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Iridium Communications has changed its target launch date for a seventh batch of NEXT communications satellites to July 25. The company said Tuesday it rescheduled the Iridium-7 mission in order to give SpaceX more time to prepare the rocket that will carry the satellites into orbit. SpaceX launched the sixth NEXT batch May 22 from Vandenberg Air Force Base […] More
A report by the Aerospace Industry Association showed that U.S. defense and aerospace companies performed well last year, stimulating economic activity and providing employment opportunities. The sector generated $865 million in sales, 2.4 million jobs and a trade surplus worth $85.9 billion in 2017, AIA said in its report entitled “2018 Facts & Figures: The […] More
The General Services Administration has verified the compliance of AT&T’s billing and ordering tools with agency requirements for the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle. Chris Smith, vice president of shared services at AT&T Global Public Sector and Wholesale Solutions, said in a statement published Tuesday that securing support systems compliance is a “significant milestone.” […] More
Perspecta has won a potential six-year, $49.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop technology platforms that can support efforts to monitor space, atmosphere and subsurface nuclear detonations. The company will provide analytical, engineering and scientific services to mature approaches, processes, tools and systems used to track nuclear treaties and directed technology applications, the […] More
A Textron subsidiary is set to install a suite of sensors on a new tiltrotor aircraft being developed for the U.S. Army, Military.com reported Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Jeff Schloesser, executive vice president for strategic pursuits at Bell, told Military.com that the company will install Lockheed Martin‘s Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor system that is designed to provide 360-degree awareness for aircraft. […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business flew an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft Tuesday from Grand Forks, N.D., to a U.K. air force station located in Gloucestershire, England. The company said Tuesday it used Inmarsat‘s SwiftBroadband L-band satellite communications system to manage the first trans-Atlantic flight of the medium-altitude, long-endurance RPA. SkyGuardian will be presented at the three-day Royal […] More
CACI International has established a facility named after Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at the information technology services contractor. The Dr. J.P. London Shared Services Center is located in Oklahoma City, Okla., and built to accelerate the delivery of support services across the company, CACI said Tuesday. Tom Nesteruk, a CACI executive vice president, […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has authorized designations for the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act to the access management and video surveillance products of a Motorola Solutions business. Avigilon‘s Access Control Manager software was assigned the developmental testing and evaluation designation and the Avigilon Control Center was fully designated as a qualified anti-terrorism technology, Motorola Solutions said […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has received design certification under a VMware partnership program for software-defined data center technology. SAIC said Tuesday it deployed an “active-active” configuration of its SDDC architecture using VMware’s automated deployment toolkit. John Walsh III, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC’s information technology solutions market segment, said the partnership seeks to help customers address […] More
Rocket Lab has shortlisted Vandenberg Air Force Base, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, Wallops Flight Facility and Cape Canaveral for its second launch site. The company said Tuesday it plans to select by August 2018 the location of the future Launch Complex 2, which will expand its Electron rocket production and customer access to orbit. Peter Beck, founder and chief executive […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a five-year, $43 million task order to provide the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center with assistance in developing, testing and evaluating protective combat gear. Under the task order, awarded in March through the Air Force Installation Contract Agency, Booz Allen will provide technical input on the […] More
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $6.3 million contract to supply tools and hardware in support of a national security organization’s efforts to counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. The company said Tuesday its modular systems division will manufacture specialized equipment for the unnamed customer under the contract. Tom Mills, the division’s president, said the […] More
