The Navy and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] conducted the first weapon drop of the StormBreaker bomb from an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, the company said Monday. During this test based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., an F-35B from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron-23 (VX-23) used the bomb as ...

Raytheon Technologies [RTX] on Monday said its Intelligence & Space segment has completed its acquisition of SEAKR Engineering in a deal that strengthens its space business. Terms of the acquisition, first announced in September, were not disclosed. Colorado-based SEAKR has more than 540 ...

Dynetics [LDOS] has received a $478.6 million prototype deal from the Army to work on developing a Hypersonic Thermal Protection System (TPS) for future hypersonic weapons. The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) awarded the deal to Dynetics on Nov. 19, which ...

The Transportation Security Administration last week issued a draft statement of work as part of a potential competitive effort to manage a public-private entity to share information about threats to the nation’s public transportation system, particularly as cyber incidents continue to increase. ...

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) on Monday said it has completed its acquisition of the ESSCO business unit of L3Harris Technologies [LHX], adding to its radome business. Terms of the deal, which was first announced in September, were not disclosed. ESSCO, which has about 90 employees, ...

Russia’s test this month of a direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) weapon–a collision that generated more than 1,500 pieces of trackable debris, has the U.S. Space Force (USSF) wanting more tools, including sensors, to track the debris. The Nov. 15 test of the Russian DA-ASAT weapon ...