ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon Corp. won a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop Raytheon’s “Subarray Transmit Orthogonality for Receive Multiplexing” or "STORM" radar software program. which the company says will provide “for the expansion and exploitation of transmit multiplexing" for the SPY-6 family of naval radars and enable the radars to operate independently while simultaneously allowing a single radar to perform multiple missions. 

SOF WEEK 2026--TAMPA, Fla. The U.S. military and the national defense industry have been working on multiple lines of action to prepare Special Operators to succeed in the warfare of tomorrow and the future. Their strategy includes equipping Special Operations Forces (SOF) teams with advanced equipment and technology and leveraging ways to enhance warfighters' cognitive capacities.

SOF WEEK 2026--TAMPA, Fla. Despite the progress made by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and its branches and agencies over the past several years, the U.S. military still faces a number of challenges as it seeks to further the implementation and operation of uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs). Some of these issues are related to the DoD’s acquisition approach and the need to build trust in these uncrewed capabilities. 

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies reports that it won an Other Transaction Authority OTA) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver its torpedo tube launch and recovery (TTLR) system for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The upcoming MOSA for Defense and Warfare Summit -- scheduled to be held April 8 and 9 in National Harbor, Maryland -- is intended to provide a forum for members of the Department of Defense (DoD), military services, industry, academia, and other major stakeholders to discuss the warfighting imperative of implementing a modular open systems approach (MOSA) in the design, development, delivery, acquisition, and sustainment of modern defense systems.

GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems announced that it won the Space Technology Advanced Research – Fast-tracking Innovative Software and Hardware (STAR-FISH) award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development (RAPID) program for intelligent space data networks that leverages U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), allied, and commercial satellite communication networks.

Syracuse, N.Y. Defense research and development company SRC Inc. reports that it will participate in the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract,