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NASA Awards Laser Air Monitoring System Contract for Orion

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Friday, May 28, 2021
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WASHINGTON, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --NASA has awarded Dynetics Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, a contract to produce a Laser Air Monitoring System (LAMS) for the agency's Orion spacecraft beginning with the Artemis III mission.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --NASA has awarded Dynetics Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, a contract to produce a Laser Air Monitoring System (LAMS) for the agency's Orion spacecraft beginning with the Artemis III mission.
  • The contract hasa maximum potential value of $90 million,should additional flight units or components be needed for the Orion program or other NASA programs and projects.
  • Derived from an air monitoring system flown on the Mars Curiosity rover, LAMS is a new air monitoring technology that will measure oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, temperature, and pressure within Orion during Artemis missions to the Moon.
  • Orion is a vital part of NASA's deep space exploration plans, along with the Space Launch System rocket, Gateway ,and human landing system.

Dynetics to build and increase power of U.S. Army laser weapons

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Thursday, May 7, 2020
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Marking the official transition to the Indirect Fires Protection Capability High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) endeavor, in January, the U.S. Army modified the existing contract to support on-going efforts to increase laser capability.

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  • Marking the official transition to the Indirect Fires Protection Capability High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) endeavor, in January, the U.S. Army modified the existing contract to support on-going efforts to increase laser capability.
  • These design initiatives follow the progress made on the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL-TVD), and brings greater capability to our nations warfighters.
  • As the prime contractor for IFPC-HEL, Dynetics is set to demonstrate a 300 kW-class prototype system in FY22.
  • This contract modification proves Dynetics agility and responsiveness to warfighter needs, said Scott Stanfield, Dynetics director of strategic programs.

Dynetics awarded DARPA Air Combat Evolution (ACE) Phase 1

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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Huntsville, Ala., May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 6, 2020- Dynetics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), has been awarded Phase 1 of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program, Technical Area 3 (TA3), by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO).

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  • Huntsville, Ala., May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 6, 2020- Dynetics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), has been awarded Phase 1 of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program, Technical Area 3 (TA3), by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO).
  • The ACE program is using aerial dogfighting as the initial challenge scenario for implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into high-intensity air conflicts, which intends to increase warfighter trust in combat autonomy.
  • During the 18-month Phase 1 award, Dynetics will leverage program advances in automated dogfighting to enable operational-level scenarios with a large number of heterogeneous aircraft.
  • These efforts will help DARPA and the U.S. military expand their advantage in the evolution of Mosaic warfare."

Dynetics to develop NASA’s Artemis Human Lunar Landing System

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 30, 2020 Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been awarded a contract under NASAs Artemis program to design a Human Landing System (HLS) and compete to build a system to take the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 30, 2020 Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been awarded a contract under NASAs Artemis program to design a Human Landing System (HLS) and compete to build a system to take the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024.
  • The systems crew module is designed to accommodate two crew members for nominal missions from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back, including surface habitation for about a week.
  • The Dynetics HLS can be fully integrated and launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B vehicle.
  • In addition, Dynetics is also delivering critical hardware to NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, Exploration Upper Stage, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and the International Space Station (ISS).

Dynetics’ X-61A Gremlins air vehicle performs its maiden flight

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Friday, January 17, 2020
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., January 17, 2020 - Dynetics, the performer for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program, has successfully flown its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) for the first time in November 2019.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., January 17, 2020 - Dynetics, the performer for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program, has successfully flown its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) for the first time in November 2019.
  • At the end of the mission, the engine was shut down and a drogue chute successfully deployed to terminate flight.
  • This flight marks a historic milestone for Dynetics and the Gremlins program, said Tim Keeter, Dynetics Gremlins program manager.
  • The Gremlins team celebrated a number of milestones in 2019 including a successful flight test of the docking system in February.

Dynetics Technical Solutions wins U.S. Army’s priority strategic hypersonics program

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Friday, August 30, 2019
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Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dynetics Technical Solutions, a Dynetics wholly-owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $351.6 million contract to produceCommon-Hypersonic Glide Body(C-HGB) prototypes.

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  • Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dynetics Technical Solutions, a Dynetics wholly-owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $351.6 million contract to produceCommon-Hypersonic Glide Body(C-HGB) prototypes.
  • We are honored to be selected for this high priority national security program.
  • Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Dynetics Technical Solutions, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynetics, Inc. formed in 2010.
  • Dynetics Technical Solutions has an independent board of directors, autonomous management, operational and support staff with an emphasis on providing high quality mechanical manufacturing, engineering and technology services and solutions to customers.