Mary-Louise Hoffman

NASA has wrapped up a technical and programmatic assessment of the Orion spacecraft, which the agency is building with Lockheed Martin in a bid to send astronauts to an asteroid or Mars. The agency pledged $6.77 billion to fund Orion development efforts from October 2015 through the spacecraft’s initial crewed mission by April 2023 following […] More

A Deltek study has found that almost 400 architectural and engineering services companies aim to capture more public infrastructure improvement projects involving water systems and roads and bridges over the next 18 months. John Bornstein, Deltek’s marketing manager for the North American A&E industry, wrote in a blog post published Monday that public sector accounts […] More

The U.S. Postal Service has awarded TWD & Associates a potential five-year, $3 million contract to help operate and maintain a technology platform that facilitates video conferences at 40 USPS facilities nationwide. The company said Tuesday it will also manage on-demand video call services as well as update video conferencing system equipment and software for […] More

Harris will provide vehicular radio systems worth $13 million for ground-to-air public safety and tactical communications of the U.S. National Guard. The U.S.’ reserve military organization ordered Harris’ AN/PRC-117G Falcon III multiband networking manpack radios as well as AN/PRC-150 high-frequency and XG-100M Unity radio platforms, the company said Tuesday. Harris will design the products to […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking industry expertise to identify new methods to reduce the cycle time in the production of military system components that weigh less than 20 pounds. Mick Maher, program manager at DARPA’s defense sciences office, said Monday the agency aims to shorten the composite material tooling and manufacturing process from […] More

Northrop Grumman has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to overhaul each of the military branch’s B-2 bomber plane once every nine years. The Air Force B-2s undergo a programmed depot maintenance process at Northrop’s aircraft integration center of excellence in Palmdale, California, once every seven years prior to the signing of the […] More

A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the worldwide military communications technology and service industry will grow 12.1 percent year-over-year to hit $40.82 billion in market value by 2020. The research firm said Friday the market is currently worth $23.02 billion and partly driven by companies that develop tools to secure data for military operations. The availability of […] More

An L-3 Communications subsidiary has won a $13.4 million delivery order to provide cryptographic and key loading platforms for the U.S. Air Force to secure information. The Defense Department said Friday that L-3 National Security Solutions will deliver 20 production units of certified common cryptographic core systems and key loaders for military intelligence, garrison and […] More