Kratos wins firm’s largest-ever $1.5 billion award for DoD hypersonic testbed

Kratos wins firm’s largest-ever $1.5 billion award for DoD hypersonic testbed
Kratos wins firm’s largest-ever $1.5 billion award for DoD hypersonic testbed

Kratos will be tasked with “systems engineering, integration, and testing (SEIT), to include integrated subscale, full-scale, and air launch services to address the need to affordably increase hypersonic flight test cadence,” according to the company.

Nets, jamming and ‘cyber scalpels’: Pentagon weighs homeland counter-drone tech in mountain tests

Nets, jamming and ‘cyber scalpels’: Pentagon weighs homeland counter-drone tech in mountain tests
Nets, jamming and ‘cyber scalpels’: Pentagon weighs homeland counter-drone tech in mountain tests

“By all indications, sUAS will present a safety and security risk to military installations and other critical infrastructure for the foreseeable future,” said NORTHCOM chief Gen. Gregory Guillot.

Army awards Leidos $331 million to deploy unified network capabilities to different sites

Army awards Leidos $331 million to deploy unified network capabilities to different sites
Army awards Leidos $331 million to deploy unified network capabilities to different sites

A spokesperson for PEO C3N told Breaking Defense that Leidos is the main award winner of the contract, but there are a handful of subcontractors involved as well.

L3Harris protests SNC’s HADES spy plane contract win

L3Harris protests SNC’s HADES spy plane contract win
L3Harris protests SNC’s HADES spy plane contract win

L3Harris said it wants “further analysis to ensure the proposal received an equitable evaluation,” while SNC told Breaking Defense the protest has “no technical merit.”

SNC wins Army contract for HADES spy plane

SNC wins Army contract for HADES spy plane
SNC wins Army contract for HADES spy plane

An Army official previously told Breaking Defense that a baseline HADES configuration will include moving target indication, high-end signals intelligence and other capabilities.

Air Force, DIU pick 4 companies to compete for drone test vehicle

Air Force, DIU pick 4 companies to compete for drone test vehicle
Air Force, DIU pick 4 companies to compete for drone test vehicle

Anduril Industries, Integrated Solutions for Systems, Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies will now compete to carry their drone prototypes into production.

Leidos nabs $206M bid to update software for NGA analysts

Leidos nabs $206M bid to update software for NGA analysts
Leidos nabs $206M bid to update software for NGA analysts

The new project, called Maru, “will provide the means to replace legacy applications and to integrate modernized exploitation capabilities for the IC, DoD and our international partners,” the NGA spokesperson told Breaking Defense.

Leidos nabs $7.9B Army tactical IT hardware contract to support JADC2 aims

Leidos nabs $7.9B Army tactical IT hardware contract to support JADC2 aims
Leidos nabs $7.9B Army tactical IT hardware contract to support JADC2 aims

“This will help enable better-informed, timely decision-making throughout the [command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] and mission IT lifecycle in support of more than 120 Army, DoD and federal government program offices and agencies,” according to Leidos.

The sights of DSEI 2023 in London [PHOTOS]

The sights of DSEI 2023 in London [PHOTOS]
The sights of DSEI 2023 in London [PHOTOS]

Here’s just a bit of what the Breaking Defense team saw on the show floor this year.

Defense Innovation Unit joins Navy’s hunt for a new large undersea drone

Defense Innovation Unit joins Navy’s hunt for a new large undersea drone
Defense Innovation Unit joins Navy’s hunt for a new large undersea drone

DIU is looking for information by the end of this month and plans to host demos soon thereafter.

presented by
Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to map the undersea world for the Navy

Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to map the undersea world for the Navy
Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to map the undersea world for the Navy

Understanding the environment is the baseline for successful naval operations. To develop more and better undersea charts, the Navy is combining hydrography with autonomy for the first time.

Navy cancels ‘Snakehead’ large undersea drone competition after decade of development

Navy cancels ‘Snakehead’ large undersea drone competition after decade of development
Navy cancels ‘Snakehead’ large undersea drone competition after decade of development

The Navy may be left with a large gap in its family of UUVs at a time the service leaders say they are ready to integrate the technology more deeply into the fleet.

DIU asks industry for help getting hypersonic test jet closer to lift off

DIU asks industry for help getting hypersonic test jet closer to lift off
DIU asks industry for help getting hypersonic test jet closer to lift off

DIU is now seeking commercial materials and systems, such as for propulsion and alternative navigation, to test on its planned hypersonic test jet.

presented by
Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to hydrography to map the undersea world for the Navy

Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to hydrography to map the undersea world for the Navy
Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to hydrography to map the undersea world for the Navy

Understanding the environment is the baseline for successful naval operations. To develop more and better undersea charts, the Navy is combining hydrography with autonomy for the first time.