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Boeing and the U.S. Navy have jointly demonstrated the ability of a Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet jet to connect with and control three unmanned aerial vehicles. Company engineers, within six months, developed, installed and tested new software loads of the aircraft’s Distributed Targeting Processor – Networked, which transmitted commands to the UAVs via a […] More
BAE Systems has performed high-speed wind tunnel testing to demonstrate the ability of an active flow control technology to enhance the performance, maintainability and survivability of military aircraft. The company said Thursday a full-scale, 3D-printed active flow control effector model was put to test at its wind tunnel facilities in Lancashire as part of the […] More
Cognosante has launched a new cloud-based information exchange platform designed to provide Medicaid recipients throughout the state of Alabama with secure access to their personal health care data. The Alabama One Health Record MyHealth mobile application utilizes Cognosante’s human-centered design thinking framework, dubbed JUVO, and delivers a new Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-compliant interface, the company […] More
BedRock Systems, a San Francisco, California-headquartered software developer, was tasked by the U.S. Army to test a secure computing base platform designed to safeguard aviation and missile systems from cyber threats. The company said Wednesday it will demonstrate a trusted computing base integration framework, built in collaboration with DESE Research, in support of the Army […] More
Fairbanks Morse Defense will relocate its training and service center from Norfolk, Virginia, to a new campus in Chesapeake in a push to expand its capabilities to deliver service support for military customers. FMD said Wednesday it is investing $13 million in the 45,000-square-foot facility located near the largest fleet concentration area of the U.S. […] More
Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Rockville, Maryland-headquartered ClearInfo to give public sector customers access to the latter’s cloud-based unstructured data management platform. ClearInfo’s Data Assembly Service offering is hosted on the Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US) platform and is designed to connect and align an organization’s structured and unstructured data to enhance visibility, control, accessibility […] More
The U.S. Army has received a new mobile rocket launcher system developed by Lockheed Martin to equip next generation rockets and missiles for long-range firing operations. The M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System is the latest configuration of the M270 launcher that features new engines, enhanced armored cabs and a common fire control system, and is […] More
The U.S. Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship has sailed to its commissioning site in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mississippi. USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) will be commissioned on July 30 and join a U.S. Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force to support disaster relief and humanitarian assistance missions […] More
Northrop Grumman has concluded a preliminary design review for a high-energy laser being developed for the Department of Defense under a $72 million contract. The High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative calls for the demonstration of a high-energy laser technology that is scalable to 300 kilowatt-class power to upgrade the U.S. military’s missile defense capabilities, Northrop […] More
Rocket Lab USA is set to send to space its Electron orbital launch vehicle to support the first of the two national security missions for the National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket is already on the launch pad and ready to lift off from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on Tuesday to carry […] More
Jacobs has secured a two-year, $64.6 million contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain, modify and enhance special test equipment for air and underwater launch capabilities. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract covers the provision of air launch testing and materials for the Air Launch Test Capability Special Test Equipment and the completion of the design and development […] More
Northrop Grumman has achieved the 100th launch of its supersonic sea-skimming target vehicle designed to simulate advanced anti-ship missile threats. The GQM-163A target vehicle, also known as Coyote, is capable of reaching speeds of Mach 3.5 or greater and can also be used as a diving target with a maximum altitude of over 50,000 feet, […] More
