AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm with an aerospace and defense focus, is growing its military space business with a new acquisition that serves the Pentagon’s desire to tap into small-form, new-space developments.

As DARPA transitions software tool kits designed to reconfigure battlefield networks on the fly, the military needs a new pool of contractors that can provide information technology services in a combat support role.

The Air Force has previously confirmed that the Common Mission Control Center (CMCC) at Beale can operate Northrop Grumman RQ-4 UAS, and Aviation Week has reported that it also operates a secret, stealthy, Northrop-designed UAS commonly called the RQ-180.

The ODIN Base Kit (OBK)—comprised of two transportable cases weighing less than 70 lb. each—replaces an 800-lb. server rack of the Lockheed Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS).

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency on Oct. 22 published a sources sought notice seeking responses from companies interested in providing a long-term performance-based logistics contract for the A-10 fleet. 

A “request for solutions” (RFS) published Oct. 14 on beta.sam.gov by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane seeks new production technologies for carbon-carbon and ceramic matrix composite materials in a vertically-integrated production facility.

South Africa’s Paramount Group says it is expanding its MRO capabilities in the U.S. to support the growing fleet of Dassault Mirage F1s that will be used for red-air aggressor operations for the U.S. Department of Defense. 

Longtime CEO Neal Keating handing over the reins to newcomer Ian Walsh on Sept. 8.