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Brig. Gen. Richard Coffman, director of the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle cross-functional team, said the service will begin accepting options for a new optionally manned combat vehicle in January, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Coffman told reporters at an Association of the U.S. Army-hosted event that the service has defined its requirements that will […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a task order from KBR‘s government services arm to continue providing simulated aerial gunnery training services to the U.S. Air Force for an additional year. KBRWyle awarded the order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Kratos to train Air Force Global Strike Command’s special mission aviators to operate guns in the UH-1N helicopter […] More

Raytheon and Rheinmetall’s defense business have partnered to offer an optionally manned platform for the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle program. The industry team plans to propose the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the service’s NGCV program that seeks to replace the Bradley combat vehicle, Raytheon said Monday. Army Futures Command has made NGCV one […] More

BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary plans to move to a new headquarters in Falls Church, Va., from its current main office on Wilson Blvd. in Arlington beginning in mid-2020. The company said Monday it signed a lease agreement to occupy office space at 2941 Fairview Park Dr. after conducting a comprehensive study on area facilities, workforce needs and regional […] More

The Florida Department of Management Services has selected Motorola Solutions to build a radio system to facilitate public safety communications throughout the state. Motorola said Monday it would provide the ASTRO 25 land mobile radio technology and manage Project 25 as part of the billion-dollar Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System. ASTRO 25 will work to help federal, state and local first responders […] More

Raytheon has secured a potential $21M contract from the U.S. Army to produce a new propulsion system for a radio frequency-guided weapon system intended to defend against armored and wheeled platforms. The company said Sunday it will incorporate propulsion modifications onto TOW missile variants such as the direct-attack 2A, Bunker Buster and top- and direct-attack 2B systems as […] More

Michael Gray, a senior director at Science Applications International Corp., has said the company has worked on 10 various directives to come up with an experimental combat vehicle prototype for the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, National Defense reported Friday. A SAIC-led industry team received a potential eight-year, $237M contract in […] More

Alion Science and Technology has launched artificial intelligence tools designed to aid human-machine teaming in defense and security operations. The company said Friday it will use agile engineering approaches in efforts to help clients implement new AI-based technology platforms. Todd Borkey, chief technology officer at Alion, said the company wants to focus more on engineering […] More

Lockheed Martin has received approval from the Defense Department to start full combat testing of its F-35 fighter aircraft, Bloomberg reported Friday. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, cleared the plan for the fighter jet to begin operational tests after “concurring” with the recommendation of the program manager to kick off testing in […] More

The team of Raytheon and Saab has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to demonstrate a new guided munition technology for the man-portable, shoulder-launched Carl-Gustaf weapon system. Both companies plan to conduct firing tests of the guided munition in 2020 as part of efforts to address U.S. Special Operations Command’s requirement for an updated multirole weapon, Raytheon said Friday. The partnership intends […] More

NASA has directed Boeing to identify approaches to increase the performance and payload capacity of a key structure for the Space Launch System, Space News reported Friday. The company will work to modify SLS’s Exploration Upper Stage to carry an additional one or two tons of co-manifested payload such as NASA’s proposed Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, […] More