On August 22nd, 2025 Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, and Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), awarded the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) prototype effort to five organizations tasked with developing missile prototype designs for the program. Leidos, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman were awarded ►
NSTXL is thrilled to welcome Jeremy Stick as our new Vice President of People Operations. With more than 20 years of experience in HR and people leadership across government, private industry, and high-growth technology companies, Jeremy brings deep expertise in aligning people strategy with business goals. His proven ability to ►
For years, defense acquisition was stuck in the slow lane as outdated contracting methods stretched projects into years, costing time, money, and momentum. Meanwhile, competitors overseas pushed ahead. Today, that reality has changed. The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) has redefined how the DoD acquires space ►
Innovas and NSTXL are committed to reshaping how government and industry work together to solve complex challenges. With a focus on maximizing government efficiency and productivity and driving more agile innovation pathways, we remain passionate about delivering next-generation capabilities with real-world impact.
With this in mind, NSTXL is proud to announce ►
Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) Expeditionary Missions Program Office (PMS) – 408, in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, has awarded Roke USA an Other Transactions (OT) agreement to develop ruggedized, high-gain directional antenna prototypes for shipboard environments.
The agreement was award through NSWC Crane’s Strategic and Spectrum Missions ►
Crane, Indiana, July 30, 2025 – The National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), in partnership with WestGate Academy, is sponsoring the 2025 Summer Intern Program, a series of events designed to connect high school students with Southern Indiana’s growing defense and technology ecosystem.
Support from NSTXL powers ►
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Program Manager Air (PMA) – 265 and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) have announced a prototype award to optimize Power Dividers for the EA – 18G aircraft. NAVAIR is qualifying a new design and source of the supply for the Power Dividers, ►
Space Systems Command nominated the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control (FORGE C2) team for the John J. Welch, Jr. Excellence in Acquisition Leadership Award at the Department of the Air Force level. This prestigious award recognizes an Air Force team that has made significant improvements and ►
June 9, 2025 – The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), managed by the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), has awarded two contracts under the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Joint Antenna Marketplace (JAM) initiative to Boecore LLC (doing business as Auria) and Sphinx Defense. The awards were made through the SpEC Other ►
Stratolaunch recently announced the successful completion of its second hypersonic flight and recovery of the Talon-A2 vehicle in March 2025. This follows their initial successful hypersonic flight in December 2024, confirming the vehicle’s reusability. During this second flight, the Talon-A2 exceeded Mach 5 for the second time, surpassing the ►
