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  • Northrop Ramps Up High-Temperature Material Manufacturing With Robotic 3D Printer
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    Northrop Ramps Up High-Temperature Material Manufacturing With Robotic 3D Printer

    Northrop Grumman is using a patented, robotic-based additive manufacturing technology to advance the development of high-temperature composites used in hypersonic and high-speed weapon manufacturing. The Scalable Composite Robotic Additive Manufacturing Carbon/Carbon system employs 6-axis continuous fiber reinforcement to fabricate 3D-printed composite structures before undergoing a proprietary manufacturing process, Northrop said Thursday. SCRAM works to reduce […] More

  • Navy Awards Potential $150M Sensor R&D Contract to Space Dynamics Lab
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    Navy Awards Potential $150M Sensor R&D Contract to Space Dynamics Lab

    Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has secured a potential $150 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop advanced technologies to collect and process data from sensors. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a face value of $75 million and an initial cost-plus-fixed-fee task order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. SDL will perform 90 percent of […] More

  • Peraton to Maintain, Enhance Navy’s Law Enforcement Information Sharing Systems
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    Peraton to Maintain, Enhance Navy’s Law Enforcement Information Sharing Systems

    Peraton will assist the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in the operation, maintenance and modernization of law enforcement information sharing systems under a five-year, $32 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers support services for the Law Enforcement Information Exchange and Department of Defense Law Enforcement Defense Data Exchange systems managed by NCIS, […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Marshall Choy, SVP of Product for SambaNova Systems
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    Executive Spotlight: Marshall Choy, SVP of Product for SambaNova Systems

    Marshall Choy, senior vice president of product for SambaNova Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the values of the company that drives its success in such a competitive market and the work that U.S. service branches are doing to ensure our warfighters have the tools and capabilities they need to protect our national security interests during the latest Executive […] More

  • 3 Vendors Complete Preliminary Design Reviews Under Space Force GPS Tech Program
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    3 Vendors Complete Preliminary Design Reviews Under Space Force GPS Tech Program

    The U.S. Space Force and three companies have concluded the preliminary review design phase of a program seeking technology products that will allow military personnel to use allied satellite positioning, navigation and timing signals. BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Technologies completed the assessment process for receiver designs over the past three months as part […] More

  • Air Force, Raytheon & Kongsberg Demo Missile Defense Capability With NASAMS Launcher
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    Air Force, Raytheon & Kongsberg Demo Missile Defense Capability With NASAMS Launcher

    The U.S. Air Force and business arms of Raytheon Technologies and Kongsberg have jointly conducted an air base air defense experiment to demonstrate the ability of a medium-range missile system to shoot down cruise missile targets. Raytheon’s missiles and defense division said Wednesday the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System or NASAMS fired AIM-9X and other […] More

  • Northrop’s Targeting Pod Completes Initial Tests With Navy Fighter Aircraft
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    Northrop’s Targeting Pod Completes Initial Tests With Navy Fighter Aircraft

    U.S. Navy pilots have tested a Northrop Grumman-built targeting system while operating an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The initial flight demonstration of the multisensor Litening pod showcased the system’s surveillance and autonomous target tracking functions, Northrop said Wednesday. Super Hornet aircrew used the pod training laser mode and completed various tasks such as identifying ground […] More

  • BAE to Produce More Electronic Warfare Tech for Boeing’s F-15E, F-15EX Fighter Aircraft
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    BAE to Produce More Electronic Warfare Tech for Boeing’s F-15E, F-15EX Fighter Aircraft

    Boeing has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce electronic warfare systems meant to provide F-15E and F-15EX Eagle fighter jets with self-defense capabilities and improved situational awareness. The low-rate initial production lot 2 contract calls for BAE to manufacture additional Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability Systems for the fighter aircraft and brings the EPAWSS […] More

  • Maria Roat Joins Aquia as Advisory Board Member
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    Maria Roat Joins Aquia as Advisory Board Member

    Maria Roat, former deputy federal chief information officer and a previous Wash100 Award winner, has been appointed to the advisory board of Baltimore, Maryland-based digital experience platform vendor Aquia. The company said Wednesday that Roat is the third member of Aquia’s board tasked with advising executive staff and shareholders on matters related to growth strategy […] More

  • Booz Allen, CyberSaint to Collaborate on Risk Quantification Platform
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    Booz Allen, CyberSaint to Collaborate on Risk Quantification Platform

    Booz Allen Hamilton and CyberSaint have teamed up to offer a software-as-a-service platform designed to help customers perform analytics to gain insights into their cybersecurity posture. Booz Allen will combine its risk model with CyberSaint’s information technology and cyber risk management software to come up with an offering that could help clients assess, quantify and […] More

  • Raytheon Subsidiaries Deliver Blackjack Microsat Bus, Payloads to DARPA
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    Raytheon Subsidiaries Deliver Blackjack Microsat Bus, Payloads to DARPA

    Raytheon Technologies‘ Blue Canyon Technologies subsidiary has provided the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with the first of 10 Saturn-class microsat buses the agency ordered in support of its Blackjack Program. BCT said Tuesday the buses feature dedicated payload interfaces, advanced electric propulsion and power system as well as radio frequency communication, command and data […] More

  • Michael Smith, Vectrus VP & Chief Engineer, Participates in GovCon Wire Q&A
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    Michael Smith, Vectrus VP & Chief Engineer, Participates in GovCon Wire Q&A

    Michael Smith serves a vice president and chief engineer at Vectrus where he is responsible for programs related to electromagnetic spectrum engineering, digital integration and comparative technology. In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, Smith overviewed how the government is addressing a commercial demand for spectrum, Vectrus’ 5G-driven warehouse project with the U.S. Navy and his […] More