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Northrop Grumman has delivered an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node to the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it developed BACN to translate and distribute voice communications and other battlespace information from multiple sources to disparate users and networks. BACN is designed to also integrate with the Bombardier BD-700 aircraft and has […] More

Carahsoft Technology and Feature Labs have partnered to market the latter’s products designed to help government customers create and deploy machine learning models to automate the data science process. Feature Labs said Thursday it developed tools and application programming interfaces for agency data scientists and software engineers to manage data sets and identify key insights. The software […] More

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said government, academic and industry leaders should work together and “take a holistic view of workforce development” to address the shortage of skilled employees in the aerospace and defense sector and advance innovation. Hewson wrote in an opinion piece posted Thursday on Fox News that the current administration has launched several efforts to […] More

AECOM has partnered with software firm Bluebeam to help fully digitize the design review process of California’s Division of the State Architect. The digitization effort aims to support response time tracking, print reduction, mailing and travel requirements, and productivity for the division’s review efforts, AECOM said Thursday. AECOM is working with DSA to construct a […] More

The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, has selected Chromalloy to refresh components of propulsion gas turbines in surface combatant ships. Chromalloy will refurbish LM2500 hot-section kits that the Naval Air Systems Command intends to use for the modernization of the marine gas turbines, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday. The contract allows the service branch to provide refurbished […] More

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has announced that the company will hire new apprentices and fund vocational and trade programs meant to boost workforce in the aerospace and defense industries. The Bethesda, Ma.-based firm said Thursday it will provide 8,000 openings for internships and programs for rotation, mid-career development and technical apprenticeships. Lockheed will also […] More

Diligent Consulting has received a $32 million contract to design and build a web-based system for the U.S. Air Force to plan, schedule and execute depot maintenance efforts. The company will also help the service branch integrate, test, deploy and maintain the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul initiative platform with unmodified commercial software, the Air Force said Thursday. MROi will […] More

A joint venture between Boeing and Bell Helicopter aims to begin the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s midair refueling trials in early 2019 to achieve full service capability in 2020, AIN Online reported Wednesday. The effort to include a refueling function in the Osprey aims to eliminate the reliance of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Air Combat Elements […] More

Lockheed Martin and its partner companies in the F-35 Lightning II program will move forward with efforts sustain and update the fighter aircraft’s systems after the industry team completed 309 deliveries to military customers worldwide, AIN Online reported Tuesday. Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of Lockheed’s F-35 program, said during a media briefing at the Farnborough […] More

Rick Perry, secretary at the Department of Energy, has visited General Atomics facilities to inspect on DOE-funded nuclear energy efforts. The company said Wednesday it is developing accident tolerant fuel rod cladding for nuclear reactors in support of the department’s ATF initiative. General Atomics uses SiGA, a silicon-carbide composite, to produce ATF cladding that is […] More