Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is pushing for greater collaboration with traditional defense companies to procure emerging technologies. Specifically, he wants to give the defense industry as much attention as other defense leaders are giving to Silicon Valley innovators. Kendall said during the Air Force Association’s Space & Cyber Conference on Monday that defense-oriented organizations […]
The Internal Revenue Service has awarded its Paper and Remittance Processing Support III prime contract to Leidos, a Reston, Virginia-based company that provides science and technology solutions to a wide variety of clients. The contract will allow Leidos to support the Integrated Submissions and Remittance Processing System and the Service Center Recognition Image Processing System, […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking ideas for low-Earth orbit-based optical inter-satellite links that will connect government and commercial space communications systems. DARPA will also host a virtual conference on Sept. 22 to discuss requirements with potential bidders. Proposals are due Oct. 4, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. According to a notice issued by the […]
Military solutions providers Kord Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence and Space have secured a $123.9 million contract to install additional 50 kW high-energy laser weapons systems on three Stryker A1 vehicles. As the prime contractor, Kord will serve as the lead integrator and will provide the power management and cooling systems for the solutions. Meanwhile, Raytheon […]
