The U.S. Marine Corps has selected AeroVironment’s latest version of the Switchblade 300 loitering munition system to support the first phase of the Organic Precision Fires-Light program of record under an $8.9 million task order. The Switchblade 300 Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicle offers precision-guided fires capability to hit beyond-line-of-sight targets. User assessments, combat deployments […]
The U.S. Navy has selected McLean, Virginia-based defense contractor V2X as one of the six companies that will receive task orders under the Global Contingency Services Multiple Award Contract III of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific. The contract has a maximum $2 billion value and is expected to be completed in September 2032, […]
The U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWERX and Aerospace Corp. have launched a collaborative initiative to assist small businesses in advancing their space technologies. The partnership establishes a “Technology Readiness Level” bootcamp lab in El Segundo, California, designed to guide startup endeavors through the “Valley of Death,” which refers to the challenging phase small businesses face between […]
Richard Muller, previously of the Department of Energy’s Quantum Systems Accelerator, has joined the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity as director. In a statement issued Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, a 2024 Wash100 winner, said that the IARPA would benefit from Muller’s experience in science, academia and leadership, allowing the institution to face […]
Lockheed Martin announced that it has secured a contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide a new, modern and technically advanced missile interceptor. For the Next Generation Interceptor project, the defense contractor is providing its expertise in kill vehicle technology and decades of experience in developing strategic missile systems. The NGI is a multiple-kill […]
The U.S. Army has placed its first order of L3Harris Technologies’ Enhanced Night Vision Goggle–Binocular worth $256 million under a full-scale production indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth a potential $886 million that the company won in December 2022. L3Harris pointed out that its ENVG-B systems’ figure of merit levels enable improved situational awareness at farther distances at […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 billion contract to Guidehouse to provide systems engineering and integration services to support the service branch’s transition from the current land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Minuteman III, to its successor, the LGM-35 Sentinel. A single-award task order with an 18-year performance period, the ICBM integration support contract calls for […]
The Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland has awarded Leidos a potential $267 million follow-on prime contract to provide the U.S. Army with hardware sustainment, modernization, refresher training and logistics services. The work will support Communications Electronics Command, the Integrated Logistics Support Center, the Field Support Directorate and the Force Modernization Division, […]
Pittsburgh-based engineering simulation company Ansys is now a member of BAE Systems’ Mission Advantage technology partnership program, under which it will help BAE’s Department of Defense customers advance their adoption of digital and model-based systems engineering. Ansys’ entry into the program aligns with a DOD directive issued in December addressing digital engineering methodologies, technologies and […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces Directorate is adopting a novel approach for providing light reconnaissance aircraft to foreign military partners with the establishment of a dedicated digital acquisition team. Comprising young Air Force personnel, the Digital PAQuisitions team aims to create a digital twin of a light reconnaissance aircraft […]
