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Airbus Group and Safran Group on Dec. 3 said that their joint venture for launch activities will begin operations on Jan. 1, 2015, working with the existing Ariane 5 launchers […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday the decision for him to resign was a mutual one arrived at in private discussions with President Barack Obama and not based on any […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Nov. 19 launched a new center of excellence aimed at bringing together the corporation’s cyber capabilities to better able to meet its customers’ needs. The company […]

The chief of United States cyber forces believes that a major cyber attack within the United States is only a matter a time and will likely happen inside the next […]

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $3.2 million contract to BAE Systems to develop a new framework of jam-resistant, reliable networked communications as part of the […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) of the production, deployment, and initial sustainment phase for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed thermal vacuum testing on the fourth satellite scheduled to join the U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation, the company said on Dec. 1. This […]

As most defense technologies are shifting to an open systems architecture, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said computers and microprocessors may only become more advanced […]

The Navy plans on expanding a commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) technology that enables bandwidth sharing throughout its patrol coastal (PC) fleet by fiscal year 2016. The technology, known Vipersat, improves […]

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is proposing giving managerial judgment and flexibility to acquisition decision makers as part of an overall effort to improve the weapon systems procurement process. […]