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The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army recently completed an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI. The test provided data on the end-to-end performance of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round. The test marks a step forward for the CPS and LRHW programs. "This flight test of the common hypersonic missile marks a milestone for our nation in the development of this capability," said Vice

L3Harris Technologies  has completed its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, forming a fourth business segment at the company. L3Harris signed a definitive agreement to purchase Aerojet Rocketdyne in December 2022, emphasizing its ability to strengthen the defense industrial base, enhance competition and accelerate innovation for a critical merchant supplier of propulsion systems. “I’m thrilled to welcome more than 5,000 employees to the L3Harris team today

NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency's Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA's IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision. The contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $85.5 million, with a base period of performance from Monday, July 1 to June 30, 2025. Nine optional periods, if exercised, wou

Dignari, LLC announced its competitive win of the Department of Defense Defense Manpower Data Center  Blanket Purchase Agreement for Defense Enterprise HR Applications and Data Services  The multiple-award BPA, with a ceiling value of $1.4B over five years, will be leveraged by DMDC to modernize enterprise services taking it into the 21st Century with a strong focus on identity management services and cybersecurity. "Dignari is privileged to be selected as a partner f

NASA has awarded a contract to Leidos, Inc. of Reston, Virginia, to provide mission support for the agency's International Space Station Program, Artemis campaign, and more. The Cargo Mission Contract 4 has a total potential value of $476.5 million, with a base period from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2026, followed by three option periods. The contract includes a cost-plus-fixed-fee core with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality component and the capability to issue cost-plu

The AW609 tiltrotor programme set another major industry capability milestone after its first successful ship trial, which was recently conducted with the support of the Italian Navy. From 3-12 April, the AW609 AC4 aircraft, fully representative of the final production configuration, performed demonstration trials relocating from Leonardo’s facility based in Cascina Costa (Samarate) to Maristaer Grottaglie Naval Base. The tiltrotor, with test pilots and flight test engineers from Leonar

NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space exploration at the Moon and Mars. As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station in a controlled manner after the end of its operational life in 2030. NASA announced SpaceX has been selected to dev

An advanced weather satellite built by Lockheed Martin  for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched today from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:26 p.m. ET. Lifted to space aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket, the GOES-U satellite successfully deployed its large solar array to generate electrical power and has established communications with mission operators. GOES-U is the final satellite in NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

Weights & Biases, the AI developer platform, today announced it received a memorandum of success from the Department of Defense Defense Innovation Unit for completing the Automated Machine Learning for Mine Countermeasures Operations MLOps prototype. This recognition highlights Weights & Biases’ ability to deliver next-generation technologies to the public sector and its commitment to defense and intelligence work across the U.S. government. “There is a need for

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced it is adding an Alpha launch capability at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport  on Wallops Island, Virginia. In support of Firefly's responsive space missions, Pad-0A will be configured to launch Alpha as early as 2025 in addition to Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle Firefly is co-developing with Northrop Grumman. "Firefly is committed to establishing a regular on-demand launch

Adtran, in partnership with Iridium Communications Inc.  today announced the European and Asia-Pacific launch of its synchronization solutions featuring Iridium® Satellite Time and Location technology, a significant step in countering growing threats to Global Navigation Satellite Systems Adtran’s OSA 5405-S PTP compact grandmaster clock with STL capabilities and its OSA 5400 STL module are now available to timing network operators in Western Europe, major countries in Eastern

Honeywell  announced today that it has agreed to acquire CAES Systems Holdings LLC  from private equity firm Advent International for approximately $1.9 billion in an all-cash transaction. This represents approximately 14x estimated 2024 EBITDA on a tax-adjusted basis. This acquisition will enhance Honeywell’s defense technology solutions across land, sea, air and space, including new electromagnetic defense solutions for end-to-end radio frequency (RF) signal manage

Safran Electronics & Defense is developing a new solution for transmitting and receiving optical communications by laser. This innovation will enable armed forces to share information at very high speed with no risk of jamming or interception. It is the result of the company’s expertise in inertial navigation, optronics and communications. Laser optical communication technology will be based on terminals that can transmit and receive optical communications: one terminal to

With changing weather patterns, we regularly check in to forecast models and radar — as much as once a day. Whether we’re tuning in to the morning weather forecast on the TV, pulling up a weather app on our phones, or listening to the radio to get our daily forecast, we’re benefiting from NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series data. As we approach the launch of the GOES-U weather satellite, the last in the GOES-R series built

Aircraft need plenty of maintenance, both routine and unexpected, to keep them in the air and ensure they are in peak flying condition; lives depend on it. Flight simulators are in demand around the clock to keep pilots and cabin crew up to scratch with their training. Artemis Aerospace looks at the components which are most regularly replaced in each and the reasons why. Aircraft are heavy duty workhorses and with airlines aiming for the minimum amount of AOG time, there's a co