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Eric Brown, vice president for mission strategy and advanced capabilities at Lockheed Martin, said policy and security requirements are hindering U.S. defense companies from addressing the increasing demand for space technologies from international military customers, SpaceNews reported Monday. “We’re seeing greater collaboration among nations from a military and operational perspective. But frankly, policy and security […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit has issued a commercial solutions opening seeking technologies to minimize C-band co-­channel interference between satellite communications and 5G systems. DIU said it is looking to prototype a mitigation system that will work to isolate received satcom signals in the presence of 5G radio frequency interference to produce sustainable, high-quality satcom signal […] More

Austal USA has started building an auxiliary floating dry dock medium for the U.S. Navy at its Gulf Coast ship manufacturing facility. The construction is the third one to be performed on Austal USA’s advanced steel assembly line following two of Navy’s towing, salvage and rescue ships, the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder said Monday.  The Rennie-type […] More

Orolia Defense & Security will now operate under the brand name Safran Federal Systems in line with its inclusion in Safran Group, an aerospace and defense company that acquired the former in 2022. Safran Federal Systems on Monday announced its rebranding along with a new inertial navigation offering, which includes the Hemispherical Resonator Gyro Crystal […] More

A Capgemini Research Institute study has found that 73 percent of aerospace and defense companies have a long-term roadmap in place for digital twin technology, up from 57 percent of A&D organizations surveyed in 2021. The institute said Thursday it surveyed 150 A&D organizations in April and found that such entities said they plan to […] More

The U.S. Air Force has designated the aircraft that Boeing is building under NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project as the X-66A. X-66A is an X-plane meant to help the U.S. achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as stated in the White House’s Aviation Climate Action Plan, the space agency said Monday. An industry […] More

The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice to identify potential tools capable of enhancing analytics capabilities of the service branch and the Department of Defense for wargaming, training and other efforts to ensure operational effectiveness across combat systems. USAF is seeking a contractor that can provide hardware and subject matter expertise in […] More