Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced that it has been awarded $30 million in contracts to upgrade and provide spares for the all-digital AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver for the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter aircraft. The updated ALR-69A(V) will give pilots greater situational awareness to better understand their surroundings and help them make faster decisions, RI&S […]
The U.S. Space Command’s top officer revealed ongoing efforts to enhance the military’s space-monitoring capabilities. Gen. Jim Dickinson said the command’s current top priority is increasing awareness of the space domain by using, among others, “nontraditional sensors” that can be integrated into existing systems on the ground and in orbit, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Speaking […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it is finally taking a look at a previously unstudied lunar sample that was obtained during the Apollo missions in preparation for a return mission to the moon. After some 50 years in storage, the sample is being opened at the Johnson Space Center in Houston by […]
Jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney announced that it has been awarded an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to conduct a ground test demonstration for a novel architecture using a rotating engine detonation concept. The program will be executed jointly with Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Raytheon Technologies Research Center, Pratt & Whitney said Thursday. […]
Maj. Gen. William Hartman, commander of the cyber national mission force, on Friday revealed that the U.S. Cyber Command has deployed personnel to foreign nations 27 times in the last four years to help allies strengthen their cyber defenses against threats. He said that many of these deployments were carried out amid the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Rep. Andrew Garbarino on Tuesday introduced new legislation that would allocate federal grants to state governments to provide a stronger cybersecurity education through state and local schools. The New York lawmaker’s proposed Cybersecurity Grants For Schools Act of 2022 authorizes the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to distribute federal funding to schools, […]
Dallas-headquartered AECOM announced it has been awarded a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide master planning, architecture and engineering services to the United States Air Force Academy. The deal calls for the delivery of multi-disciplined planning and conceptual designs in support of USAFA’s efforts to approach the campus in a consistent and efficient manner, including new buildings […]
Virginia-headquartered Applied Information Sciences announced the unveiling of its new solution accelerator offering, Datalance, ahead of the award of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s Test and Evaluation Blanket Purchase Agreement. The Datalance offering potentially enables the U.S. government to speed up military access to artificial intelligence technology by building agile and scalable data platforms that […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced that it has modified its existing Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract with SpaceX to include three additional missions to the International Space Station from the original six. The contract modification, which raises to nine the total number of missions to the ISS, came with a $776 […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the robotic On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1, a system designed to provide maintenance to satellites already in orbit, has passed its critical design review phase. Passing this phase paves the way for the construction of OSAM-1’s spacecraft, payloads and ground system, NASA said Friday. In a […]
