Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its 2024 DOD Arctic Strategy. This is the first update to DOD’s approach to the region since 2019. “The Arctic region of the […]
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Northrop Grumman builds next generation hybrid electric uncrewed X-Plane for DARPA
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced the design and construction of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) vehicle — this uncrewed air system developed for DARPA recently […]
Redwire Developing advanced thruster tech to support the DoD smallsat supply chain
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) with Phase Four to build and deliver advanced thruster technology designed for reliable, high-volume production to meet the surge […]
Gilat awarded million$+ to support critical connectivity requirements for U.S. DoD
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has announced that Gilat’s wholly owned U.S.-based subsidiary, DataPath Inc, received more than $9 million in orders in support of the U.S. Department […]
DARPA’s Newest X-plane
DARPA‘s series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program, known as SHEPARD, sees it’s hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) receive its official X-plane designation, XRQ-73. SHEPARD is an “X-prime” program, leveraging […]
Missile Defense Agency satellites track first hypersonic launch
The Defense Department’s advanced missile tracking satellites logged their first views of a hypersonic flight test this week, according to the Missile Defense Agency. MDA didn’t disclose the date of […]
DoD extends Sidus Space + L3Harris Mentor-Protégé Program
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) relationship with L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been extended for an additional year. The DoD Mentor-Protégé […]
iDirect Government to build 5G co-channel interference mitigation prototype for DIU
iDirect Government (iDirectGov) has won a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to build an operational 5G co-channel interference mitigation solution prototype, leveraging iDirectGov’s Communication Signal Interference Removal (CSIR™) technology. […]
EchoStar awarded a U.S. Navy contract to provide 5G smart devices + services for DoD + others
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 wireless products and services purchasing program. […]
Portal Space Systems receives million$+ in DoD + USSF awards
Late last month, Portal Space Systems, a Seattle-based space startup, announced the acquisition of more than $3 million in funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) and United States Space […]