Press Releases

Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency  a combat support agency of the United State Department of Defense headquartered in Fort Meade, MD, is modernizing and securing multi-class wireless networks with HPE Aruba Networking ESP  solutions. As part of DISA’s digital transformation strategy under the Fourth Estate Network Optimization initiative, the deployment will include HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 6 Access Points and HPE Aruba Ne

SCHOTT, the international technology group and inventor of specialty glass, has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract from a leading defense contractor for infrared glass. The order supplies glass for launch tube windows, a critical component of air defense systems provided to the U.S. Army. The contract was secured through the advocacy of Rep. Matt Cartwright, from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, who has long supported a robust defense budget. SCHOTT’s Duryea, Penn

Boingo Wireless, a leading provider of wireless connectivity solutions for the U.S. military, has deployed its award-winning Wi-Fi at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California. The Air Force base, which houses more than 7,000 active military personnel, selected Boingo to design, install and manage a high-bandwidth Wi-Fi network throughout 15 buildings, providing seamless, fast connectivity to those living in the dormitories. Boingo works in partnership with the Army & Air F

Raytheon Technologies' BBN division and SpiderOak announced a strategic partnership to develop and field a new generation of zero-trust security systems for satellite communications in proliferated low-Earth orbit, or pLEO. SpiderOak's OrbitSecure solution will be combined with Raytheon BBN's Distributed, Disrupted, Disconnected and Denied (D4) secure cloud solution to ensure resilience of mesh networks in contested environments. "This partnership is pavin

Akima, LLC, a premier provider of products and services to federal agencies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Solutions, Inc.  a leading provider of innovative training and sustainment products and services to defense customers around the globe. Leveraging a highly skilled workforce, Pinnacle provides aviation operations and mantenance services; flight operations and training services; and develops state-of-the-art training pro

York Space Systems a Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, today announced successful first contact with all eight York satellites delivered to orbit as part of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 0 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The York satellites launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday, April 2 and York confirmed successful first contact with all spacecraft on

Viasat Inc. a global communications company, today announced that it debuted its new Mercury Free Space Optical Communications  terminal during the U.S. Special Operations Command Technical Experimentation  event on March 21, 2023 in Avon Park, Florida. SOCOM conducts TE events across the United States with participation from government, academia, and private industry organizations, providing a unique opportunity for technology developers to interact with the Special Operations Forc

Infinite Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of a new Squadron Log capability within its Flying Hour Program Management (FHPM) product that improves audit-readiness, enhances tracking and saves both government agencies and taxpayers time and money. ITI Senior Program Manager Erwin Torres said the Flying Hours Program (FHP) suite forecasts annual hour allotment while the new squadron log functionality provides enhanced daily Flying Hour activity visibility. The i

Granite has been awarded an approximately $126 million contract by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific for the construction of buildings and infrastructure which will support the relocation of U.S. Marines to Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, Guam, USA. The project will be funded by NAVFAC Pacific and be included in Granite’s 2023 first-quarter CAP. Granite's work involves constructing three buildings, totaling more than 110,000 square feet, and

BAE Systems has received $491 million in contracts from Lockheed Martin to produce state-of-the-art Block 4 electronic warfare (EW) systems for future Lot 17 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, adding to the 1,200 F-35 EW systems it has delivered to date. The powerful Block 4 systems will accelerate the delivery of advanced EW capabilities to warfighters by combining adaptable hardware and incremental software updates. “The Block 4 EW system will offer greater situational awarenes

Insitu, A Boeing Company, today announced its Integrator Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exhibition in National Harbor, Maryland. Integrator VTOL launches vertically on ships or land without sacrificing payload capacity or endurance. The system retains the performance of fixed-wing aircraft, providing the same long range wide-area surveillance capability for extended periods. Integrator VTOL is uniquely

BAE Systems, a leading aerospace and defense company, and Heart Aerospace, a Swedish electric airplane maker, announced a collaboration to define the battery system for Heart’s ES-30 regional electric airplane. The battery will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) regional aircraft, allowing it to efficiently operate with zero emissions and low noise. “Our industry-leading solution builds on decades

BAE Systems is expanding the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Amphibious Combat Vehicle production lines at its York, Pennsylvania manufacturing site. The expansion is part of a broader investment in BAE Systems’ combat vehicle facilities that ensures its manufacturing sites have the capacity necessary to deliver capability to the U.S. Government with increased efficiency and innovation. BAE Systems’ York site will become the Production Center of Excellence for both the

The μMAGBES-MIL can be built extremely compact, therefore as most compact switch solution, e.g. MPL can offer a 10-port switch in an IP67 housing with two 38999 connectors in the size of 130 x 130 x 55 mm. Hence it is the perfect SWaP-C switch solution and can be integrated in smallest space. Other housings and configurations are available, as shown below. The μMAGBES-MIL comes with lockable headers to interface to 38999 connectors, suitable with any defense specification. If

In partnership with the U.S. Army, BAE Systems successfully fired a Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality, the company’s concept for the U.S. Army’s XM1155 sub-caliber program, from a 155 mm XM907E2 58 caliber cannon and impacted a fixed target beyond ranges previously demonstrated by other precision guided projectiles fired from the same type of cannon. The test at White Sands Missile Range, used a U.S. Army-designed sabot package and confirmed the p