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Ensco will showcase commercial off-the-shelf positioning, navigation and timing platforms at an upcoming conference the Institute of Navigation’s military division will host for the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The company said Friday it will demonstrate the Timing, Communications and Ranging IP measurement system and the Timing, Communications and Ranging Device during the 2018 Joint Navigation Conference. JNC will take […] More

The New York State Energy and Research Authority has announced it will award up to $5 million for multiple “clean energy” proposals meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of public transportation systems. NYSERDA said Friday it seeks technologies and strategies that can help address Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s goal to decrease statewide GHG emission rate by at least 40 percent […] More

NATO’s Seasparrow Project Office has completed the first live-fire test of Raytheon‘s Evolved Seasparrow Missile system that was equipped with a new active guidance seeker. The demonstration flight saw the ESSM Block 2 variant intercept a BQM-74E Chukar aerial target drone from Northrop Grumman and came a year after completion of controlled test vehicle trials, the U.S. Navy said Friday. […] More

Austal USA has finished builder’s trials of a 10th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel the company has constructed for the U.S. Navy. The week-long test occurred at a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., and demonstrated the future USNS Burlington‘s (EPF 10) fire protection equipment, communication and navigational systems, ship propulsion, ride control, anchor handling and steerable […] More

The Army Contracting Command has drafted a solicitation notice for a potential $78 million contract for the procurement of two non-developmental tactical unmanned aerial systems and related logistics support services. A draft request for proposals posted July 2 on FedBizOpps says the contracting effort is part of the ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground Natick Contracting Division’s plan to buy […] More

The U.S. Army is seeking technology concepts from small businesses and start-ups that can receive from $1,000 to $200,000 for proof of concept demonstrations. The Expeditionary Technology Search will include four phases and several rounds that will culminate with the capstone demonstration for officials of the Army Department, industry partners and the academia in April 2019 […] More

Boeing and Embraer have agreed to form a strategic partnership to establish a joint venture that will promote and build new applications and markets for KC-390 military multi-mission aircraft and other defense platforms and services. Nelson Salgado, executive vice president for Embraer’s financial and investor relations, said in a statement published Thursday that joint investments in […] More

SpaceX is modifying the Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A to launch crews of the Dragon 2 spacecraft, NASA Spaceflight reported Thursday. The company had signed a 20-year agreement with NASA and Space Florida, the state’s economic development agency, to lease the pad to launch Falcon 9 rockets and the Falcon Heavy. The Falcon 9 rockets will lift the Dragon 2 […] More

A Northrop Grumman repair station in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has received the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Aviation Maintenance Technician Diamond Award of Excellence in recognition of the company’s maintenance training and safety operations at the station. In addition to the Diamond Award, individual AMT awards were also given to 36 employees at the FAA-certified repair station, Northrop said Thursday. “Our customers […] More

CACI International has received a five-year, $48 million task order from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical support services to a Naval Surface Warfare Center division that manages the service branch’s ordnance materials. The company said Tuesday it will help NSWC’s Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division to analyze, test, evaluate and manage logistics […] More

The U.S. Army has issued a request for proposals for the development of conceptual designs based on requirements for the service branch’s future fleet of unmanned aircraft systems. Proposals for the Phase II Conceptual Design and Technology Assessment of the Next Generation UAS Technology Demonstration will aid the creation of a procurement program for the […] More

Knight Point Systems has been included in The Washington Post’s “Top Workplaces 2018” list for businesses and institutions in Washington, D.C. Energage conducted a third-party survey of employees on workplace culture elements such as alignment, connection and execution for the selection of the 150 honorees, Knight Point Systems said Monday. Bob Eisiminger, CEO of Knight […] More