Government Technology

Northrop Grumman has equipped the U.S. Marine Corps’ F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with a scalable agile beam radar during a fit check at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California. The Falls Church, Va.-based firm said Monday the installation showed how the APG-83 SABR can be used as an alternative active electronically scanned array on the […] More

UES has received a potential $49.1 million contract to research and develop materials and technologies that could help the U.S. Air Force control and defend against photonic energy. The company will perform tasks under the Flash and Laser Airborne Protection System program that seeks to boost aircrew defense against flash-blindness and directed energy attacks, the Defense Department said Friday. Work […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $4.4 million contract to BAE Systems to design and develop an integrated system that would help military users secure communications during tactical operations. BAE’s information and electronic systems integration business will perform work under DARPA’s Protected Forward Communications program, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday. The company will work to build […] More

The U.S. Agency for International Development has submitted a request for information on systems used to track correspondence documents. USAID is in need of a system that would automatically receive and categorize solicited and unsolicited correspondence, and notify officials for feedback and approval, the agency said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice. The agency currently manages correspondence […] More

The U.S. Army has selected Leonardo DRS to demonstrate an electrical energy system designed to help the service branch meet vehicle power requirements. The company said Tuesday it will test the On-Board Vehicle Power system on the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense vehicles designed for launcher vehicles and missile battery command and control. Leonardo […] More

Motorola Solutions has integrated its public safety communications software with venue details from HERE Technologies as part of a joint effort to increase field responders’ situational awareness. The CommandCentral Aware platform will include location maps that are intended to guide fire and emergency medical services personnel through buildings in the event of a critical situation, HERE said Monday. The […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded two hot-fire tests of air-launch motors at the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the firm’s advanced tactical booster program. The company said Monday it designed the solid rocket motors to simulate extreme cold- and hot-soak launch conditions. The tested motors demonstrated the capacity to accelerate vehicles under extreme operational temperatures. Aerojet […] More

NASA has licensed a patented technology to Thermal Management Technologies to develop the North Logan, Utah-based company’s small satellite release mechanism. The space agency said Monday TMT can use the Diminutive Assembly for Nanosatellite deploYables as basis for the Gecko Release Mechanism, which is designed to incorporate a gecko’s size and gripping capabilities.  DANY stores deployable […] More

Raytheon has invested $72 million to establish a facility in Andover, Mass., for the company’s radar development, integration and testing efforts. The 30,000-square-foot facility features two near-field radar test ranges, a 1.5-megawatt substation, a “dual robotic” system for array assembly and automated guided vehicles to facilitate movement of materials, Raytheon said Monday. The company intends to work on the U.S. […] More

Frank St. John, executive vice president of missiles and fire control business at Lockheed Martin, told Defense News in an interview published Monday that the company has begun work on the hypersonic conventional strike weapon and hypersonic glider. Lockheed won a potential $928 million contract from the U.S. Air Force in April to design and build an […] More

Northrop Grumman has made an agreement with Verdugo Fire Communications to modernize dispatch systems in California to boost the operational capability of emergency response personnel and services in the state. The Falls Church, Va.-based firm said Friday it will initially deploy its CommandPoint computer-aided dispatch technology and CommandPoint Mobility products to the Glendale Fire Department […] More

The U.S. Army has selected Meld Manufacturing to take part in a program aiming to help the service branch overcome modernization challenges. The company said Wednesday its patented MELD metal manufacturing technology will be part of the Army’s Expeditionary Technology Search program, which gathers collaborators to support the service branch’s modernization. Chase Cox, additive manufacturing […] More