Press Releases

SkyDefense, LLC of Brighton, Colorado today announced their counter-UAS interceptor weapon system which can neutralize a swarm of hostile drones. The SkyDefense C2 command-and-control ''VRAM," short for "Visual Realtime Airspace Monitoring" integrates a counter-UAS interceptor weapon with a rugged four-wheel drive EV which can launch and communicate remotely with one or more (6.5 ft. long x 4.5 ft. wingspan) CobraJets. The battery-powered VTOL (verti

The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads intended for the Moon, has come to an end. After 10 days and 13 hours in space, Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One made a controlled re-entry on Earth over open water in the South Pacific at approximately 4:04 p.m. EST on Jan. 18. Astrobotic was the first commercial vendor to launch a mission to the Moon as part of NASA's CLPS (Commercia

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc.sponsored the Brush Mountain Park project with the New River Land Trust, providing funding to create a new multi-use park trail. "BAE Systems is an excited sponsor of this key environmental resource for the New River Valley community," said John Swift, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc. "Employees at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant are looking forward to using the Brush Mountain trail to maintain

Advanced Technology International (ATI) has been awarded an Other Transaction (OT) Agreement by the Department of Defense to establish and manage the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC).  This new consortium will diversify and expand the defense industrial base to enable small non-traditional businesses to work with the Government and access research and prototyping teaming opportunities. The DIBC will support the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization D

Interos, the trailblazer in AI-powered supply chain resilience, today announced a milestone contract with Canada's Irving Shipbuilding Inc., solidifying a strategic partnership to fortify the Canadian defense industrial base through Canada's nationwide initiative to expand its maritime capabilities and readiness. In a transformative collaboration, Interos will deploy its cutting-edge supply chain risk intelligence to support the shipbuilder's commitment to delivering 6 m

RTC Aerospace LLC, a leading manufacturer of high-precision, difficult-to-machine components for commercial and military aircraft and varied aerospace and defense applications, announced today that it has acquired Vanderhorst Brothers Industries (“VBI”). This is RTC’s second acquisition under Stellex Capital Management (“Stellex”), a private equity firm that invests in middle market companies in North America and Europe. The financial terms of the transaction wer

Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has attained the Qualified Manufacturers List Class V (QML-V) rating for its Smart Power Switch Controller (SPSC). This new device provides critical power switching applications with extensive fault detection, isolation, recovery, and response speeds 10 times faster than existing solutions. This Smart Power Switch Controller’s QML-V rating from the Defense Logistics Agency assures cust

Each year, the number of launches from the Space Coast continues to increase, with a record-breaking 72 launches in 2023. That pace will continue this year, including plans for an impressive six crewed launches. Although the launch of Artemis II has been moved from November 2024 to September 2025, there are still plenty of landmark launches set for 2024: January 17 Axiom Space began private, commercially crewed space flights in 2022, and this month will make their third mission to t

NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 17, to discuss the upcoming launch and science objectives of the agency's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission. Once in orbit above Earth, the satellite will shed light on the impact of tiny things – microscopic life in water and microscopic particles in the air. With new global insights, PACE will help answer questions about how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climat

Firehawk Aerospace announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase I focused on the development of Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) and Hybrid Rocket Engines 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 t

Today, Swiss aviation startup Sirius Aviation AG, proudly unveils the revolutionary Sirius Jet – the world's first hydrogen-powered Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft; crafted and designed in collaboration with BMW's Designworks and Sauber Group. This marks a major milestone in sustainable aviation and highlights Sirius Aviation AG's steadfast commitment to innovation, sustainability, and safety. The Sirius Jet, an aviation game-changer, is a high-perfor

Peraton has won a competitive award to provide cyberspace operations support to U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) headquarters, ARCYBER subordinate components, service component partners of USCYBERCOM, and other mission partners. Peraton's ability to leverage the experience and capacity of its entire team has helped operationalize capabilities and deliver combat multiplying advantages against our adversaries in a challenging global cyberspace operations environment. &q

Voyager Space and Airbus, global leaders in space exploration, today announced the closing of the transaction to create Starlab Space LLC, a transatlantic joint venture that will develop the Starlab commercial space station will develop, build and operate. In parallel with the formation of the joint venture, the Starlab team completed the station-level System Definition Review (SDR), a critical milestone in assessing the technical and programmatic accountability of the program. &ldq

Kopin Corporation a leading provider of application-specific optical solutions and high performance micro-displays for defense, enterprise, consumer and medical products, today announced it received an approximate $20.5 million contract for a new weapon sight eyepiece configuration. Under the terms of the contract, Kopin is authorized to procure up to approximately $9 million of materials until the new weapon sight eyepiece configuration is fully qualified at which time the remainin

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired single-source metalworking supplier Samtan Engineering Corporation based in Malden, Massachusetts. Samtan’s metalworking services expand FMD’s portfolio with shearing, punching, forming, machining, fabrication and assembly capabilities. “Our acquisition of Samtan Engineering Corporation allows Fairbanks Morse Defense to continue delivering value far beyond the cost of