery products to customers worldwide. The Earth observation company said Monday it will also use the funding to launch additional satellites and integrate intelligent […] More
The U.S. Space Force is soliciting industry insights on the draft master specifications for the Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements program. The service plans to compete the SABER program as a single- or multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price task orders and as a set-aside effort for small vendors certified under […] More
