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The U.S. State Department has approved Tunisia’s request to purchase 184 Javelin FGM-148F missiles under a $107.7 million foreign military sales agreement. The FMS package includes fly-to-buy missiles, command launch units, simulators, operator guides, tools, spare parts as well as other related logistics and program support, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. Designed for the […] More
Safran Defense & Space Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of French aerospace and defense company Safran, has launched a strategic initiative to boost its support for America’s defense and space sectors. Joe Bogosian, president and CEO of Safran DSI, said in a press release Tuesday, “By leveraging Safran’s globally proven expertise and investing in U.S. engineering […] More
Viasat participated in the Autonomous Warrior 24 exercise to showcase the company’s autonomous platforms for integrated communications throughout the U.S. Department of Defense. The event, which took place Oct. 1 through 24, was part of the AUKUS Maritime Big Play initiative, a series of trilateral exercises and experiments to broaden the use of autonomous capabilities throughout the […] More
Managed IT services firm vTech Solution has appointed Chirag Suthar as senior director for growth and strategy of its state, local and education division, bringing over 25 years of leadership and business development experience to the post. In his new role, Suthar will be responsible for fueling growth, expanding client engagements and increasing vTech’s presence […] More
Rivada Networks has established Rivada Secure Services to serve as the proxy organization that will meet the unique mission requirements of U.S. government and defense customers. The new subsidiary will operate from Washington, D.C., for closer coordination with clients and reseller network, Rivada said Wednesday, adding that Michael Abad-Santos, an executive with extensive government and […] More
The government must change the way it acquires technology in order for agencies to accelerate their adoption of generative artificial intelligence, which can bring about digital and business process transformation that would result in optimal mission outcomes, according to CGI Federal‘s Victor Foulk. Assessing Vendors Based on Past Performance Traditional acquisition practices involve the assessment […] More
Carnegie Robotics has launched a body-worn computing system called CardShark, which is designed to provide real-time artificial intelligence processing to warfighters in the field. Booz Allen Hamilton is among the defense industry operators that have already processed multiple AI workloads on CardShark, Carnegie Robotics said Tuesday. Randy Yamada, Booz Allen vice president, said the portable […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed activation of the Space Systems Command’s two Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization, or EPS-R, payloads hosted aboard two satellites for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, or ASBM. The company said Tuesday the two GEOStar-3 satellites – ASBM 1 and 2 — launched in August aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg […] More
Palantir Technologies has secured high baseline authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its two cloud-hosted offerings. The company said Tuesday the designation enables U.S. government agencies to handle the most sensitive unclassified workloads through the Palantir Federal Cloud Service and PFCS – Supporting Services. The accreditation extends across Palantir’s entire product suite, […] More
Parsons and telecommunications company Globalstar are partnering to strengthen satellite communication resilience for the public, government and defense sectors. Under the partnership, Globalstar’s LEO satellite constellation will be used to showcase Parsons’ software-defined satellite communication service, Parsons said Tuesday. The demonstration enables mission-critical services in radio frequency-congested environments. Following the successful initiation of a proof of concept […] More
Anzu Partners, an investment firm focused on industrial and life sciences technology companies, and J.A. Green & Company, a full-service, bipartisan government relations firm, announced appointing James “Hondo” Geurts and retired U.S. Army Gen. John “Mike” Murray as venture partners for the Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund. In a press release Tuesday, Jeff Green, co-managing partner […] More
Raytheon has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $34 million by the U.S. Navy to provide support services for a major weapon system. Raytheon Contract Details The Department of Defense said Monday the cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost only contract covers services for the design agent and engineering support efforts to the Cooperative Engagement Capabilities. Raytheon […] More
