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Lockheed Martin, a defense technology company, and BAE Systems, a defense, security, and aerospace company, recently announced a strategic partnership to develop a range of uncrewed autonomous air systems.
Under the partnership, the companies’ advanced research and development divisions,... Read More »
Virginia-based Tidal Cyber, producer of Threat-Led Defense, announced it had raised $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate its product innovation and company growth.
The investment, led by Bright Pixel Capital, with participation from existing Tidal Cyber investors, will help advance the... Read More »
A new report from the Cyber Risk Intelligence Center (CRIC) of Marsh McLennan (MMC), has found that cyber incident response planning is a key factor in cybersecurity.
The report, Cybersecurity signals: Connecting controls and incident outcomes, found that organizations are 13 percent less... Read More »
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced Aug. 27 that it plans to buy Onum, a startup known for managing real-time data pipelines.
The deal will make CrowdStrike’s Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM platform faster and easier to use, giving customers more control over their data while improving... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released the free Software Acquisition Guide: Supplier Response Web Tool.
The tool is designed for information technology and industry decision makers, procurement professionals and software suppliers. It helps users focus on... Read More »
Thorium, a cybersecurity platform developed at Sandia National Laboratories, is now available for the public to download through CISA’s GitHub repository.
The platform detects and analyzes advanced malware threats. It supports automation and data processing and allows cyber analysts to... Read More »
Raytheon, a defense solutions provider, recently launched its latest Multispectral Targeting System variant, MTS-A HD.
Raytheon's MTS family of sensors are currently in use on more than 400 U.S. Navy helicopters. The MTS-A HD's modular architecture allows for seamless integration while offering... Read More »
The U.S. Space Force recently awarded Virginia-based Boeing, a global aerospace company, a $2.8 billion contract for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program.
The contract is for the development and production of two satellites with options for two more. It enhances U.S.... Read More »
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently successfully launched a rocket carrying a full-size, non-nuclear, experimental payload that reached near the edge of space during a brief suborbital flight.
The launch occurred at White Sands Missile Range.
The payload returned telemetry data to... Read More »
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Raytheon, a defense solutions provider, a $536 million, follow-on contract for the SPY-6 family of radars. SPY-6 enhances defense against air, surface, and ballistic threats.
The original contract was an Integration and Production Support contract and included... Read More »
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and California-based Rain, an autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology company, recently successfully demonstrated and tested autonomous wildfire suppression techniques.
The tests were conducted in California in collaboration with San Bernardino... Read More »
DARPA and the state of Maryland announced they had reached an agreement to test and evaluate quantum computing prototypes and systems.
The Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub is part of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) that will assess which quantum computing approaches, if any, can... Read More »
Smiths Detection, a threat detection and security screening technologies company, recently announced it will supply SDX 6040 X-ray inspection systems to several major cruise lines.
“At Smiths Detection, we serve customers in a wide range of market sectors, with a significant focus on cruise... Read More »
UK-based NCC Group, an IT company assessing and managing cyber threats, recently released the third edition of its Global Cyber Policy Radar report on cyber security regulation trends.
In 2024, the industrial sector experienced 1,424 ransomware attacks, up from 2023, making it the most targeted... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently awarded global defense technology company Lockheed Martin an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract worth up to $4.94 billion.
The contract is for the production of additional Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), a solution designed to provide a warfighter with... Read More »
Raytheon successfully completed a live fire demonstration of its DeepStrike autonomous mobile launcher vehicle at the U.S. Army's Project Convergence.
Compared to what is currently fielded, the DeepStrike launcher increases the amount of weapons. It can fire missiles of various sizes which... Read More »
The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Boeing a contract to design, build and deliver its next-generation fighter aircraft, the F-47, the world’s first sixth-generation fighter aircraft.
The contract is for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Next Generation Air Dominance... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health recently released a procedures and scoring guide for the final competition of the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), which will award $8.5 million in prizes.
The AI Cyber Challenge final... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently signed a $80 million contract with Collins Aerospace, an integrated and intelligent solutions provider for the global aerospace and defense industry, to upgrade Black Hawk helicopters’ avionics system for the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution program.
The upgrade... Read More »
The Cobalt Magnet 25, a training, exercise and planning program to ensure preparedness in the event of public health and safety emergencies, is holding a training exercise to prepare against radiological threats, incidents, and accidents at locations throughout southeast Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,... Read More »
Pratt & Whitney announced it had secured a three-year, $1.5 billion contract to sustain F119 engines, the power behind the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter jets.
The company, an RTX business, said the contract would improve the readiness and lower costs for the more than 400 engines in the U.S.... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice said Health Net Federal Services Inc. (HNFS) and Centene Corporation will pay more than $11 million to resolve claims they violated cybersecurity requirements.
The DOJ said HNFS, based in Rancho Cordova, Calif., and its parent company Centene, based in St. Louis,... Read More »
Raytheon, a defense solutions company, recently completed 10 subsystem demonstrations of the U.S. Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI). The technology eventually will replace the Stinger surface-to-air missile.
Tests include:
The NGSRI advanced seeker assembly demonstrated... Read More »
Raytheon, a defense solutions provider, recently completed a successful live-fire test of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
During the test, the technology detected and tracked a high-speed cruise missile and guided a Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) Guidance Enhanced... Read More »
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently awarded global defense technology company Lockheed Martin a follow-on development contract for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System with a ceiling value of $2.8 billion if all options are exercised.
The THAAD Weapon System... Read More »
The U.S. Department of the Air Force and Synergy Building Systems, an Ohio-based real estate development company, recently entered into a 50-year Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) to develop approximately 43.5 acres of land at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton.
An EUL is a lease agreement... Read More »
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract modification for the development of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile.
The $383 million cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification will allow the company to design the missile’s upgrade, called the... Read More »
The U.S. Navy recently awarded North Carolina-based Collins Aerospace, an integrated and intelligent solutions company serving the aerospace and defense industries, a follow-on contract for up to $904 million over five years. The contract is for the continued development of the U.S. Navy's... Read More »
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin's Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) recently successfully showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission.
The Skunk Works and OPL teams conducted a series of flight tests that... Read More »
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and Rain, California-based autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology company, recently demonstrated how autonomous Black Hawk helicopters can be used to fight fires.
During the 30-minute flight demonstration, a helicopter using Sikorsky’s MATRIX... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded RTX’s BBN Technologies a contract Thursday that will support the agency’s Compartmentalization and Privilege management (COM) program.
The CPM worker to enhance cyber resilience by automatically subdividing software systems into... Read More »
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently appointed 11 public safety, technology, and business leaders to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) board of directors.
FirstNet Authority is an independent entity within the Department of Commerce’s National... Read More »
Royal Philips will accelerate the predictive health monitoring of the Rapid Analysis of Threat Exposure (RATE) algorithm for active service personnel now that the U.S. Department of Defense has invested in it.
Following a successful development and pilot program, the RATE technology using... Read More »
The U.S. Army has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a $676 million contract to continue manufacturing the TOW weapon system.
The tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided TOW system will be in service with the U.S. and allied forces beyond 2050, officials said. The contracts cover two separate... Read More »
A DNA project lawfully owed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has helped law enforcement collect 3,000 DNA profiles of serious criminal offenders over the past five years and logged them into the national Combined DNA Index System.
The system can exonerate individuals who were... Read More »
