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Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) have been awarded separate five-year, $500M contracts to develop anti-jam modems to support U.S. Space Force's tactical satellite communications.

LMI has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support a research and development program focused on ensuring network security for logistics operations.

The U.S. Army is looking to enter into a potential five-year, $2.5B other transaction agreement with a single consortium to research and develop technology platforms to support electromagnetic spectrum operations.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to build and demonstrate an extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle through DARPA's Manta Ray program.

ECS Federal has received a three-year, $85.4M contract to research and develop artificial intelligence algorithms for the U.S. Army. The service branch's contracting command received one bid for the R&D project through an online solicitation process, the Department of Defense said Monday.

The General Services Administration issued a draft request for proposals for a potential 10-year, multiple-award contract to research, build and sustain manned and unmanned aircraft, ground, space and maritime vehicles, weapons systems and robotics for the Department of Defense, Bloomberg Government reported Friday.

Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has agreed to buy Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) for $10.25 per share or approximately $532.5M in cash and stock. “The acquisition better positions Comtech to take advantage of key marketplace trends, particularly the growing demand for satellite connectivity and the enormous long-term opportunity set that is emerging in the secure wireless communications market,” said Fred Kornberg, board chairman and CEO of Comtech.

The Department of Commerce has decided to withdraw its proposed rules that would further restrain U.S. companies from selling chips and other electronics to China-based Huawei Technologies through their facilities overseas after Commerce faced objections from the Department of Defense, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a potential $400M contract from NASA to provide research and development services for Ames Research Center’s intelligent systems division.

Assurance Technology Corp. has won a potential five-year, $193.7M contract to help the Naval Research Laboratory build an energy transmission system for radio frequency platforms.