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BAE Systems will equip the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Eagle aircraft fleet with technology designed for global positioning system signal reception and jamming protection under a $13 million contract. The service intends to use BAE’s Digital GPS Anti-jam Receiver to avoid disruption of space-based positioning and navigation services when fighter jets operate in contested mission […] More
SpaceX will use its Falcon 9 rocket to launch up to five of the six ground spare satellites of Iridium Communications in mid-2023 as part of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation. The Iridium-9 mission will take off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will serve as the company’s second rideshare with SpaceX, Iridium […] More
The U.S. Space Force has awarded a contract to SciTec for mission data processing application provider to equip the service branch with missile warning support apps under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution program The company said Friday it received a $272 million deal from Space Systems Command for MDPAP following a prototype competition executed […] More
Marion Kennedy, senior vice president of Intelligence Market at LMI, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding her transition to join the company last October as well as her insights into the impact that AI and machine learning capabilities are having on the U.S. military and more during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Marion Kennedy […] More
Idemia’s U.S. national security solutions business unit has achieved Maturity Level 3 appraisal under ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program following an appraisal conducted by ChangeBridge Consulting. The rating certifies that Idemia National Security Solutions’ business procedures align with the CMMI standard for enhancing capability and optimizing performance, the company said Thursday. “Achieving Maturity Level […] More
Northrop Grumman is using a patented, robotic-based additive manufacturing technology to advance the development of high-temperature composites used in hypersonic and high-speed weapon manufacturing. The Scalable Composite Robotic Additive Manufacturing Carbon/Carbon system employs 6-axis continuous fiber reinforcement to fabricate 3D-printed composite structures before undergoing a proprietary manufacturing process, Northrop said Thursday. SCRAM works to reduce […] More
Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has secured a potential $150 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop advanced technologies to collect and process data from sensors. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a face value of $75 million and an initial cost-plus-fixed-fee task order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. SDL will perform 90 percent of […] More
Peraton will assist the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in the operation, maintenance and modernization of law enforcement information sharing systems under a five-year, $32 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers support services for the Law Enforcement Information Exchange and Department of Defense Law Enforcement Defense Data Exchange systems managed by NCIS, […] More
Marshall Choy, senior vice president of product for SambaNova Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the values of the company that drives its success in such a competitive market and the work that U.S. service branches are doing to ensure our warfighters have the tools and capabilities they need to protect our national security interests during the latest Executive […] More
The U.S. Space Force and three companies have concluded the preliminary review design phase of a program seeking technology products that will allow military personnel to use allied satellite positioning, navigation and timing signals. BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Technologies completed the assessment process for receiver designs over the past three months as part […] More
The U.S. Air Force and business arms of Raytheon Technologies and Kongsberg have jointly conducted an air base air defense experiment to demonstrate the ability of a medium-range missile system to shoot down cruise missile targets. Raytheon’s missiles and defense division said Wednesday the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System or NASAMS fired AIM-9X and other […] More
U.S. Navy pilots have tested a Northrop Grumman-built targeting system while operating an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The initial flight demonstration of the multisensor Litening pod showcased the system’s surveillance and autonomous target tracking functions, Northrop said Wednesday. Super Hornet aircrew used the pod training laser mode and completed various tasks such as identifying ground […] More
