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Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct unmanned beyond-visual-line-of-sight and nighttime test flights. The effort will help authorize autonomous drone flights in the National Airspace System, at or below an altitude of 400 feet, Insitu said Wednesday. Esina Alic, president and CEO of […] More

Boeing has invested in Accion Systems to support production and delivery of electric propulsion systems for satellites and other space vehicles. Boeing said Wednesday the investment, which was led by its HorizonX Ventures arm in partnership with GettyLab, will allow Accion to expand its manufacturing operations, as well as access Boeing’s personnel and facilities. Boeing […] More

DynCorp International has received a one-year, $66.7M contract modification to continue to help U.S. Air Forces Central Command sustain war reserve materiel. The U.S. Air Force exercised the WRM support contract’s second option year, DynCorp said Wednesday. The company will perform work at at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina and other locations in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar […] More

Raytheon and the U.S. Army have updated a precision-guided projectile built to operate with multiple artillery systems and help warfighters engage targets in secluded locations. Excalibur Shaped Trajectory is designed to reach a multistory facility via the building side, a bunker situated on a mountain slope’s opposite side or adversarial assets located under an overpass, Raytheon said Tuesday. The Army […] More

Raytheon has reached a milestone in development of its long-range weapon system  offering for the U.S. Army‘s Precision Strike Missile program. The company said Tuesday its technicians worked with Army personnel and Marines to install a launch pod container on M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS rocket launchers at Fort Sill in Oklahoma as part of the DeepStrike missile development effort. […] More

Cubic’s transportation systems business has partnered with City Innovate to present 80 challenges in a program that encourages public-private teaming to resolve various issues in local governments. Cubic said Tuesday 28 civic agencies will collaborate with startups to develop and assess products and services for the Startup in Residence program, which will run for two […] More

The Army Contracting Command has issued a request for proposals for two non-developmental medium to large unmanned aerial systems, initial spares and related contractor logistics support services. A FedBizOpps notice posted on Sept. 28 states that ACC also seeks contractors that can deliver new equipment training, maintenance, sustainment and operational support to U.S. Army Forces […] More

Brig. Gen. Richard Coffman, director of the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle cross-functional team, said the service will begin accepting options for a new optionally manned combat vehicle in January, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Coffman told reporters at an Association of the U.S. Army-hosted event that the service has defined its requirements that will […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a task order from KBR‘s government services arm to continue providing simulated aerial gunnery training services to the U.S. Air Force for an additional year. KBRWyle awarded the order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Kratos to train Air Force Global Strike Command’s special mission aviators to operate guns in the UH-1N helicopter […] More