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Ball Aerospace to Manage NASA’s Chromospheric Magnetism Explorer Concept Study

Ball Aerospace will manage a concept study for the NASA Explorers Program to understand the magnetism of the sun and how it affects space, Earth and other planets. The company said Tuesday the Chromospheric Magnetism Explorer mission concept would use a near ultraviolet spectropolarimeter to make novel observations of the solar magnetic field in the chromosphere to learn how magnetic energy buildup leads to solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

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December 13, 2023, 9:38 am
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Missile Defense Agency, Boeing-Led Team Conduct GMD Interceptor Test

A Boeing-led industry team and the Missile Defense Agency have demonstrated the ability of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system to intercept an intermediate-range ballistic missile target. During the test, a three-stage GMD interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, which deployed an RTX-built Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to intercept a threat-representative ballistic missile target air-launched from the Board Ocean Area, Boeing said Monday.

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December 12, 2023, 11:22 am
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Parsons to Support Army Contract for Munitions Response Geophysics Data Collection & Analysis

Parsons will collect and analyze advanced geophysical classification data to support Camp San Luis Obispo Munitions Response Site 05 remediation efforts under a potential five-year, $21 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The company said Monday it will serve as a subcontractor to the PIKA-Insight joint venture, which manages environmental and munitions-related remediation work at the former defense site.

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December 12, 2023, 11:00 am
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State Department Approves $106M Tank Shells Foreign Military Sale Deal With Israel

The Department of State has approved the Israeli government's request to purchase nearly 14,000 tank shells and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $106.5 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department waived congressional review requirements under the Arms Export Control Act to supply Israel with 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose with Tracer tank cartridges from the U.S. Army inventory.

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December 11, 2023, 10:55 am
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Atlantic Council Unveils Commission on Ensuring US Military Advantage in Software-Defined Warfare

The Forward Defense program in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security has established a new commission tasked with developing recommendations on improving the U.S. military's production and integration of advanced software technologies. Mark Esper, former secretary of defense; Christine Fox, former acting deputy secretary of defense; and Mung Chiang, president of Purdue University, have been named co-chairs of the Commission on Software-Defined Warfare, the Atlantic Council said Friday.

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December 11, 2023, 10:42 am
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L3Harris, Infleqtion Partner to Develop Quantum-Enhanced RF Sensor

L3Harris Technologies has partnered with Infleqtion to develop and deploy a new quantum radio frequency sensing technology designed to advance quantum-enhanced communication capabilities for dual-use applications. The partnership aims to create an RF receiver capable of tuning signal frequencies from hertz to terahertz while maintaining resiliency to jamming and interference, Infleqtion said Thursday.

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December 8, 2023, 10:35 am
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Mitre Comments on OMB’s Draft AI Governance Memo

Mitre has submitted comments on the Office of Management and Budget's draft memorandum on establishing new requirements for the adoption, use and management of artificial intelligence technologies.

Join the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual AI Summit on March 21 to learn more about the transformative power of AI technologies in the federal sector. Click here to register.

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December 8, 2023, 8:11 am
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RTX to Build & Demonstrate Wideband Passive Sensors for Navy

RTX has secured a potential five-year, $20.8 million contract to build and demonstrate two wideband passive sensor systems for the U.S. Navy's Birdseye Yonder effort. The Office of Naval Research solicited bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract under a long range broad agency announcement and will obligate funds in the Navy's fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation budget, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

The Potomac Officers Club will host the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31. Register here.

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December 7, 2023, 10:47 am
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NASA Posts RFP for Ames Research Center Academic Mission Services Follow-On Contract

NASA has issued a solicitation for a follow-on contract to provide academic and university-based program and project support services to the Ames Research Center. A request for proposals published Wednesday on SAM.gov states that the NASA Academic Mission Services 2 contract will support the aeronautics and technology mission objectives of the Aeronautics Directorate and the Exploration Technology Directorate.

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December 7, 2023, 8:57 am
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Lockheed Concludes Guided Flight Test of Medium Range Air-to-Ground Missile

Lockheed Martin has concluded a guided flight test of the medium-range version of its joint air-to-ground missile system at China Lake Test Range in California. During the test, the JAGM-MR demonstrated its tri-mode seeker capability for aiding the missile in tracking and neutralizing multiple targets, the defense and aerospace contractor said Tuesday.

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December 6, 2023, 9:59 am
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Bechtel Completes 1st Test Glass Pour at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

Bechtel has poured molten test glass into the first stainless steel storage container designed to hold vitrified radioactive and chemical waste at a nuclear waste treatment facility at the Hanford site in Washington. The stainless steel container is 7.5 feet tall and 4 feet wide and contains initial pours of clean test glass from the Bechtel-designed Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, marking a significant milestone for the cleanup project, the company said Monday.

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December 6, 2023, 8:50 am
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Mitre Supports Research Work to Realize FAA’s Info-Centric National Airspace System Vision

Mitre is working on multiple lines of research to enhance information sharing to support the Federal Aviation Administration's vision to enable an Info-Centric National Airspace System in 2035. Mitre, which operates the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development for the FAA, believes that advancements in commercial technologies and infrastructure that enable real-time information exchange, such as sensors, wireless networks and communications satellites, can revolutionize the future of the NAS, the not-for-profit research organization said Monday.

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December 5, 2023, 10:29 am