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Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has introduced a small unmanned aerial system designed to perform beyond line-of-sight flights and integrate with satellite communications technology. Integrator Extended Range is built to travel 200 nautical miles and remain on station for up to 10 hours or fly 300nm and stay on station for up to six hours, Insitu said Monday. The group 3 […] More
The U.S. Navy seeks information on companies that can offer satellite and ground command and control services to support a facility within the Naval Research Laboratory’s Blossom Point Tracking Facility in Maryland. The branch will accept responses to its sources sought notice through Oct. 12 and use feedback to develop a strategy for possible future […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite that launched Jan. 19 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been declared as fully operational and ready for use at the U.S. Air Force. Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 3 transmits data to the 460th Space Wing-operated Mission Control Station at Buckley AF Base in Colorado, the service branch said […] More
Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business, has said the company uses a crowd development approach to identify innovation partners and new technologies such as artificial intelligence. “We are leveraging the power of the crowd,” Probert wrote in an article published Friday on Breaking Defense. He noted […] More
The shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has authenticated the keel of a future Legend-class U.S. Coast Guard cutter, marking the start of the ship’s construction. Structural welder Demetrica Hawkins affixed a commemorative steel plate the WMSL 758 or National Security Cutter Stone during the keel-laying ceremony of at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, the company said […] More
Parsons has unveiled a new facility at its Huntsville, Al., site as part of company efforts to increase technical capacity. The 25K-square foot facility, which opened Friday, will provide for the company’s technical services expansion, which includes the fusion of hardware and software technological capacities for infrastructure, defense and intelligence customers, Parsons said Friday. The […] More
KBR’s government services arm has earned NASA’s nod as one of 13 contract awardees who will conduct research on potential commercial opportunities in low-Earth orbit. The contract tasks KBRwyle to develop strategies on how to provide affordable LEO-related technology and encourage commercial and government use of systems designed for LEO, KBR said Monday. The company is additionally […] More
Northrop Grumman has flown an MQ-8C Fire Scout autonomous helicopter for the first time at Trent Lott International Airport in Moss Point, Miss., as part of flight tests. MQ-8C is a modified version of the Bell 407 platform and completed performance assessments aboard the U.S. Navy‘s USS Coronado littoral combat ship in July, the company said Friday. Melissa Packwood, program director […] More
Will Roper, undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, has said the service intends to award contracts to companies with emerging technology platforms within 24 hours through “startup days,†Defense News reported Monday. He told the publication in a Sept. 7 interview that prior to the actual startup days, the branch would ask […] More
United Launch Alliance’s Delta II rocket made its final launch Saturday after it took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft designed to collect measurements of the Earth’s sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 transmitted signals to ground stations in Norway approximately 75 […] More
Some defense companies such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Boeing have made investments in startups that develop small satellites as the Pentagon and intelligence agencies work to counter space security threats through the use of Cubesats, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Raytheon announced a partnership with Herndon, Va.-based satellite firm HawkEye 360 on Monday, Sept. 10, […] More
Iron Mountain has included data center colocation and network services on the company’s Schedule 36 contract with the General Services Administration. The additional services are listed under the 51-600 special item number for electronic records management offerings and meant to support government digital transformation efforts, Iron Mountain said Thursday. Michael Lewis, vice president and general manager […] More
