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MBDA CEO Antoine Bouvier, in the presence of civilians and military authorities, cut the ribbon on France’s new complex munitions demilitarization facility Wednesday at acompany’s site in the center of France. In remarks at the Bourges Subdray site, Bouvier said that MBDA aims to establish firm and long-lasting partnerships with its domestic and foreign customers. “These customers now expect […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has tested the anchor windlass system of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier prior to its turnover to the U.S. Navy in 2016. The Newport News Shipbuilding division performed the testing by adding weight to the anchor and retrieving the anchor and chain using Ford’s windlass system, Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday. “By […] More

The Delta 2 rocket built by United Launch Alliance has carried a NASA carbon-monitoring satellite into space Wednesday, marking the rocket’s 51st launch mission for the space agency. “It is our honor to launch this important mission that will gather the scientific data to better understand planet earth,” Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president for Atlas […] More

Boeing plans to bolster its footprint in the South African market by investing in areas such as flight training, aircraft parts manufacturing and biofuel production, defenceWeb reported Wednesday. “We want to further our presence in South Africa in a variety of ways: manufacturing, pilot training, defense, commercial,” said Miguel Santos, vice president for Boeing’s African […] More

Orbital Sciences and NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have commenced in-orbit testing for a satellite the company built to monitor atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 spacecraft has reached its target orbit nearly an hour after it lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Delta II rocket Wednesday morning, Orbital said […] More

A joint venture of Leidos and Cardno TEC has won a potential five-year, $50 million contract to support a U.S. Navy program that works to maintain sustainable practices at naval training ranges and operating areas. Cardno TEC-Leidos LLC will provide environmental, architectural and engineering services for the Navy’s Tactical Training Theater Assessment and Planning initiative, […] More

NTT DATA is expanding its operations in Canada by establishing an Advanced Development Centre in Nova Scotia. “Nova Scotia has proven to be an ideal location for us since we opened our office under the name Keane, Inc. in 1997,” Dean Williams, NTT’s executive vice president of global human capital, said Friday. NTT DATA Canada said it will be […] More

Microsoft will collaborate with Redox Power Systems, Trans-Tech and the University of Maryland to carry out a $5 million government-funded research project on fuel cells as power source for data centers, Data Center Knowledge reported Tuesday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes the project will use methane-powered fuel cells installed in data center IT racks to differentiate from an earlier research […] More

Cubic has partnered with Gulf Coast State College, Gulf Power and Florida’s Port Panama City in evaluating products and services to support the Internet of Things and training for job opportunities in the field. The partnership is intended to combine the efforts of local industry, academic institutions and government agencies to create jobs that meet the needs of the Internet of […] More

In-Q-Tel has invested and signed an agreement with Vorbeck Materials on the development of the latter company’s graphene technology for applications in the intelligence community and commercial electronics industry. “This collaboration will speed the adoption of graphene-based technologies, leading to robust and versatile consumer electronics products,” John Lettow, Vorbeck Materials president, said Monday. According to Vorbeck, the agreement is geared toward further development […] More

Red Hat has announced a new cloud management certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform, within commerical ecosystem of the Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network. The certification offers businesses assurance that their OpenStack-based cloud data and management offerings are test-worthy and have been approved by Red Hat and participating countries, the company said. […] More

A spacecraft Orbital Sciences built for NASA is set to blast off Tuesday morning on a two-year mission to measure carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmoshphere. Orbital Sciences will launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite aboard a Delta II rocket Tuesday at 2:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the company […] More