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Northrop Grumman has demonstrated new combat edge processing software designed to receive and share situational awareness data on warfighters' handheld devices without linking to a cloud server outside the battlefield. 

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Northrop Grumman has completed multiple tests, including shroud fly-off and missile modal tests, for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile as part of the program's engineering, manufacturing and development phase. The company said Tuesday it collaborated with an industry partner to conduct the shroud fly-off test of a Sentinel ICBM at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, where the missile's shroud flew off but did not strike the enclosed payload.

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Frank St. John, chief operating officer at Lockheed Martin, said the company's digital transformation initiative called 1LMX has been instrumental in ramping up production of high-demand defense systems, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Javelin antitank weapons, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and PAC-3 missiles. "In 2024, we are on track to double HIMARS production, have increased Javelin’s production to 2,400 units per year and will deliver more than 10,000 GMLRS," St. John said in a statement published Thursday.

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Sidus Space has integrated NASA Stennis Space Center's Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications engineering unit into its LizzieSat FlatSat small satellite vehicle in preparation for its upcoming launch. The company said Thursday the integration was completed at its facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and involved multiple integration and communications tests to verify the ability to load the ASTRA flight software into the engineering unit.

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BAE Systems will equip the last four of the Air Force's 10 EA-37B aircraft with advanced electromagnetic warfare mission systems to boost their defenses against jamming attacks. The company said Tuesday the modernized EA-37B planes will replace the Air Force's fleet of 14 EC-130H aircraft that also carries the Compass Call electromagnetic warfare jamming platform.

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Investment firms Veritas Capital and KKR have agreed to invest in Cotiviti, a provider of data analytics services to health care organizations, to support the latter's commercial expansion and product development efforts. Veritas Capital and KKR will own equal ownership stakes in Cotiviti and allocate capital through their venture capital funds to help accelerate the company's fund growth and technology innovation investments, Cotiviti said Wednesday.

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Paperless Innovations has received authorization from the General Services Administration to offer e-commerce tools from its Actus cloud-based government purchase card compliance automation and management platform to government customers via the GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The company said Tuesday it was assigned an E-Commerce Special Item Number for Actus, which is designed to enable federal, state and local government agencies to automate their purchase card transactions and compliance requirements.

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