Government Technology

Boeing and Northrop Grumman conducted a virtual manned-unmanned teaming demonstration using the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne command-and-control aircraft and the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet. The Office of Naval Research sponsored the demonstration, which used Northrop’s portable E-2D simulator and simulations of Boeing’s MQ-25 and Super Hornet aircraft, Boeing said […] More

Raytheon Technologies has applied a digital engineering approach to help the U.S. Space Force design a ground system for processing and analyzing military satellite data. The company said its intelligence and space business developed virtual models using a digital thread to understand small design changes as the team worked on the Future Operationally Resilient Ground […] More

David Portner, senior program manager for undersea weapons at Northrop Grumman, said he expects the U.S. Navy to issue a request for prototype proposals for a new torpedo in late August or early September, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The Navy was expected to release the solicitation for the Compact Rapid Attack Weapon program in January, […] More

TechnoMile has received $20 million in funding from K1 Investment Management and will use the funds to advance hiring efforts and further improve its cloud software offering for government contractors. TechnoMile’s cloud platform combines internal and external data sources and uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation to help GovCon firms gain actionable insights, navigate […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has demonstrated the capability of the new expeditionary configuration of a system designed to guide U.S. Marine Corps pilots in landing aircraft on carriers and ships during all weather conditions. The expeditionary Joint Precision Approach and Landing System projected straight-in and vertical landing approaches for F-35B aircraft during a […] More

Scott Stapp, chief technology officer of Northrop Grumman, said he believes future militaries will be more keen on using weapons that can quickly connect to larger networks, Defense One reported Monday. He noted that new weapons systems, vehicles and other physical platforms that can link easily to network infrastructure will become more valuable as they […] More

The State Department has approved a potential $83.5 million foreign military sale of Javelin missiles, manufactured by a Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin joint venture, to Thailand for the country’s light anti-tank system modernization push. The Thai government asked to procure 300 FGM-148 man-portable missile systems, 50 command launch units, trainers, missile simulation rounds, batteries […] More

Deloitte and Saviynt have teamed up to offer a managed service intended to help government and enterprise customers secure digital identities across multicloud environments. Saviynt said Friday its Enterprise Identity Cloud technology is now available with Deloitte’s Digital Identity+ platform to support joint clients in access management functions. Scott Plutko, senior vice president of global […] More

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder that worked on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Spectral Combs from UV to Thz program spun off a small business, LongPath Technologies, to bring to market a methane detection technology using optical frequency combs. “LongPath now offers commercial products to oil and gas companies […] More

An enterprise planning platform developed by Digital.ai has obtained a moderate “In Process” status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, with sponsorship from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The FedRAMP authorization will allow government agencies to leverage the Enterprise Agile Planning tool, a secure, cloud-hosted platform designed to support users’ transition from legacy […] More