Forty-six companies have won spots on a follow-on $1 billion U.S. Air Force contract vehicle to develop testing and evaluation platforms for weapons systems. Contractors will compete for delivery orders to provide highly specialized technologies that could support the branch’s developmental and operational test requirements under the Test &...
In an age of rapidly intensifying global competition, the U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) is investing heavily in numerous initiatives guided by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s three enduring priorities: strengthening maritime dominance, empowering the DON’s people and strengthening partnerships. Since the release of these priorities in ...
NavalX, the innovation cell serving the Department of the Navy, is emerging from a five-year “culture campaign” during which top leaders took a hard look at how to foster an environment for rapid, meaningful innovation to support the nation’s sailors and Marines. Now, it’s moving into a new era: NavalX 2.0. “In 2018, Secretary Geurts...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has issued a statement saying it will continue to work with the U.S. government on the Adaptive Engine Transition Program and other capability upgrades for the F-35 fighter aircraft. “AETP technologies deliver more power and greater cooling capability, which is required as we modernize the F-35 beyond Block 4,” Lockhe...
RTX (NYSE: RTX), formerly Raytheon Technologies, has secured a potential $118 million contract from the U.S. Army to update a common sensor payload for MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. Dennis Teefy, project director for the Army’s sensors aerial intelligence, said the updated CSP system features a ...
Recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense as a top priority, artificial intelligence offers numerous benefits for the warfighter – but these potential advantages are not limited to the nation alone. While the DOD has accelerated its work to develop and deploy AI technologies, so have U.S. adversaries, making the race to perfect AI tools mo...
The U.S. Air Force awarded RTX (NYSE: RTX) a $1.15 billion contract to supply the latest Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile configuration to domestic and international defense customers. The award covers AIM-120 D-3 and C-8 variants developed through the AMRAAM Form, Fit, Function Refresh program, RTX said Tuesday. It marks the fifth productio...
DroneShield, an Australian publicly listed company, has expanded its U.S. headquarters in Northern Virginia and added new members to its team in response to the increasing demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems across the U.S. The company said Tuesday its headquarters in Fauquier County, Virginia, will serve as a hub to facilitate collabor...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has adopted the name RTX as part of a rebranding effort, the company announced Monday in a LinkedIn post. RTX will begin operating with three businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – once the portfolio realignment takes effect on July 1. In January, the Arlington, Virginia-based aer...
The U.S. Space Force has released a request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $4 billion contract to provide operations, systems engineering, maintenance, sustainment and integration services to build up the capability for assured access to space from its eastern and western ranges. The Space Force Range Contract is an indefinite-delivery/indef...
