Press Releases

SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will provide satellite communications capabilities in support of the U.S. Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WINT-T) training activities. The five-year Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity (CTC) contract worth USD 27.54 million has been awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial SATCOM Communication Office (CSCO) through Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Defense Inform

Germany is investing in an additional 227 ultra- mobile, protected, all-terrain BvS10 vehicles from BAE Systems. The German contract, worth around $400 million, follows the joint procurement by Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom in support of Arctic operations for the Collaborative All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program, with Sweden as the lead nation. This will extend the deliveries from the framework agreement, which are to begin in 2024, out to 2030. “This framework agreem

Tomahawk Robotics, the leading innovator of robotic common control solutions, was awarded a $55.0M full-rate production contract for the Flexible Cyber Secure Radio  program by the United States Navy. The FlexCSR contract has a base year award of $28.4M with four additional years for production, post-production support, and engineering services for the FlexCSR system. FlexCSR is the first stand-alone, encrypted radio that conforms to the United States Department of Defense (DoD

The US Army announced a new advertising campaign focused exclusively on opportunities for youth to advance their professional and personal goals in the US Army Reserve. "It's Your Time" ("It's your moment"), seeks to inform young people of all origins in the country who have the motivation and professional vocation about the option of serving part-time. This presents what the civilian and military lifestyle of Army Reserve Soldiers is like. The launch of the campai

Raytheon Technologies was awarded a $237 million U.S. Army contract for Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors and Coyote® effectors to detect and defeat unmanned aircraft. The contract includes a combination of fixed-site and mobile systems as well as a quantity of effectors, designated to support the Army's U.S Central Command operations. As part of the U.S. Army's Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System, called LIDS, KuRFS provides advanced 360-

GE Aerospace has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to support avionics and electrical power systems on the F-35 globally. “The F-35’s reliability and mission readiness remain an essential focus,” said Chris Newman, F-35 senior program manager, GE Aerospace. “As the F-35 fleet continues to expand, we’ve taken aggressive actions to strengthen lead time, supply availability and delivery to our customers. This Global PBL deal underpins our relentless

GE Aerospace has signed an agreement with AJW Group to support avionics and electrical power systems across the B777, B737 and A320/30/40 family of aircraft. The contract will start this year and will cover all AJW Group’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) customers that fly the B777, B737 and A320/30/40 family of aircraft. “We are committed to supporting our MRO customers' growing demands,” said John Haigh, Electrical Power and Controls leader at Cheltenh

Over the weekend, SpaceX completed its 27th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station  when the Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida, returning nearly 700 pounds of research to Earth for further analysis. The Dragon vehicle spent 30 days docked to the ISS, where astronauts conducted a variety of investigations and technology demonstrations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory aimed at benefiting humanity and fostering commerce in low

Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company, today announced availability of Hughes Smart Network Edge software for defense network operations. Leveraging the company's experience managing widely distributed, multi-transport networks for commercial and government customers, the Hughes Smart Network Edge serves as a virtualized SD-WAN router, interconnecting at the management layer to enable network interoperability across carriers and vendors while meeting U.S. Department of Defense

Momentus Inc.  a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, launched its third Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle  to low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission on April 14. Momentus established contact with its Vigoride vehicle and confirmed that both solar arrays are deployed and the vehicle is generating power and charging its batteries. The Vigoride-6 mission will deliver two satellites to a custom or

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