Welcome to today's Defense Business Briefing, your weekly roundup of the latest defense industry news.
Lockheed to add digital architecture to Q-53
Lockheed Martin is developing an upgrade to the Q-53 counterfire target acquisition radar that will provide the system with a new digital backbone using components borrowed from the Sentinel A4.
Donovan named customer engagement lead of Raytheon Intelligence and Space
Raytheon announced today it has named former under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness Matt Donovan as vice president of customer engagement and solutions within its intelligence and space business.
CMMC final rule update could come this fall
The Defense Department in the fall could have a decision on the status of the implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program’s final rule, the chief executive officer of the program’s accreditation body said today. 212449
Navy says CANES RFP will be released soon
The Navy will release a request for proposals to help maintain the service’s afloat enterprise system.
Contractors will have the opportunity to win a 10-year contract to work on the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise, according to a notice issued Aug. 16. 212455
HII names Hernandez to top public affairs job
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today former Navy spokesman Danny Hernandez will be the company’s new corporate director of public affairs.
The week ahead
The Space Foundation holds its 36th annual Space Symposium in Colorado.
Investments, goal-setting needed in microelectronics, USAF chief scientist says
The Air Force’s chief scientist is calling on policymakers to not only invest in new microelectronics technologies, but also help shape goal-setting around those investments, as the service and defense officials seek to make the area a budget priority in the next fiscal year.
NORAD lobbying for next-gen, over-the-horizon technology in North Warning System modernization
The top military official responsible for defending U.S. and Canadian airspace is lobbying for the two nations to invest in an advanced, next-generation sensor system capable of seeing beyond the horizon and detecting a wide range of threats -- from large bombers to small, unmanned aircraft -- advocacy that is likely to influence future plans to replace NORAD’s centerpiece radar network: the North Warning System (NWS).