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Ball Aerospace & Technologies has finished the critical design review of an atmospheric pollution measurement tool that the company is developing for NASA under the agency’s Earth Venture Instrument program. NASA plans to integrate the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument into a commercial satellite to measure Earth’s ozone, nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde concentrations over […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has worked with U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy to conduct four tests on the interception functions of the Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and Raytheon missiles. MDA said Monday the Multi-Mission Warfare flight test events featured the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 weapon system configuration and the Standard Missile-6 Dual I and Standard Missile-2 Block […] More

Industry and government need to keep high school and college students interested in science, technology, engineering and math for them to pursue STEM as a career, Stephanie Hill of Lockheed Martin said in May. The Oakridger reported Monday that Hill told a Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit audience more action is needed to energize students and address a potential shortage of […] More

Lockheed Martin and manufacturing institute PowerAmerica have teamed up to develop and commercialize wide bandgap microelectronic tools the companies will build to reduce sizes electronic components and mitigate potential energy losses. “Wide bandgap semiconductors have huge potential for aerospace and defense, especially in embedded power systems and high-power radio frequency applications,” Jeff Wilcox, vice president of […] More

Research and Markets predicts that the global satellite-based Earth observation market will achieve a 13.23-percent compound annual growth rate over a five-year period ending 2019. The company said Friday the report points to the growing application base for satellite data leading to the increasing number of launches of Earth observation satellites, which is the key market driver. […] More

James McNerney, Boeing’s board chairman, has said the company could move some of its work abroad if lawmakers do not work past their disagreements over whether to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, the Washington Post reported Friday. Amrita Jayakumar writes the House did not renew the bank’s charter that was approved in the Senate version to extend funding for Ex-Im through Oct. 29. […] More

A new Research and Markets report indicates that the global market for military land vehicles will grow through 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.4 percent. The company said Friday the market will see an increased demand for military land vehicles that operate on low costs per mile. According to the report, the market will […] More

A new Visiongain report forecasts the global military aircraft maintenance, repair and operations market will hit $49 billion in value in 2015. Visiongain said Friday the increasing adoption of new fighter aircraft among tier-one market players would spur growth in the industry. The 2015-2025 forecast covers maintenance aspects in operations and field, heavy airframe, heavy engine, […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold a conference on Aug. 25 to brief proposers for the nanoelectronics analysis program prior to solicitation. IARPA said Wednesday the conference will take place in Washington, where companies participating in the program will seek to gain insight into the research problems and goals, and present their teaming proposals. The […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded Ferry Engineering a contract to manufacture structural components for the first four MQ-4C Triton drones that Northrop is building for the U.S. Navy. Ian Irving, chief executive of Northrop’s Australian arm, said Thursday the business intends to partner with local suppliers to produce and sustain Triton unmanned aircraft systems for the […] More

Lockheed Martin has evaluated the changes in the Orion spacecraft’s fairing separation system design. Engineers performed the tests on Orion’s new push-off springs, crew module structural attachments, star trackers and pyrotechnic variances, and higher load cases in preparation for the first exploration mission, Lockheed said Thursday. “The fairing separation is one of our very first […] More