General Dynamics-Made Cross-Domain Tool Meets NSA Requirements
General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Tactical Cross-Domain Solution underwent an assessment that verifies compliance with National Security Agency-imposed requirements.
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Summit 7 to Launch New Products in Line With New DoD Cyber Standards
Summit 7 Systems has added new software offerings and services in its cybersecurity practice to comply with requirements imposed by the Department of Defense.
Mitre Establishes Lab to Explore Autonomous Vehicles; Chris Hill, Zachary LaCelle Quoted
Chris Hill and Zachary LaCelle of Mitre told Federal News Network in an interview published Friday about the nonprofit corporation’s new laboratory that is focused on mobile autonomous platforms.
Mike Petters: HII Seeks to Meet Navy’s Demand for UUVs
Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries and a previous Wash100 award winner, said the company plans to tap into the U.S. Navy’s increasing demand for unmanned underwater vehicles, USNI News reported Thursday.
Collins Aerospace to Enter Final Phase of UAS Airspace Data Link Waveform Dev’t Project; Heather Robertson Quoted
NASA and United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business are gearing up for the final phase of a joint project to build a data link technology designed to support unmanned aircraft system management operations in national airspace. Collins Aerospace said Thursday it has helped finance command non-payload control waveform development efforts and developed radio prototypes that could operate with CNPC during flight tests as part of a nine-year project.
Raytheon’s Kim Ernzen on Naval Strike Missile
Kim Ernzen, vice president for air warfare systems product line at Raytheon, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Thursday that the company is developing a supply chain and a system to produce the Naval Strike Missile in the U.S. to create jobs in several states.
ULA to Launch Two Space Force Satellites With Unflown Atlas 5 Rocket Variant
United Launch Alliance will use an unflown variant of its Atlas 5 rocket to bring into orbit two surveillance satellites for the Space Force by the fourth quarter of 2020, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday.
Lockheed’s Work on Air Force ARRW Hypersonic Weapons Program to Proceed
The U.S. Air Force decided to drop the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon program and opted to advance work on the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon initiative amid budget pressures, Defense News reported Monday. Lockheed Martin is working on the two hypersonic development programs under two contracts awarded in 2018.
Kevin Kelly: CACI Puts Research Focus on Multimission Platforms
Kevin Kelly, president of the national security and innovative solutions sector at CACI International, said warfighters are inundated with one-off systems that demand network, storage and battery and the company seeks to address that with multimission platforms, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
Space Force Plans Commercial-Military Satellite Architecture Integration; Inmarsat Government’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Quoted
The Space Force seeks to ensure global connectivity for U.S. warfighter communications through the development of an integrated technology that could support both commercial and military satellite systems, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.