Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) have received separate two-year contracts worth $77.8M combined to develop prototype unmanned air vehicles for the U.S. Air Force's manned-unmanned teaming experimentation initiative. All three companies will aim to build UAV technology to serve as testbeds for an autonomous core system concept under the service branch's Skyborg Vanguard program, the AF Life Cycle Management Center said Monday.
Read More »Kratos Buys UAS Software Engineering Firm 5-D Systems; Eric DeMarco Quoted
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has acquired software engineering company 5-D Systems for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand capabilities in unmanned aerial systems and establish a technology center in the Austin area. 5-D will operate as a systems engineering hub within the unmanned systems division of Kratos.
Read More »Kratos Offers Software for Satellite Ground Network Virtualization; Phil Carrai Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 9, 2020 — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) rolled out a software offering that works to virtualize ground networking systems designed for satellite operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 21.
Read More »Microsoft to Advance Cloud-Based Satellite Data Processing With Azure Orbital
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has launched a ground station as a service designed to help customers communicate with their satellites and downlink and process satellite data using the Azure cloud platform.
Read More »Maria Demaree: Lockheed Demos Phased Array Tech for Space Force
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 21, 2020 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) helped demonstrate a phased array antenna system during a transmit test for the U.S. Space Force's Multi-Band, Multi-Mission program, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 2.
Read More »Kratos Gets U.S. Gov’t RF Monitoring Services Contract; Phil Carrai Quoted
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) received a potential five-year, $39M contract to provide radio frequency monitoring services to support commercial and military satellites that deploy bandwidth leased by the U.S. government.
Read More »Booz Allen Becomes Founding Member of Space Info Sharing, Analysis Center
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has joined a public-private partnership that aims to gather, assess and distribute information about potential space asset threats, the Colorado Springs Business Journal reported Tuesday.
Read More »DoD Taps Lockheed-Ball-Kratos Team to Develop Satellite Antenna Prototype; Maria Demaree Quoted
A team composed of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) and Ball Aerospace has received a $7.2M contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to build a Multi-Band, Multi-Mission satellite antenna prototype.
Read More »Braxton Secures $100M Air Force Contract to Help Develop Enterprise Satellite Ground Infrastructure
A Braxton Technologies-led industry team has won a potential $100M contract to develop a prototype of infrastructure designed to help the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center manage satellite operations on the ground.
Read More »Kratos Offers Spectral Services to Support Gov’t Space Situational Awareness
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 16, 2018 — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) now offers spectral support services in a bid to bolster the federal government’s space situational awareness, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Its spectral services group is geared to provide radio-frequency signal data to enable government agencies and other satellite operators …
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