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Inmarsat has opened an office at the Norwegian Maritime Competence Center in Alesund, Norway, in a push to help accelerate adoption of digital technology within the shipping industry. Inmarsat said Wednesday it established the facility to support Norway’s maritime community and help third-party organizations leverage the company’s Fleet Xpress maritime broadband technology via the Certified Applications Provider […] More

Leonardo executives have told Alabama government officials that the aerospace company is on track to build a T-100 trainer aircraft manufacturing facility in the state. Leonardo toured a group of Alabama officials around its Venegono Superiore aircraft factory in Italy to demonstrate the production of T-100 trainers, the company’s U.S.-based Leonardo DRS subsidiary said Thursday Leonardo plans […] More

A Saudi Arabia-based joint venture between Boeing, Alsalam Aircraft and Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries will offer maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the country’s fleet of rotorcraft aircraft, Defense News reported Tuesday. Neil Bevan, CEO of the Saudi Rotorcraft Support Company, said work under the contract will cover support for Apache aircraft at the company’s […] More

Leidos and biopharmaceutical company Immunovaccine have expanded a partnership to develop peptide-based vaccines against malaria. The U.S. Agency for International Development and Leidos selected a vaccine delivery formulation based on Immunovaccine’s DepoVax platform for further research and development through a contract extension, Immunovaccine said Tuesday. USAID issued the new contract after the two companies completed various milestones under the Leidos […] More

The State Department has approved a potential $75 million foreign military sale of Javelin missile systems and command launch units to Georgia. Georgia requested to buy 410 Javelin missiles, 72 Javelin command launch units, 10 basic skills trainers, 70 simulated rounds as well as government and contractor technical assistance, transportation, logistics and program support services, the […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $14.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop tools for the military branch’s virtual combat laboratory. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also help the service branch maintain and update technology platforms intended for virtual and constructive modeling, simulation and analysis. The Air Force Research […] More

A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a $51.9 million contract modification to design, build and commission a combined gas and steam plant at a U.S. Army facility that supplies explosive materials to the Defense Department. BAE Systems Ordnance Systems will construct the power plant at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant located in Kingsport, Tennessee, DoD said Tuesday. […] More

The National Academy of Sciences has received a potential five-year, $30 million contract to establish a board that would tackle science and technical matters of interest to the U.S. Army. NAS will form the group to serve as the convening authority to lead periodic discussions, workshops and studies for the military branch, the Defense Department said […] More

Neptec Design Group has received a potential $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a light detection and ranging pose sensor technology. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract has an initial value of $13.7 million and will reach its full potential value if the service branch exercises a 29-month option. Work will occur […] More

Astroscale and Surrey Satellite Technology have entered into a memorandum of understanding to develop space technologies and pursue launch missions that aim to help protect the orbital environment. Both companies seek to compete for work within the small satellite and orbital debris removal markets through their strategic cooperation agreement, SSTL said Tuesday. Astroscale also awarded SSTL […] More

L3 Technologies has secured multiple contracts from Defense Department and space industry customers to develop free space optics technologies designed to help protect signal integrity of high-bandwidth communication systems. The company said Tuesday its L3 Communication Systems-West business will carry out work under the FSO contracts. “Our focus on bringing innovation to the space and near-space domains reflects […] More

CAE’s U.S. subsidiary has received subcontracts to support Lockheed Martin in the design and production of C-130J weapons systems trainers for deployment to multiple U.S. air bases in 2020 and 2021. CAE USA will help build six C-130J WSTs for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard  through orders booked during CAE’s fiscal 2018 second quarter, […] More