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1 week ago | aviationtoday.com | Calvin Biesecker

Defense and space technology company Voyager Technologies recently secured a position on a $46 billion multi-award contract that Air Force manages aimed at rapidly delivering a wide range of capabilities, the company said on April 7. Voyager in March was selected—along with 121 other vendors—to compete for work under the 10-year Enterprise-Wide Agile Acquisition indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (EWAAC) focused on digital engineering, agile processes, and open architectures.

3 weeks ago | aviationtoday.com | Calvin Biesecker

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) lacks the resources to adequately assess commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) vendors and their wares at scale, limiting the Defense Department’s access to the rapidly innovating domestic drone industry and forcing government buyers into more costly options, an industry official said on Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | aviationtoday.com | Matthew Beinart

GE Aerospace said Monday it has been awarded a subcontract to deliver avionics systems as part of Bell’s team building the Army’s new Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). The company noted the avionics work builds off Bell’s prior decision to select GE Aerospace as the “digital backbone” provider for FLRAA.

3 weeks ago | aviationtoday.com | Calvin Biesecker

L3Harris Technologies on Monday said it has completed the sale of its Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) business to the investment firm TJC L.P. for $800 million, shedding a non-core unit. L3Harris said the entire purchase price was paid at closing. When the deal was first announced in November 2023, L3Harris said the terms included $700 million in cash and a potential $100 million earnout provision base on achieving certain performance targets in 2023 and 2024, which apparently were met.

1 month ago | aviationtoday.com | Matthew Beinart

Sikorsky on Monday detailed recent successful demonstrations with its “rotor blown wing” unmanned aircraft system (UAS), flying its prototype in both helicopter and “winged aircraft” mode through a “full mission profile.”The work with the rotor blown wing UAS is continuing to inform Sikorsky’s continued development of a larger version for a separate DARPA program and as the company explores building a family of hybrid-electric advanced mobility systems.