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The U.S. Marine Corps has surpassed 1,000 flight hours with the MQ-9A unmanned aircraft, which it has been using to support service-level training exercises and weapons and tactics instructor courses. The exercises demonstrated the advanced capabilities of the MQ-9A platform, including precision targeting and reconnaissance abilities; its reliability and adaptability; and its operational effectiveness within […] More
Electra can begin the pre-production and certification phase of its EL9 Ultra Short aircraft using the $115 million it raised in a Series B funding round led by Prysm Capital to fulfill more than 2,200 EL9 pre-orders valued at over $10 billion. The nine-passenger EL9 features hybrid-electric propulsion and capabilities for commercial and defense purposes, […] More
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, or GA-EMS, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to manufacture Bullseye precision-guided strike missiles. Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS, said in a press release posted Monday that the deep-strike missiles will be built in the United States for U.S. defense organizations. The companies announced […] More
Oceus demonstrated its 5G network during the recent Integrated Training Exercise 1-25 aimed at sharpening the capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. The company’s 5G platform is helping the U.S. Marine Corps’ innovation and network extension to improve mission-critical activities, […] More
Government technology provider Arcfield and artificial intelligence company C3 AI are synthesizing their tools and capabilities in a partnership for enterprise AI applications designed to further improve services to defense and intelligence agencies. The collaboration will work to accelerate AI adoption across Arcfield and its clients, Kevin Kelly, Arcfield’s chairman and CEO and a Wash100 awardee, […] More
Modern U.S. Air Force weapon systems are notorious for their long development timelines. The service believes a digital transformation concept called digital materiel management, or DMM, will help the service field new equipment and technologies faster. Kyle Hurst, USAF Digital Transformation Office chief, said in February that it takes the service about 16 years to develop […] More
Rancher Government Solutions is providing new technical support to customers working in classified cloud regions, including Intelligence Community users. The IC Cloud Support that it now offers makes managing Kubernetes in classified environments less complicated and not as labor-intensive as typical processes, RGS said Tuesday. The core of the new Rancher Government platform’s support tool […] More
QinetiQ US, a defense and national security company, has revealed that it is taking part in a multi-phase prototype initiative aimed at developing an advanced target acquisition system. The McLean, Virginia-based company said Tuesday it is collaborating with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, or PEO IEW&S, to build a prototype for […] More
Hidden Level, an aviation and aerospace company specializing in passive radar and radio frequency sensing technology, announced raising $65 million from its Series C funding round led by DFJ Growth and participated in by other investors, including Booz Allen Ventures, Washington Harbour Partners and Veteran Ventures. In a press release published Monday, Jeff Cole, co-founder […] More
Drone technology company Red Cat announced Tuesday that it had been selected by the U.S. Army as the winner of the Short Range Reconnaissance program of record. The contract award features a five-year period of performance and calls for the production of 5,880 next-generation small unmanned aircraft systems developed by Teal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of […] More
AeroVironment will acquire BlueHalo for $4.1 billion in an all-stock transaction to broaden the company’s defense capabilities portfolio. AV announced Tuesday that a definitive agreement had already been executed and that the transaction is expected to close in the first half of calendar year 2025. AV and BlueHalo will collaborate to form a diversified defense technology […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Epsilon C5I, KBR Wyle Service, Toyon Research and Booz Allen Hamilton spots on the $89.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multi-award contract to support the development of new intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting, or ISR&T, systems. Under the contract, the companies will deliver research, development, testing and evaluation, technical assistance and systems engineering […] More
