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Oshkosh Defense Receives Bravo Zulu Award; John Bryant Quoted
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer honored Oshkosh Defense with the Bravo Zulu award in recognition of its delivery of light tactical vehicles to the service branch and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Lockheed Subsidiary Plans Full Demo of Autonomous Helicopter Tech in 2020
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, plans to conduct a fully autonomous flight of the S-70 helicopter as an optionally manned aircraft by 2020, Military.com reported Thursday.
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Lockheed’s X-59 Supersonic Aircraft for NASA Enters Assembly Phase
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works segment has begun assembly work on an experimental supersonic aircraft for NASA after completing the critical design review process.
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Northrop’s Pegasus Rocket Launches NASA’s Ionosphere Satellite to Orbit; Steve Krein Quoted
Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket has carried a satellite designed to help NASA study the border between terrestrial and space weather as well as its potential impact on communications systems, people and technologies.
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Charles River to Develop Energy Prediction App for Army
Charles River Analytics has secured a contract of undisclosed value to develop an app that will help the U.S. Army engineers analyze the reliability of energy resources.
GM Defense Seeks to Leverage Commercial Tech to Support US Military; David Albritton Quoted
General Motors’ vision for its defense segment is to “reimagine†ways of turning its commercial vehicles and other technology products into platforms that could be offered to the U.S. military and allied forces, Defense One reported Thursday.
Hexagon US Federal’s Rob Mott: AI Key to Delivering Geospatial Intelligence to Combat Units
Rob Mott, a vice president at Hexagon US Federal, wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on C4ISRNET how artificial intelligence could help defense and intelligence agencies collect and transmit geospatial intelligence data to soldiers on the battlefield amid challenging conditions.
Raytheon Tech Helps Stadium Operators ID Nuisance Drones; Todd Probert Quoted
Raytheon is one of the companies introducing new technologies aimed at identifying drones and the operators flying such unmanned aircraft systems over sporting events and concert venues, Defense One reported Wednesday.
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Decisive Analytics Gets Army Task Order to Design, Integrate Tech at Reagan Test Site
Decisive Analytics has secured a potential five-year, $36.6M task order to help the U.S. Army design, develop, test and integrate technologies at Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands.