The contract award scheduled later this month to ether L3Harris or Northrop Grumman will be managed under the more traditional process of an Acquisition Category (ACAT)-1B program of record.

Although the U-2S is mainly known for high-altitude surveillance, the Air Force and Lockheed have been working since 2013 to transform the aircraft into a critical node for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) by hosting a suite of new technologies.

NATO’s new Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) has taken another step toward front-line operation with the transfer in ownership of assets.

A request for information published on Dec. 2 by the U.S. Army’s product manager for Enhanced Radar, Optics and Sensors seeks payloads that can be integrated in time for the MQ-1C to participate in a Joint All-Domain Operations demonstration event.

High altitude balloons, also known as stratollites, and unattended ocean sensors are among the candidates to augment a handful of intelligence-gathering aircraft.

Workers at Boeing’s complex in St. Louis, Missouri are now assembling the weapons systems trainer and the operational flight trainer, which are scheduled for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2023.

Defense officials have said UK plans to develop a laser directed energy weapon are “on-track” despite the program suffering a year-long delay.

Engineering and government professional services provider Jacobs has acquired cyber and artificial intelligence specialist The Buffalo Group to bolster its offerings to the U.S. intelligence community and military.