WASHINGTON. Launch-infrastructure company The Spaceport Company (TSC) won a contract with the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver cargo and enable greater access to space by leveraging a unique type of sea-based mobile space launch complex. 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace (an RTX business) has been granted certification approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for upgrading the avionics in the Cessna Citation CJ1+/2+ aircraft registered in Europe.  

HELSINKI, Finland. Senop Oy will develop advanced night vision devices for the Finnish Defence Forces’ Logistics Command, the company announced in a statement.

RICHARDSON, Texas. Collins Aerospace won a contract to contribute to a new aircraft design under the U.S. Air Force's Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, the company announced in a statement.

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is conducting a series of flight tests for a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON. Protecting the joint force by being vigilant within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) cyber battlespace is the top issue facing the DoD and the wider defense community, stated Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, who serves as both the director of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and commander of the joint headquarters for DoD's Information Network (DODIN).

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Quantic Electronics (East Providence, Rhode Island) and its business units will be showing new products for mission-critical electronics applications at the IMS 2024 conference, to be held June 16-21, 2024. 

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. BlueHalo won a $95.4 million contract to continue developing directed energy prototypes for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) through the Laser technology Research Development and Optimization (LARDO) program, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS. Geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) provider Preligens (formerly called Earthcube) won a contract with an unnamed customer in the Asia-Pacific region to provide AI analytics software on high-volume government satellite imagery.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) experts on open architectures and modular open system approach (MOSA) strategies from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) PMA-209, Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center, PEO Aviation, and the Air Force ACC will gather on the "You Had Me at Title 10 (MOSA) – Leading Open Standards (FACE, HOST, CMOSS, SOSA) Charge Forward" panel at the MOSA Industry and Government Summit and Expo on June 17 at 1 pm EDT at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

MANASSAS, Virginia. Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing reached the preliminary design review stage for their vertical lift X-plane design as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiative known as Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT), Aurora announced in a statement.

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland and MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Textron Systems and Kodiak Robotics will jointly develop a new uncrewed military vehicle, the companies announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Lockheed Martin won a contract from the U.S. Army to enhance the capabilities of the ground-based Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system, the company announced in a statement.

FAIRVIEW, Penn. Spectrum Control Inc. officials announced a new Direct RF extension to the company's SCi Blocks family of miniature, modular, and intelligent RF+Digital system building blocks. This 3U VPX SOSA aligned module enables users to rapidly deploy configurable mission-ready RF front ends and high-speed digital signal conversion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Several of the technical sessions at the IMS 2024 conference -- set to be held June 16-21, 2024 -- will feature keynote speakers from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.