Press Releases

RTX demonstrated advanced AI-enabled communications systems to rapidly distribute data to coalition partners during the second round of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Northern Edge 2023 exercise series at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, expanded upon the airborne, platform-agnostic data hotspot that the company debuted during the first Northern Edge exercise in Alaska earlier this year. Leveraging the company's cross domain solution, a

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a contract for the construction of three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.  "We appreciate the opportunity to build on our history of providing these highly advanced ships for the U.S. Navy fleet and are honored to do our part to contribute to protecting the nation and our families," said Chuck Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works. "Flig

Archer Aviation Inc. a leader in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, today announced that it has significantly expanded its partnership with the DoD by signing new contracts with the U.S. Air Force with a total value of up to $142 million. The new contracts signal the U.S. military's recognition of the transformative potential Archer’s innovative eVTOL aircraft brings to our country’s Armed Forces. This new execution phase of the partnership includes the de

Palantir Technologies Inc. today announced that it was selected by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to support coordination between federal and commercial licensees of the 3450 - 3550 MHz spectrum band. Palantir will provide its software platform to enable end-to-end automation that will enhance coordination between the Department of Defense and commercial spectrum licensees for shared use of the 3450-3550 MHz band within cooperative planning area (CPA) and periodic use a

Leidos a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, today announced it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Microsoft aimed at leveraging each company's unique strengths in the market to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) transformation for new and existing customers in the public sector. A near-term priority for co-development is in the area of generative AI solutions to support organizational efficiency, enhanced productivity and cross domain applications.

NASA has selected PCI Productions (PCIP), LLC, of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide technical and administrative services in support of directorates, programs, and offices at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. The five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract has a base period that covers services from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2024, and a maximum potential value of $50 million. T

Laser Photonics Corporation a leading global industrial developer of CleanTech laser systems for laser cleaning, highlights the submarine MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) capabilities of its CleanTech laser system. “Our laser cleaning systems are currently used for submarine maintenance due to their cost-effective and safe nature,” said Wayne Tupuola, chief executive officer of Laser Photonics. The CleanTech Handheld LPC-1000-CTHD laser cleaning system

Barnes Aerospace is pleased to announce an agreement to partner with Blue Raven Solutions. The two businesses entered a U.S. military Aftermarket distribution agreement for Barnes Aerospace products. This agreement helps Barnes Aerospace grow its U.S. military Aftermarket business through Blue Raven Solutions’ tech-enabled, scalable supply chain solutions across various platforms that support the warfighter, the nation, and commercial customers. Under the terms of the agreemen

Armaments Research Company, Inc. has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software, and algorithm development to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This multiple award contract provides awardees the opportunity to compete for efforts within seven different competitive pools that suppo

SemanticGuard announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25M focused on GUARDx cyber protection and resiliency to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award time

NASA has awarded a sole-source contract to Columbia University, New York, to operate the agency's Socioeconomic Data and Application Center's (SEDAC) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The cost-no-fee contract supports the integration of socioeconomic and Earth science data used for Earth science research as well as the production of data products and applications used by the broader science community and educational institutions.  The basic period of p

Akima today announced that its subsidiary, RiverTech, has been awarded a contract to provide critical operational planning, systems engineering, global force management, training, and integration services to the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) Director of Operations, A3, Operational Planning Teams, in direct support of U.S. Central Command requirements. The award has a 5-year period of performance and a total contract value of approximately $11 million if all options are exercised.

Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions for tactical wheeled and tracked defense vehicles, will provide the Allison eGen ForceTM electric hybrid system for American Rheinmetall Vehicles’ (ARV) Team Lynx prototype. Team Lynx, led by ARV, was recently selected for Phases 3 and 4 in the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition, now named the XM30 Combat Vehicle program. “A

Leidos  a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, and L3Harris Technologies announced today they are teaming up for the U.S. Army's Theater Level High-Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne - Signals Intelligence (ATHENA-S) proposal. Together the companies will seek to deliver two enhanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft in support of the program. "The Leidos-L3Harris team focuses each of our companies' extensive and diverse tale

Rossell Techsys, a leading global engineering and manufacturing company in the aerospace and defense sector, is proud to announce the inauguration of its new Calibration and Metrology Lab at its India facility in Devanahalli, Bangalore. This milestone event, attended by Peter Johnson, vice president and general manager of Fabrication for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, represents a significant leap forward in the company's commitment to customer-centric investments and enhanced value deliver