San Diego-headquartered Space Micro announced that it has been awarded by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command a contract for the manufacture of a geostationary orbit-capable µLCT secure laser communications terminal. The new award builds on an initial development contract issued by the Air Force issued in 2019, Space Micro said Tuesday. In a […]
Florida-headquartered Redwire Corporation announced that it has been selected by the Air Force to compete for task orders alongside several other companies under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the Advanced Battle Management System. The IDIQ has a $950 million ceiling, which will be shared across all awardees with no guaranteed task orders, Redwire said Tuesday. […]
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics announced that, together with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Air Force Research Lab and Aerojet Rocketdyne, it has successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept. The demonstration saw the ultra-fast missile reaching speeds in excess of Mach 5 at altitudes greater than 65,000 feet, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. In […]
Keoki Jackson is the senior vice president and general manager of national security at Mitre, working out of McLean, Virginia. He is responsible for growing and executing the non-profit organization’s programs for the Department of Defense, Department of Justice and the Intelligence Community. He also leads the National Security Engineering Center, according to his LinkedIn […]
Aaron Mountain is the director of defense and national security at Dun & Bradstreet, working out of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. He is a tested intelligence, customer success, and sales professional with over 15 years of experience working in both the technology industry and highly classified environments, according to his LinkedIn profile. Mountain’s job sees […]
American-Spanish aerospace company Skydweller Aero announced that its United States subsidiary has been awarded a $14 million contract with the Defense Innovation Unit, in conjunction with the Navy, to advance and integrate technologies in support of the development of its extreme-endurance, solar-powered aircraft. The deal paves the way for the development of military-grade unmanned aerial systems […]
White House sources disclosed that the Biden administration has ordered a review of a Trump-era policy giving the Department of Defense and U.S. Cyber Command blanket authority to greenlight cyber operations. The National Security Council is spearheading the interagency review process, which may lead to revisions to Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum-13, CyberScoop reported […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Sunday announced that it has postponed the initial wet dress rehearsal for the brand-new Space Launch System rocket due to an issue with its mobile launcher. The test would have seen the giant rocket being fully loaded with fuel and undergoing a practice countdown that would be halted […]
Mounting tensions between Washington and the Kremlin over the invasion of Ukraine have not stopped the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from pursuing a seat barter agreement with its Russian counterparts. Under the proposal, Russian cosmonauts would be able to fly on NASA’s commercial crew vehicles in exchange for American astronauts flying on Soyuz spacecraft […]
Virginia-headquartered Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its advanced unmanned underwater vehicle, REMUS 300, has been selected as the Navy’s next-generation small unmanned underwater vehicle program of record. The autonomous seacraft incorporates advanced modularity and open architecture into a compact, man-portable design, HII said Thursday. In a statement, the company said the initial phase of the […]
