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Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has finished a six-month modernization and maintenance work on the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. HII said Tuesday the planned incremental availability prepared the upgrades and technologies onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford before the aircraft carriers sails for its maiden […] More

A Northrop Grumman–Ball Aerospace team will build infrared sensor payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s future polar-orbiting missile warning satellites. The partners will work on sensors for two Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar satellites that the military would use to detect and track infrared heat signatures of ballistic and hypersonic projectiles, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More

Christopher Kastner, most recently chief operating officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries, officially assumed responsibilities as president and CEO of HII on Tuesday and plans to continue transforming HII from a shipbuilding company into a provider of defense technologies across the globe, Defense News reported. “HII’s unique capabilities are critical to America’s security, and we have […] More

Rocket Lab will construct a complex for the rapid production, assembly, integration and launch of its next-generation, 8-ton payload class reusable rocket in Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch service provider said Monday the 250,000-square-foot Neutron Production Complex will feature capabilities for manufacturing and refurbishing the Neutron rocket and managing its liftoff, landing and on-orbit operations. […] More

Lockheed Martin and Microsoft have signed an agreement to scale up a military base networking system for joint all-domain command and control applications using 5G and cloud technologies. The companies will work on the Lockheed Hybrid Base Station, a network management offering designed to protect military communications from adversarial attacks on the tactical edge, Lockheed […] More

BAE Systems has established a new business dedicated to offering combined expertise in cyber, data and digital capabilities. The company said Thursday its new digital intelligence business employs approximately 5,000 professionals across 16 countries to help global commercial, goverment and defense customers digitally operate with security and efficiency. The business includes BAE’s acquired assets of […] More