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L3Harris Set to Conclude 3rd ‘Drop’ Milestone for Viper Shield EW System

An all-digital electronic warfare suite developed by L3Harris Technologies for F-16 fighter jets is set to conclude its third interoperability test in December in preparation for its production in the fourth quarter of 2025. L3Harris is on track to complete the third “drop” milestone for Viper Shield, which will be installed in the Lockheed Martin-made block 70/72 F-16s for foreign military sales customers, according to Anna Gragossian, a general manager at L3Harris overseeing business development for international electronic warfare.

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November 27, 2023, 8:00 am
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Raytheon, Army Conduct Live-Fire Test of LTAMDS Missile Defense System

Raytheon, an RTX subsidiary, and the U.S. Army demonstrated the ability of a next-generation air and missile defense radar system to acquire, track and intercept a cruise missile during a recently concluded live-fire engagement test. The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor detected and tracked a threat-representative cruise missile target, transmitted track data to the Northrop Grumman-built Integrated Battle Command System for launch command and guided a PAC-3 missile to intercept the target, RTX said Monday.

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November 22, 2023, 10:52 am
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AI Systems Developer LatticeFlow Enters US Market With New Business Unit

LatticeFlow, a Zurich, Switzerland-headquartered developer of resilient artificial intelligence systems, has entered the U.S. market with a new business unit dedicated to delivering safe and trustworthy AI platforms to government and commercial customers.

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November 22, 2023, 9:36 am
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HII Awarded Five Eyes Intelligence Information Sharing Capabilities Task Order; Grant Hagen Quoted

HII's mission technologies division has secured a three-year task order under the U.S. Air Force Analytical and Technical Services contract to help facilitate information sharing among the governments of the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. The company said Tuesday it will work with General Dynamics' information technology division to provide email, phone, video and chat capabilities to the Five Eyes alliance under the Pegasus task order.

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November 22, 2023, 9:28 am
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Gilat Pushes Into US Defense Market With Acquisition of DataPath

Gilat Satellite Networks has acquired DataPath, a Duluth, Georgia-based manufacturer of communications platforms for military, government and commercial applications, in a transaction aimed at expanding the former's footprint in the defense communications market. Gilat said Thursday it closed the deal after securing approvals from the companies' boards of directors and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

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November 21, 2023, 11:12 am
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Lockheed Taps Perfekta to Supply Parts for 2 Space Programs; Robert Lightfoot Quoted

Lockheed Martin has selected Wichita, Kansas-headquartered Perfekta, a division of Cadence Aerospace, to build parts for the Orion spacecraft and supply defense components for an early missile warning satellite constellation, The Wichita Business Journal reported Monday.

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November 21, 2023, 10:41 am
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Chuck Jones Named Vice President of Digital Operations at Raytheon

Chuck Jones, formerly a vice president at Honeywell, has joined RTX business Raytheon as VP of digital operations. In a recent post on LinkedIn, Jones said he would spearhead product life cycle process transformation efforts and collaborate with the senior engineering, supply chain, operations and quality leadership teams.

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November 21, 2023, 10:02 am
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RTX, DARPA Partner to Produce Gallium Nitride Transistors for Radio Frequency Sensors

Raytheon, an RTX business, will produce high-power-density gallium nitride transistors to enhance the electronic capability of radio frequency sensors under a four-year, $15 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. RTX said Thursday it will integrate military-grade GaN transistors into radar systems to increase range and radar resource management capabilities as part of DARPA's Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics at the Device Scale program.

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November 20, 2023, 11:10 am
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Rocket Lab Seeks to Expand Manufacturing Capabilities With New Maryland Space Complex

Rocket Lab is planning to construct a new production and development complex in Middle River, Maryland, to manufacture advanced composite products for spacecraft and launch vehicles. The company said Friday it will renovate 113,000 square feet of space at the former Lockheed Martin Vertical Launch Building to build the new Space Structures Complex that will house the production of launch vehicle structures, carbon composite spacecraft buses, satellite dispensers and other materials used for launch and space systems.

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November 20, 2023, 11:06 am
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Axient, Sinequa Partner to Develop AI-Powered Intelligent Search Tool

Axient has partnered with enterprise search platform maker Sinequa to develop an artificial intelligence-backed knowledge discovery and information retrieval solution for the defense and civilian markets. The new intelligent search tool will use AI, machine learning and natural language processing technology to assist digital transformation, mission engineering and advanced data analysis in support of land, air, space and cyber missions, Axient said Wednesday.

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November 16, 2023, 10:07 am
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REI to Provide IT Support Services Under $85M HRSA Blanket Purchase Agreement; Wagish Bhartiya Quoted

REI Systems is partnering with Chenega Enterprise Systems & Solutions on a potential $85 million blanket purchase agreement to provide reporting and data-related information technology support to the Health Resources and Services Administration. The company said Wednesday it will collect data, perform program analysis of data sets, provide data research and analytical services and develop coding procedures under the BPA.

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November 16, 2023, 9:06 am
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Los Alamos National Laboratory to Deploy SambaNova Suite for Generative AI Workloads

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory have selected SambaNova Systems to provide its data analytics and artificial intelligence software suite to expand LANL's large language models and general AI technologies. Under the multi-year partnership, LANL will deploy SambaNova DataScale and SambaNova Suite to advance AI workloads supporting national security, science, technology and engineering projects across the laboratory, the company said Tuesday.

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November 15, 2023, 10:41 am