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Kratos Subsidiary Provides Virtual Machine Software for Military Wideband Global Satcom
AÂ Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has produced a ground-based satellite communications architecture for military personnel to manage theÂ Wideband Global SATCOM payload. The companyÂ said TuesdayÂ Kratos RT Logic delivered virtual machine-based software to replace a legacy command-and-control technology for the Boeing-led Global SATCOM Configuration Control Element Evolution program. Boeing’sÂ defense, space and security segment is the prime […] More
by Nichols Martin February 28, 2018, 5:22 am
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Boeing, Northrop Begin Ground-Based ICBM Design Concept Development
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have started to develop designs of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile for the U.S. Air Force, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. The service branch awarded in August 2017 approximately $678 million in combined contracts to Boeing and Northrop to perform technology maturation and risk reduction work on the GBSD program. GBSD […] More
by Jane Edwards February 28, 2018, 4:15 am
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LifePort to Supply Helicopter Ballistic Protection Tech to Middle Eastern Customer
LifePort, a business unit of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, has received a contract from a Middle Eastern customer to provide systems that work to protectÂ Black Hawk helicopter crew and passengers against ground-based ballistic threats. The order is forÂ 25 customized Black Hawk Ballistic Protection Systems,Â Lockheed said Tuesday. Noah Zuckerman, general manager at LifePort, said the company […] More
by Joanna Crews February 28, 2018, 4:02 am
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Tetra Tech to Support USAID’s Water Supply & Sanitation Efforts in Uganda
Tetra Tech has received a potential five-year, $32 million contract toÂ provide technical expertise for aÂ U.S. Agency for International Development program that seeks to expand water, sanitation and hygiene services across Uganda. The company said Tuesday it aims to assist Uganda’s government in efforts to increase household access to sanitation and improve the quality of health […] More
by Nichols Martin February 28, 2018, 3:04 am
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Harris Orders Sypris Electronic Assemblies for US, Foreign Military Munition Dispensers
AÂ Sypris SolutionsÂ subsidiary has secured multiple contracts fromÂ HarrisÂ to produce electronic assemblies for munition dispensing systems of U.S. and foreign military customers. Sypris Electronics will manufacture the munition dispenser electronics for military customers that include the U.S. Navy, the companyÂ said Monday. Harris alsoÂ awarded Sypris Electronics contracts last year to provide electronic assemblies for two weather satellite programs, […] More
by Joanna Crews February 28, 2018, 2:14 am
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Leidos to Help Air Force Sustain C2ISR Logistics Mgmt Platform
Leidos has received a five-year, $25.4 million contract to sustain an automated platform the U.S. Air Force uses to monitor the global supply chain of command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance weapons systems. The company will provide software maintenance and minor modification support for theÂ Automated Logistics Management Support system under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the […] More
by Joanna Crews February 28, 2018, 1:17 am
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BAE Awarded $50M for US Forces-Afghanistan Intell Services
A BAE Systems business unit will provide intelligence-related services to U.S. forces in Afghanistan under a $50.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. BAE’s information solutions team will perform work in Afghanistan throughÂ Oct. 27, 2018, theÂ Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $15 million at the time of award from the […] More
by Joanna Crews February 28, 2018, 1:00 am
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Jacobs Recognized for NASA Research Center Maintenance Program; Terry Hagen Comments
Jacobs Engineering GroupÂ has received the 2017 Best Reliability Program of the Year award from Uptime magazine for the company’s work on a maintenance system at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Jacobs said TuesdayÂ it helped the space agency create maintenance strategiesÂ for the Langley facility as well as implement a suite of tools for the center to prevent […] More
by Neel Mehta February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
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Woolpert Appoints Frank Orr as GIS Program Director
Frank Orr, a certified geographic information systems and project management professional, has joinedÂ WoolpertÂ as program director for the company’s GIS solutions business. Orr said in a statement published Tuesday that he aims to help the company identify technology platformsÂ to address customers’ challenges and develop an outreach strategy for both existing and potential new clients. He previously […] More
by Neel Mehta February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
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Japan Receives First JASDF F-35A Aircraft
The firstÂ F-35A aircraft directly assigned to theÂ Japan Air Self-Defense Force has landed onÂ Misawa Air Base, Japan. The jet will be assigned to the JASDF’s 3rd wing, and is the second of its kind built atÂ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‘ Nagoya-based final assembly and check-out facility, Lockheed Martin F-35 said Saturday. The particular unit is one of 42 […] More
by Nicholas Hoffman February 27, 2018, 1:15 pm
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Army to Update Target Surveillance & Acquisition System
The U.S. Army will install upgrades into a target surveillance and acquisition system designed to boost target identification accuracy and protect scouts while searching for targets, Army Times reported Monday. Army researchers are working to update the Long-Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System with a third-generation forward-looking infrared radar. The Raytheon-builtÂ LRAS3 is designed to give scouts […] More
by Nicholas Hoffman February 27, 2018, 10:23 am
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Report: Bill Would Reform Navy Surface Ship Operations
Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and John McCain, R-Ariz., have introduced a bill that would implement changes to the U.S. Navy‘s surface fleet operations, USNI News reported Monday. The Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018 was created in response to shipÂ collisions that involved the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCainÂ guided-missile destroyers in 2017. The bill […] More
by Nicholas Hoffman February 27, 2018, 10:09 am