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Farooq Mitha, who leads the Department of Defense’s Office of Small Business Programs, has detailed DOD efforts to mitigate the declining number of small businesses in the defense marketplace as the said suppliers are considered as an essential part of the industrial base. In a commentary piece Business Insider published Tuesday, Mitha wrote that small […] More

Northrop Grumman has delivered the 500th unit of a ring laser gyroscope inertial navigation system to the U.S. Navy for installation on its select missile cruisers, destroyers,  aircraft carriers and other vessels. The Navy uses the AN/WSN‑7 INS to guide the travels of all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and surface combatants that carry the Aegis combat […] More

Northrop Grumman has increased its footprint in Huntsville, Alabama, with the opening of an office that will primarily help the U.S. Air Force develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile system. Personnel at the new facility located in Cummings Research Park will support Ground Based Strategic Deterrent system development program, the company said Tuesday. USAF awarded […] More

Raytheon Technologies demonstrated the use of its drone and radar technology in counter-unmanned aircraft system operations during a U.S. Army test series at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Multiple variants of the Coyote interceptor and the KuRFS targeting radar worked together with the military branch’s air defense command and control system to defeat swarms of […] More

Accenture and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers have released key findings of a joint study on state governments’ efforts to transition information technology systems into a cloud environment. The 2021 Accenture and NASCIO Cloud Study was based on perspectives state chief information officers offered during interviews, panel discussions, workshops and an online poll in May, the company […] More

The U.S. Army tested a 155-millimeter wheeled howitzer offering from BAE Systems as part of an artillery assessment activity that took place during the summer at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. BAE said Monday its Archer mobile weapon system demonstrated a firing rate of up to eight rounds per minute during the military branch’s shoot-off […] More

Health care company Cigna has recognized Serco for implementing a workplace wellness program that seeks to promote employee health and well-being during the pandemic. Serco said Tuesday it received one of Cigna’s 2021 Well-Being Awards in recognition of company efforts to ensure emotional, physical, financial and social health of its workforce. The company hosted its […] More

A Gulfstream G550 jet being modified by L3Harris Technologies to become the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation airborne electronic warfare system has marked its first flight. The future EC-37B Compass Call aircraft is envisioned to provide increased speed, endurance and stand-off range than legacy Air Force electronic warfare planes, the defense contractor said Wednesday. The modified […] More

Cubic and Boeing have helped the U.S. Navy in demonstrating the capability of virtual technologies to integrate naval pilots and servicemen into a common synthetic training environment. Cubic said Wednesday the recent Synthetic Inject to Live – Live Virtual Constructive test flights at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland showed how LVC training could […] More

Advanced Technology International has launched a hub that seeks to provide resources needed by non-traditional defense contractors to conduct research and development for federal projects. ATI said Tuesday its Innovation Resource Hub will give government contractors access to capital, cybersecurity, infrastructure support, intellectual property rights and other resources. The hub also allows ATI-managed consortia to […] More

Lockheed Martin has passed the systems requirement review for a part of a new layered missile defense architecture the company is working on with the Missile Defense Agency to detect, contain and destroy ballistic missile threats. The company said Tuesday its industry team used advanced digital engineering, model-based engineering tools and interconnectivity for a modernized […] More

CACI InternationaI has partnered with GitLab in a move to accelerate software development for government customers with the use of a DevOps platform. Reston, Virginia-based CACI said Tuesday it became the inaugural federal system integrator in the GitLab Partner Program and could use the latter’s open-source application in efforts to build, secure and deliver tools […] More