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in NewsHII Enters Fabrication Phase of ‘Friedman’ National Security Cutter
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division has cut the first 100 tons of steel needed to build the U.S. Coast Guard’s national security cutter Friedman. This Legend-class vessel is designated as NSC 11 and named after Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a code breaker who solved coded messages for the Coast Guard during the Prohibition era, HII said Tuesday.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Hot Fire Tesing of New RL10C-X Space Rocket Engine
Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded a series of hot fire tests with the 3D printed RL10C-X engine, which is designed to generate 24,000 pounds of thrust for space rockets. The company said Tuesday it tested RL10C-X in a flight-like configuration to showcase its long-duration endurance and full mission capability.
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in NewsEndeavour to Offer Capital Source for Defense, Aerospace Startups Through MassChallenge Partnership
Invoice factoring company Endeavour has partnered with nonprofit startup accelerator MassChallenge to help early-stage aerospace and defense technology developers gain access to a non-dilutive financing platform. Endeavour said Tuesday it will offer support to MassChallenge's network of entrepreneurs through an accounts receivable funding facility, called Escape Velocity.
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General Dynamics Subsidiary to Deliver 1,000th Unit of Assured PNT System to Army
A subsidiary of General Dynamics' mission systems business was tapped to deliver the 1,000th unit of a modular system designed to help military scan areas for GPS signals and defend it against electronic warfare attacks launched by peer and near-peer adversaries a modular system designed to scan areas for GPS signals.
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IronNet to Market Cyber Threat Detection Platform Under Carahsoft’s ITES-SW2 Contract
Carahsoft Technology has added IronNet Cybersecurity to its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 contract, enabling the latter to offer hardware and software, as well as maintenance and ancillary services to the U.S. Army in support of its cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure requirements.
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in Contract Awards, NewsSAIC to Continue DIA Lab Operations Support; Michael LaRouche Quoted
Science Applications International Corp. will continue to provide the Defense Intelligence Agency with laboratory operations and support services under a potential $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. “We are proud to continue our work delivering essential assessments and analysis to DIA, the Department of Defense and the intelligence community so that we are well-equipped to protect our warfighters with the necessary information to mitigate foreign threat systems,” said Michael LaRouche, president of SAIC's national security and space sector and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner.
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Lockheed, Air Force Establish Software Development Factory to Support US Strategic Command
Lockheed Martin has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to help establish a software development factory to come up with command and control and mission planning applications for U.S. Strategic Command as part of the Global Strike and Product Support contract.
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in Executive Moves, NewsIntelliDyne Creates Board of Advisers; Rob Grey Quoted
IntelliDyne announced on Tuesday its creation of a new board of advisors. The five-member board is composed of Ed Abner, Kathy Albarado, Kimberly Pack, Erich Windmuller and Michael Zaramba who will utilize their collective skills and industry expertise to provide the IntelliDyne executive team with guidance to facilitate company growth as an information technology services provider.
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Lumen Secures Navy JAG Connectivity Contract; Zain Ahmed Quoted
Lumen Technologies has recently won a potential 12-year, task order under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program, to provide secure high-speed connectivity, WiFi, unified communications and managed network services to the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. Lumen will operate on an initial one-year term with 11 additional one-year options available to continue work.
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in Contract Awards, NewsCAES, Raytheon Partner to Connect Military Aircraft, Commercial Satellite Internet; Mike Kahn Quoted
Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has teamed up with CAES to develop a connectivity platform for U.S. Air Force aircraft to access commercial satellite internet services. CAES said Monday it will build a radio frequency signal converter for integration into a phased array antenna Raytheon is developing to support the Air Force Research Laboratory-led Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program.
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in Contract Awards, NewsGeneral Dynamics to Produce Missile Seeker Components for Raytheon SM-3 Interceptor
Raytheon Technologies has awarded General Dynamics a pair of contracts worth $43 million combined to manufacture seeker components for two new variants of the Standard Missile-3 system. General Dynamics said Monday its mission systems unit will provide optical hardware to Raytheon's missiles and defense business for integration into the SM-3 Block IB and IIA interceptors.