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F-35 engine upgrade hits delay, casting doubt on timeline

5 days ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Audrey Decker

PARIS—A key milestone for the Pentagon’s program to upgrade the F-35 engine has been pushed back a year, raising questions about the overall timeline of the effort. The engine upgrade will reach “critical design review,” a milestone that essentially closes the design phase of the program, by “mid-next year,” according to Jill Albertelli, president of military engines for Pratt & Whitney—a year later than Pratt previously estimated.
Voyager fetches $383M in public offering

2 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

Voyager Technologies has fetched roughly $383 million in an upsized initial public offering, where demand for stock in the defense and space systems maker ran hotter than originally anticipated. In the company’s Wednesday debut on the New York Stock Exchange, Voyager sold 12.3 million shares at $31 each to exceed the original range of $26-to-$29 marketed to investors at first. Voyager originally planned to offer 11 million shares.
Omni Federal awarded $427M background check IT modernization contract

2 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

Omni Federal has been awarded a $427 million contract for cloud computing and software development services to the Defense Department agency responsible for background checks on DOD employees and contractors. The General Services Administration ran this procurement on behalf of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which sought to hire a managed service provider for help modernize the IT system used in background investigations.
Anduril's Series G round and more venture moves to highlight

2 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

AndurilNow the poster child for defense tech startup success, Anduril is looking to do even more for national security agencies with its newly fetched $2.5 billion in Series G capital. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund wrote the largest check in its history at $1 billion and led the round, Anduril chairman and co-founder Trae Stephens told Bloomberg TV on Thursday at the publication’s tech summit in San Francisco. Founders Fund also led Anduril’s $1.5 billion Series F round that closed in August.
Air Force brings ARRW hypersonic missile program back from the dead

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Patrick Tucker

The Air Force is resurrecting its boost-glide missile program—an effort first launched to much fanfare in August 2018, only to see mixed results in testing and ultimately lose support from service leadership amid investment in alternative missiles. The AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, is one of two hypersonic concepts the Air Force is developing now, service head Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers Thursday.
Impulse Space closes $300M Series C round

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

Impulse Space, a four-year-old startup focused on the transportation aspects of space, has captured $300 million in Series C capital to aid in scaling the production of its two flagship vehicles. The company is emphasizing the use of electric propulsion systems to power Mira and Helios, the latter of which is being eyed for a first flight in 2026.
Amentum wins $4B Space Force range contract

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

Amentum has won a potential 10-year, $4 billion contract to help the Space Force operate and maintain the service branch’s Eastern and Western ranges being used by launch customers. Space Force officials received four bids for the contract that also covers integration, systems engineering and sustainment work at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
General Dynamics reshuffles senior executive responsibilities

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

General Dynamics has undertaken a series of changes in responsibilities across its senior executive team, with two leaders focused on the company’s technology businesses involved in the reshuffle. As a refresh of GD’s corporate structure, the segment it calls Technologies comprises the IT services unit called GDIT and a defense and space hardware unit called Mission Systems.
Star Wars gets a step closer with new Space Force satellite jamming capabilities

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | John Breeden II

A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away — specifically, Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs — the U.S. Space Force took another step towards turning science fiction into tactical reality. Their newest cutting edge piece of equipment, the Counter Communications System Meadowlands, isn’t a droid or a lightsaber, but it might be the next best thing: a sleek, ground-based system that can jam enemy satellites from a remote location with remarkable precision and control.
Army scrambles to improve drone training

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Meghann Myers

As drones move toward the center of modern combat, U.S. Army units are scrambling to invent ways to give soldiers the training they need. That includes exploring virtual and small-scale, home-station training environments to get more practice in between larger training exercises, leaders told reporters Friday after Exercise Arcane Thunder in Europe. “I mean, the Army’s spent 250 years perfecting places where we can shoot tanks and shoot helicopters and rifles and all those things,” said Maj. Gen.