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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.

Ken Possenriede, chief financial officer of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has said the company forecasts $5B worth of programs within the next couple years to produce hypersonic technology platforms, Inside Defense reported Thursday.

The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking contractor support to develop, evaluate and demonstrate a technology to counter small unmanned aircraft systems that use commercial off-the-shelf tools. In a notice posted Tuesday on beta.SAM.gov, AFRL said it plans to procure services through a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qantity contract worth potentially $490M over six years.

Ball Aerospace and Infoscitex won a shared contract with a combined potential value of $135M to perform research and development services to support the U.S. Air Force’s efforts to improve situational awareness and decision-making.

The U.S. Air Force plans to award up to $750M in total funds for research and development of aircraft integration and virtual modeling systems.

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has secured a potential seven-year, $93M contract to help the  Air Force Research Laboratory develop cyber electronic warfare approaches for potential use in Department of Defense missions.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $500.6M contract modification by the Missile Defense Agency to continue research and development of two different radars for the Ballistic Missile Defense System.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the System of Systems Consortium a $355M contract modification to support research, development, test and evaluation work on propulsion technologies.

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. has secured a potential 10-year, $246M contract to engineer, develop and sustain avionics and electronic warfare systems for the U.S. Air Force.

David Buck, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has established a consulting company to help space, nuclear and cyber companies develop engagement strategies and match their capabilities with government requirements.