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Aerojet Rocketdyne Reaches 5,000th Missile Engine Delivery Milestone
Aerojet Rocketdyne has hit a new milestone for its solid rocket flight motor with the delivery of the 5,000th unit to power Raytheon Technologies' Stinger missile system.
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in NewsCriterion Receives CMMI Maturity Level 3 Appraisal
Criterion Systems has secured the CMMI Institute's Maturity Level 3 rating under the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development framework.
L3Harris Introduces Compact Radio Tech; Dana Mehnert Quoted
L3Harris Technologies has unveiled a small form factor radio built to help military users communicate when they perform ground, airborne, maritime and dismounted soldier missions.
DOE Enters Enterprise Agreement with Google Cloud to Support Cloud Tech; Rocky Campione, Mike Daniels Quoted
Google Cloud has entered into a five-year agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide access to a variety of Google Cloud technologies to help the department scale research efforts and drive innovation across DOE national labs and field sites, the company announced Thursday. "Our work with Google Cloud is helping us reduce the friction and pivot to innovation," said  Rocky Campione.
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Viasat Partners With AeroVironment Under Army Contract to Advance UAS Platforms
Viasat has partnered with AeroVironment to enable flying small UAS platforms to deploy a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network under a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative, Viasat reported on Thursday. Viasat will work with AeroVironment to develop and demonstrate advanced, encrypted communications for AeroVironment's portable, hand-launched Puma AE tactical UAS.Â
Air Force OKs Raytheon Technologies-Made Weapon for F-15 Mission Deployment
The U.S. Air Force has authorized a Raytheon Technologies-built “smart†weapon for fielding on Air Combat Command's F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft following a recent test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The StormBreaker munition uses a multimode seeker technology with infrared, semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar guidance technologies that can work alongside GPS and inertial navigation systems to reach targets over 40 miles away from the aircraft, the company said Tuesday.
in Executive Moves, NewsFormer GE Aviation Exec Stephen Griffin to Join VSE as Finance Chief
Stephen Griffin, formerly chief financial officer of the engine services division at General Electric's aviation subsidiary, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Alexandria, Virginia-based aftermarket services provider VSE Corp.
in Contract Awards, NewsSBG to Extend VA Mobile Tech Mgmt Support; Carlos Del Toro Quoted
SBG Technology Solutions has been awarded a contract to continue helping the Department of Veterans Affairs manage, secure and maintain an information technology environment that supports 75K mobile devices.
in Contract Awards, NewsSecuriGence Wins $69M DARPA IT Network Support Task Order
SecuriGence has won a $68.7M task order to provide information technology support to multiple networks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Leesburg, Virginia-based company will help DARPA engineer and manage multinetwork infrastructure to address the agency IT goals, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
SwRI Associate VP Alan Stern to Join NASA Commercial Space Flight Mission
Alan Stern, associate vice president of the space science and engineering division at Southwest Research Institute, has been selected to join a scientific team that will fly aboard a Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle to carry out NASA-backed experiments.
in NewsGE T901 Engine Completes Design Review for Army’s Future Vertical Lift Effort
General Electric’s aviation business has reported design, development and demonstration milestones for its aircraft engines over the past year in line with the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program.
in Contract Awards, NewsSpaceX Studies Feasibility of ‘Weather Data as a Service Business Model’ Under Space Force Contract
SpaceX is studying ways how it could offer weather data to the U.S. military under a potential six-month, $2M contract awarded by the Space Force’s Space Missile Systems Center in July, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
