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Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered the USS John P. Murtha amphibious transport dock to the U.S. Navy. HII said Friday Richard Schenk, vice president for program management, signed the official DD 250 document to transfer the custody of the amphibious transport dock to the service branch. Schenk said the company aims to deliver two more ships to complete the class, which […] More

The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a five-year, $49 million program that aims to develop anti-tamper platforms designed to protect weapon systems from technology theft, reverse engineering and other threats, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the service branch issued the broad agency announcement in support of […] More

The first European Aegis Ashore site has begun scanning for potential ballistic missile threats in the skies of southern Europe. The inauguration of the Aegis Ashore site at Deveselu air base in Romania — which utilizes Lockheed Martin‘s Aegis Combat System — completes phase two of the European Phased Adaptive Approach for allied ballistic missile defense, the company said Thursday. Brendan […] More

The U.S. Navy has delivered three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to Denmark as part of the second foreign military procurement of the multi-mission helicopters built by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary. The MH-60Rs were transported from Sikorsky’s William P. Gwinn Airfield aboard two C-17 aircraft bound for Karup air base in Denmark, the Navy said Wednesday. Denmark’s navy will […] More

Battelle will present one of its anti-unmanned aircraft systems devices and several other technology platforms at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Show from May 16 to 18 in Maryland. The nonprofit’s man-portable DroneDefender device works to disrupt small UAS devices through radio control frequency before the drones present a threat to military and civilian activities, Battelle said Tuesday. […] More

General Atomics unveiled its new facility at Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama, on May 6 in support of efforts to expand its operations in the region. Scott Forney, president of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group, said in a release posted Thursday the company’s expansion in the Huntsville area works to drive technology development by developing and building on business associations and community relationships. “Huntsville represents […] More

Iron Mountain has opened a new record storage, shredding and document imaging facility in Spokane, Washington to serve the area’s business community. The company said Thursday the 40,000 square foot establishment features a total storage capacity of 416,000 cubic feet, on-site imaging on demand and information destruction services. Ben Whitley, an Iron Mountain district manager, […] More

Grant Thornton has transferred its Hartford operations in Connecticut from an office building at 175 Capital Blvd. to a leased space at 90 State House Square located within the city’s primary business district. The company said Wednesday its new 7,928-square-foot facility in downtown Hartford features conference and team rooms with audiovisual and video conferencing systems. Frank Kurre, managing partner for Grant Thornton’s […] More

A team of NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers has conducted proof evaluations on a pressure vessel for the Orion Exploration Mission-1 crew module at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tests aimed to validate if Orion’s underlying structure can withstand loads and forces that spacecraft normally experiences during launch and landing, NASA said Wednesday. Orion program technicians attached […] More