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Raytheon and Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Gruppen have completed a series of flight tests of a missile system designed for integration with Lockheed Martin‘s F-35A fighter jets. An F-16 aircraft was used to launch the Joint Strike Missile at an altitude of 22,000 feet over the training and test range in Utah, Kongsberg said Tuesday. Mike […] More
D-Wave Systems will install a quantum computing platform at Los Alamos National Laboratory early next year to support the lab’s research collaboration efforts with universities and within the Energy Department. Los Alamos and its research partners will use the D-Wave 2X system to study potential capabilities of quantum annealing technology as part of the National […] More
Lockheed Martin has downselected Denmark-based machine parts manufacturer Multicut A/S to produce brackets, fittings and other aluminum components for the F-35 fighter jets under a pending contract award. “This contract award with Multicut reaffirms Lockheed Martin’s commitment to grow the industrial participation program with Danish companies of all sizes,” Jack Crisler, vice president of the […] More
Delegates at the International Telecommunication Union’s 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva have allocated the 1087.7-1092.3 megahertz frequency band to track aircraft worldwide. ITU said Wednesday the agreement over the radiofrequency spectrum allocation is in response to the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. “In reaching this agreement at WRC-15, ITU has responded in […] More
Iridium Communications has rescheduled the launch of the first pair of Iridium NEXT satellites to April to provide an additional four months to address an issue with the satellite’s communications payload, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Stephen Clark writes Iridium CEO Matt Desch said Oct. 29 that prime contractor Thales Alenia Space found an issue inside the payload’s Ka-band […] More
A subsidiary of Mission Ready Services has secured the rights from the U.S. Army to market a body armor to local and state law enforcement agencies and international military forces and coalitions under a patent license agreement. Protect the Force signed the agreement with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center for […] More
A new report from Intel predicts that cyber threat actors will likely cause attacks on firmware and hardware, wearable devices that store personal data, cloud services as well as automobile systems in 2016. The McAfee Labs Threat Predictions Report also forecasts the growth of ransomware driven by the adoption of ransomware-as-a-service offerings by cybercriminals and the launch of an […] More
ThreatConnect and nonprofit corporation Energy Sector Security Consortium have formed an alliance in an effort to protect critical energy facilities from potential cyber attacks. ThreatConnect will combine its threat intelligence platform with EnergySec’s information sharing programs and industry knowledge to improve the security of energy infrastructures against network vulnerabilities, ThreatConnect said Monday. “EnergySec understands the […] More
An EMCOR Group subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $40.2 million contract to provide facility support services for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Monday EMCOR Government Services will provide preventive maintenance, testing, inspection, training, management supervision, equipment and labor services for the Naval Support Activity Bethesda in Maryland under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, The Naval […] More
A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has delivered the test model of the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module to NASA’s testing facility in Ohio for further structural design tests. Thales Alenia Space performed initial tests on the structural test model of ESM at its facility in Turin, Italy, prior to the shipment, Thales […] More
Raytheon has partnered with Advanced Electronics Co. to expand their collaboration on new platforms for civil and defense markets. The companies will also build new weapons systems, cyber platforms, land warfare tools, civil aviation systems and integrated sensors under the agreement signed at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates, Raytheon said Monday. […] More
The U.S. Army has completed a series of tests on two Lockheed Martin-built missiles launched from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. The service branch test-fired eight Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and one Army Tactical Missile System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as part of a tactical munitions reliability initiative, Lockheed […] More
