KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ground-breaking ceremony, November 16, 2022, beginning construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research […]
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Inmarsat Government awarded million$$$ BPA contract from DISA for U.S. Army SATCOM
Inmarsat Government has been awarded a U.S. Army Blue Force Tracker (BFT) Network Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for SATCOM to support connectivity […]
Sikorsky + DARPA fly Black Hawk helicopter logistic + rescue missions autonomously
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army — for the first time — how an […]
L3Harris benefits from two production orders from the U.S. Army for leader + manpack radios
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received two production orders, totaling $235 million, to provide leader and manpack radios for the U.S. Army. The AN/PRC-163 Leader and AN/PRC-158 Manpack radios are part […]
Dynetics team celebrates ‘substantial milestone’ with launch of Lonestar satellite payload
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, announced the successful launch and checkout of the Lonestar tactical space support vehicle for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC). Lonestar, a […]
Astronics selected by U.S. Army for Radio Test Set program
Astronics Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army for the development of the firm’s Radio Test Set, referred to as TS-4549/T. This program will replace aging GRM-122 radio test […]
Upcoming military exercises will highlight commercial tech for GNSS disruption detection
Position, navigation, and timing (PNT) is a daily fixture for private citizens and military operators alike. The Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) include space networks from the European Union, China, […]
U.S. Army wraps up the Airbus-built Zephyr 8 UAS high altitude experiment
The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space (APNT/Space) Cross-Functional Team (CFT) has concluded a 64 day stratospheric flight demo using Airbus’s Zephyr 8, ultra-long endurance, solar-powered, unmanned air system (UAS). Launched […]
A cooperative R&D agreement signed by SpaceLink with the U.S. Army
SpaceLink has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Under the […]
Kratos receives U.S. Army contract to demo a virtualized SATCOM ground system
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command to demonstrate a virtualized SATCOM ground system. Based upon […]