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BAE Systems has helped to launch Transport for London’s new website as part of the agency’s project to offer more public services through digitized systems and platforms, BAE UK Services Managing Director Julian Cracknell says. Cracknell said Tuesday that the company and TfL aim to help up to millions of people each month plan their journeys through London. […] More

NASA‘s commercial partners have completed the design reviews of their respective spacecraft and rockets intended for the agency’s program to transport mission crews to low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technology continue to develop space transportation systems and prepare for tests in 2014 under the second round of their commercial crew […] More

A BAE Systems facility in Adelaide, Australia has started operating new machining equipment to produce titanium components for the F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE makes the metallic parts of F-35 vertical tails by using twin-spindle long spars and longeron machinery, the company said Tuesday. The company also uses the technology at its F-35 components machining plant […] More

A team comprised of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a thruster with “green” fuel technology in a space lab environment as part of NASA‘s Green Propellant Infusion Mission program. The project’s goal is to demonstrate the AF-M315E eco-friendly propulsion system as an alternative for the toxic hydrazine fuel used on […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and business incubator 1776 have partnered to combine the companies’ workforce and consulting strategy with the goal of helping clients meet global requirements. Organizations can develop new products and services and pursue growth opportunities through the strategic partnership, Booz Allen said Monday. Karen Dahut, executive vice president at Booz Allen, said the […] More

Comark has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply human machine interface equipment for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s DDG 51-class guided missile destroyers. The Comark HMI platform is designed with Intel‘s Core i5 processor and a touchscreen engine control system, Comark said Tuesday. Comark will also provide LED-LCD displays that are built to comply […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sponsoring a marathon-style event designed to help NASA develop mobile applications and other technology for space program use. APL and interactive platform developer Bolster Labs will co-host NASA’s platform coding and design contest in the Baltimore-Washington region on April 12 and 13, APL said Thursday. NASA seeks […] More

A Battelle-led energy consortium has been awarded a contract option to continue to manage the Idaho National Laboratory for five more years through Sept. 30, 2019. The Energy Department exercised the option under a 10-year contract the agency initially awarded to Battelle Energy Alliance in November 2004, the lab said Thursday. BEA members include URS […] More

Orbital Sciences has begun to integrate payloads for Iridium Communications‘ NEXT satellite constellation at an Orbital-run facility in Gilbert, Az. Orbital is responsible for assembling and testing NEXT low-earth-orbit satellites under an agreement signed with Thales Alenia Space, the project’s prime contractor, Orbital said Thursday. Under that contract, Orbital will deliver 66 satellite platforms, nine […] More

L-3 Communications‘ MAPPS will build subsystems for Canadian navy crews to manage propulsion, electrical and auxiliary equipment on patrol vessels under a subcontract awarded by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed is a primary supplier for Canada’s arctic and offshore patrol ships fleet and has picked L-3 MAPPS to support design work on the fleet’s integrated platform management system, L-3 […] More

IBM Corp. plans to open a Baohe, China-based financial innovation center, Anhui reported Thursday. Sha Qing writes the center will be built to facilitate financial outsourcing, international pan-financial data processing and online financial services. “We bring foreign advanced IT technology and integrate finance with more lines,” Shang Wenzhu, IBM general manager for China strategic cooperation […] More