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Raytheon has started to deliver the pulse power containers for the U.S. Navy‘s future railgun following the validation of power requirements for the next-generation directed energy weapon. The Navy will integrate the pulse power containers into its railgun test range to prepare for further development and testing under the program, Raytheon said Monday. The company added […] More
A General Dynamics business unit has delivered the second LNG-conversion-ready tanker to American Petroleum Tankers on Thursday as part of a contract to build five such tankers for the petroleum transportation company. General Dynamics said Friday its NASSCO subsidiary built the Magnolia State tanker using a design by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering subsidiary DSEC. The 610-foot-long product carrier, which is the fifth ship that […] More
A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has christened the U.S. Navy’s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship at the former’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Ingalls Shipbuilding division held the christening ceremony for Portland (LPD 27) Saturday with U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christopher Owens, director of the expeditionary warfare division at the Navy, as the keynote speaker, HII […] More
MarkLogic’s Amanda Mason has said her experience in the U.S. Air Force has helped her coordinate groups from both the private and public sectors to provide students of cybersecurity learning programs with “hands on experiences,†U.S. News & World Report reported Friday. Tom Risen writes Mason, director of strategic programs for the intelligence community at […] More
L-3 Communications has received a potential three-year, $19 million contract to develop a Radio Frequency Continuous Wave Microwave Power Module amplifier for the U.S. Navy. The Naval Research Laboratory awarded the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement process with three bids received, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD said NRL will use the RF CW MPM amplifiers […] More
The Energy Department has launched an exploratory licensing program to allow companies to test-drive technologies at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory before they apply for a full license. Under the new commercialization option, companies will sign an agreement and pay $1,000 to assess a technology for six months in order to help them decide what […] More
Lockheed Martin is looking to address deadline challenges in its work to integrate the Autonomic Logistics Information System to be used on U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets, Defense News reported Sunday. Jill Aitoro writes Lorraine Martin, deputy executive vice president for Lockheed’s mission systems and training segment, told the publication ALIS manages and fields all F-35 operations […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded advertising agency Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens a firm-fixed-price contract worth $12.6 million to provide the Air National Guard with recruitment and retention services. LMO will perform work in Arlington, Virginia, through Jan. 19, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. The the full obligated amount is from the Army’s fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance funds. DoD noted that the contracting authority […] More
Northrop Grumman has received an $8.3 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to provide naval ship-based MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser gyro inertial navigation systems to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce MK39 MOD 3A components, spare parts and associated shore-based tools for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces under the contract. Northrop will […] More
Kay Kapoor, president of government solutions business at AT&T, has won the Women in Technology’s 2016 Leadership Award for the corporate large market sector category in recognition of her work in the technology industry. WIT held the 17th Annual Leadership Awards Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, in an effort to acknowledge the mentorship, […] More
Motorola Solutions has introduced a public safety technology built to incorporate the features of a body-worn video camera, a radio speaker and a microphone. The Smart Interface Si500 Video Speaker Microphone is designed to operate with a cloud-based digital evidence management platform and terrestrial trunked radio equipment, Motorola said Thursday. The compact WiFi-ready device is equipped with a full-screen tempered-glass display, 210-degree range-of-motion camera lens and an adaptive audio engine. […] More
Esri and the Pacific Disaster Center collaborate to monitor the spread of Zika virus across the globe with a company-built mapping tool. PDC shares the mapped information about the characteristics of the virus and the breeding grounds of Zika-carrying mosquitoes with health services and aid responders, Esri said Wednesday. “Esri GIS technology specifically allows us to characterize the Zika […] More
