NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. AI.Reverie, company specializing in synthetic data generation and machine learning startup, announced that it has won an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to enhance computer vision models for the Department of Defense (DoD). The award extends AI.Reverie's partnership with the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Army.

WASHINGTON. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module (PRAM), aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space.

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems announced a $26.7 million U.S. Navy contract to fit its infrared countermeasures system onto KC-130J cargo and refueling planes, the company said. The contract calls for the installation of the Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system (LAIRCM) the aircraft.

HOOD RIVER, Ore. Trillium Engineering, company specializing in gimbaled camera systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced that it has begun airborne testing of its lightweight, high-definition HD55 system.

AMSTERDAM. The total global defense budget -- estimated at approximately $1.8 trillion in 2020 -- is expected to grow to around $2.3 trillion by 2028, a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 2.8%, according to a new study by Market Forecast, "Global Defense Budget Analysis -- Forecast to 2028."

MONROVIA, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc., unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) company, announced the receipt of a one-year, $75.9 million funded contract award from the U.S. Army for procurement of the company’s Switchblade loitering missile system.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems announced a new solution with the EIU1000. The product is an I/O aggregator and data concentrator that combines high-density Ethernet, Avionics databus, serial, and discrete I/O connections in a compact, rugged system powered by a high-performance System-on-Chip (SoC) to reducing wiring, overall system weight, and complexity.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas. Construction of the Bush Combat Development Complex is set to begin this fall after The Texas A&M University System Regents cast three votes to help transform how the U.S. Army prepares for future combat. Regents voted to amend the system’s capital budget, adding $79.3 million to begin development.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, announced that it won a $4.9 million contract to modernize the infrastructure and systems that interconnect the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) sites under the AFSCN Network Edge Transport System (ANETS) program. The ANETS system will enable the AFSCN to meet the growing needs of its user community.

FAIRFAX, Va. VMD Corp, provider of IT, security, and homeland defense services, announced that it is one of a select few federal government contractors to be awarded the new Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Number (SIN) contract by the General Services Administration (GSA).

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Capella Space announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the purpose of providing airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to the U.S. Navy. Facilitated through the Defense Innovation Unit's Commercial Solutions Opening, Capella will also provide the DoD with in-house analytics services to interpret the data.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has expanded its Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) Capability Block 1 (CB-1) solution team with the addition of proven structure supplier CPI Aero, Inc. based in Edgewood, N.Y.

BELGRADE, Mont. Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) completed the delivery of several units of the eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS) to a non-disclosed United States defense customer. The delivery, part of a major contract award, included the latest variant of the X-MADIS, which incorporates technology for portable, on-the-move capabilities in combating small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS).

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. CACI International Inc. announced that it has been awarded a five-year, single-award task order, with a ceiling value of more than $465 million, by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (CCDC) Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) center to provide research and development on cryptographic modernization, information security, and tactical network protection.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar.