Leidos

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
As a first generation of hypersonic weapons in the U.S. nears fielding, the Pentagon has adopted a different set of goals than range and speed for the next.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force tests Istari's Industry One platform to enable secure digital collaboration across defense industrial base partners.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
USAF names Leidos AGM-190A cruise missile 'Havoc Spear' as part of rapid fielding initiative.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Pentagon plans to buy 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles and 500 hypersonic missiles annually, expanding its industrial base and accelerating procurement timelines.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Several new programs have arisen to drive low-cost munitions into service more quickly and at higher volumes than ever before.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
A funding infusion is advancing the FAA’s tower data manager program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The FAA is phasing out a major radar modernization program that is running late and well over budget.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
DARPA is looking ahead to systems that can bring extremely accurate but fragile quantum sensing to the harsh environments onboard military platforms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Global Technical Systems unveiled the unnamed missile in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Leidos and Frequency Electronics have teamed to develop a quantum sensor to help with aerial navigation in places where GPS signals are not available.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A competition is now on hold to select a new air vehicle for autonomous resupply to U.S. Marine Corps units.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The C-130’s new role opens the door for a novel class of mass-produced, low-cost cruise missiles to enter U.S. and foreign weapon inventories.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
In an earnings call, the company’s management struck an upbeat note on the Iron Dome for America.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
The awards are part of the Artemis program’s objectives of establishing a sustainable human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6500 SNC is developing for an Army ISR prototyping program.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Lunar Outpost has signed a contract to have its lunar rover travel to the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Kaman’s Kargo and Elroy Air’s Chaparral uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) completed an 18-day performance evaluation on July 26.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
The work includes logistical support and integration of crew provisions and supplies needed to sustain a human presence in space from low Earth orbit to the Moon.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Development work on the U.S. Air Force’s experimental, hypersonic Mayhem vehicle has been paused following the completion of an early design milestone.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
DIU announced June 3 that it has awarded contracts to Anduril, Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Matthew Fulco
Defense contractor Leidos sees growing opportunities in a geopolitically fraught world.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A reusable hypersonic Next-Generation Responsive Strike prototype could be commissioned by the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has awarded Leidos a major sustainment contract for its future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) fleet.
Army Aviation Association of America