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President Donald Trump has nominated Hung Cao, a retired U.S. Navy captain, as Department of the Navy under secretary, calling him “the embodiment of the American Dream,” the New York Post reported Friday. Trump cited Cao’s 25 years of combat experience as a special operations officer and his immigration to the United States as a […] More
PsiQuantum will deploy Omega, a photonic chipset designed specifically for the utility-scale quantum computers it is developing in the United States and Australia under partnership agreements. The company presented the chipset’s advanced components and features vital to the development of million-cubit-scale quantum computers in a paper Nature published Wednesday. The paper discussed the high-fidelity qubit […] More
Lockheed Martin announced it had completed the first in a series of field demonstrations for a new counter-unmanned aerial system designed to deter small drones. The new tool uses a command and control platform to integrate various sensors to collect data for conversion into actionable information through Lockheed’s complementary technologies, Tyler Griffin, Lockheed Martin’s C-UAS […] More
Centerra, the infrastructure services subsidiary of non-financial risk management company Constellis, has secured a spot on a $249 million multiple award construction contract for general construction projects at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, also known as NAVSTA. Terry Ryan, Constellis CEO, said in a statement Wednesday that the award shows the company’s […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have formed Prometheus Energetics, a joint venture for the production and distribution of solid rocket motors and other energetics for the defense industrial base. The partnership has a joint total commitment of up to $175 million in capital at approximately 50-50 sharing, Kratos said Wednesday. […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a spot on a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, subordinate NAVAIR commands and program executive offices. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract is valued an estimated $249 million, with the selected companies given the opportunity to bid for individual task orders, according to a […] More
The U.S. vehicle manufacturing operations of Germany-based global automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has been rebranded as American Rheinmetall. The move on the venture, formerly known as American Rheinmetall Vehicles, merges its three core businesses: System Prime work, Tier 1 Component work, and Commercial work, Rheinmetall said. The integration includes the operations of Loc Performance, […] More
Space systems and software company Auria recently announced having developed the Enterprise Automated Scheduling Implementation architecture, or EASI, which is meant to enhance the scheduling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s satellite operations Challenges of Legacy Satellite Scheduling Auria said Friday that NOAA’s satellite operations involve the use of a network of ground and […] More
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, can now start hardware procurement for its XA103 engine prototype for the planned next-generation U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft, with the engine’s detailed design review already finished. Ground demonstrations for the prototype engine being developed under the USAF’s Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion, or NGAP, program is expected in the late […] More
Federal Resources Corporation has named industry veteran Alan Marc Smith, a past Wash100 awardee, as executive chairman of its board of directors. Smith’s experience in implementing growth strategies and transforming technology organizations will help further expand the company’s digital security offerings to customers in the government and private sectors, FRC said. Smith brings to the […] More
Microsoft has developed a new quantum processing unit, or QPU, to advance its efforts to prototype utility-scale quantum computers. Called Majorana 1, the QPU brings a fault-tolerant quantum computing prototype much closer, Chetan Nayak, technical fellow and corporate vice president of quantum hardware at Microsoft, said in a blog Wednesday. Harnessing New Materials According to […] More
Gilat Satellite Networks has created a defense division that will focus on the government and defense market for satellite communication, the Israel-based company announced Tuesday. Gilad Landsberg, who was appointed as the new division’s president, said the unit’s formation strengthens Gilat’s commitment to provide advanced satcom tools as defense requirements continue to evolve. “By combining […] More
