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DPRTE Engage partner BAE Systems to deliver and manage secure networks across essential government agencies

Homeland August 19, 2020

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded DPRTE Engage partner, BAE Systems, a five-year $85 million contract to continue to develop, deploy, modernise, and maintain cross-domain solutions that allow for secure transfer of sensitive information between government networks. The work on the contract will enable the secure exchange of ...

US Air Force Cadets win patent for support gear

Air August 9, 2019

US Air Force Cadets have won a patent for support gear designed to help troops safely travel from aircraft to the ground with heavy equipment. Air Cadets completing mechanical and systems engineering degrees in 2016 were given the challenge of designing support gear to help airmen and women from hovering aircraft ...

BAE Systems chosen for optical seeker on precision munitions

Air May 11, 2018

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the US Air Force Research Laboratory, has awarded BAE Systems a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate a new, cost-effective optical seeker for precision-guided munitions. The seeker is designed to improve navigation, as well as automate target location and homing, for different types ...

Lockheed Martin secures $100M Gray Wolf contract

Air January 4, 2018

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $110 million, five-year Phase 1 contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop and demonstrate a new low-cost cruise missile named Gray Wolf. The Gray Wolf programme seeks to develop low-cost, subsonic cruise missiles that use open architectures and modular design to ...