highlights
-
Nuclear ModernizationDoE Agency Opens Small Factory for Nuke Parts
About 100 people are already working at a new Kansas City National Security Campus satellite facility that opened in October just down the road from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s […]
Tagged in: -
Business/FinancialJacobs Earnings About Flat for Year, but Profitability Rises for Continuing Operations
Profits at Jacobs Engineering, Dallas, fell 3% for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1 as revenue rose by proportionally the same amount, the company said Tuesday morning in its latest […]
Tagged in: -
Homeland SecurityCISA Lacks Metrics To Assess Support For Communications Sector, GAO Says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has a number of programs and services it uses to support the security of the nation’s communications sector, but the agency hasn’t assessed […]
Tagged in: -
SpaceNext-Gen OPIR GEO Program Completes System-Level Critical Design Review
The U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed a system-level Critical Design Review (CDR) of the company’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (NGG) Block […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseMDA Selects Three Companies To Design Hypersonic Missile Interceptors
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) selected Raytheon Technologies [RTX], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Nov. 19 to complete accelerated concept designs for a hypersonic missile defense interceptor. […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCHII Wins Another Piece Of LHA-9 Long Lead Material Work
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $114 million undefinitized contract action on Nov. 19 for long-lead time material (LLTM) for the future America-class amphibious assault ship LPH-9. The […]
Tagged in: -
Business/FinancialVoyager Space To Acquire Majority Stake In Space Micro
Voyager Space on Monday said it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Space Micro Inc., adding capabilities in satellite communications, digital systems, and electro-optics sensors and furthering its […]
Tagged in: -
Air ForceDynamic Inflight Rerouting of Global Hawk to Field in 2023, Northrop Grumman Says
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a Dynamic Mission Operations (DYNAMO) software update contract to allow “dynamic inflight rerouting” of the company’s RQ-4B Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman said […]
Tagged in: -
SpaceU.S. Space Force Looking Into On-Orbit Debris Removal and Satellite Refueling/Repair
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) SPACEWERX innovation arm is seeking the help of small businesses and academia that have demonstrated commercial solutions applicable to on-orbit debris removal and satellite repair. […]
Tagged in: -
Nuclear ModernizationBiden Administration Opposes Authorizers’ Provision to Limit Reduction Below 400 ICBMs, As NPR Continues
As the Biden administration conducts its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the administration is opposing a draft defense authorization bill provision that would prohibit a reduction below 400 Boeing [BA] Minuteman […]
Tagged in: