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CenturyLink will provide the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency with a fiber optic system to help connect three air bases in Colorado Springs, Colo. under a potential five-year, $1.7 million contract. The company said Wednesday that the system is designed to resist high-altitude electromagnetic pulses and link Schriever Air Force Base, Peterson Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force […] More
Deloitte will work to help Huntsville, Ala.-based small business LSINC compete for prime and subcontract awards under the Defense Department’s Mentor-Protege program. LSINC said Thursday it brings its woman-owned small business status, community connections and its engineering and manufacturing offerings to the partnership as the companies pursue federal and commercial projects in the U.S. “We […] More
Battelle has developed a metal detecting tool for U.S. Navy helicopter crews to help cleanup personnel at the Pinecastle Bombing Range in Florida find bomb debris, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday. Erica Rodriguez writes that the tool will be used to plot the locations of bomb and target debris on a heat map following pilot training exercises, […] More
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have finished the first test flight phase for the company’s Triton unmanned aircraft system in an effort to evaluate how the drone flies at different altitudes, speeds and weights. The company said Monday 568 test points were evaluated during the initial envelope expansion test program through 13 simulated flight tests, 81 hours of long-endurance […] More
BAE Systems worked with the U.S. and British military forces to conduct a piloted flight simulation trial of technology that works to provide navigational and maneuvering aid to fixed-wing aircraft landing on aircraft carrier vessels. The company said Monday it has been developing the Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing technology for the F-35 short takeoff and vertical landing variant, which […] More
MBDA and program partners have conducted two trials of the company’s Dual Mode Brimstone missile technology aboard a remotely piloted aircraft that recorded nine hits against moving and maneuvering targets. The trials were held in December and January at U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and used General Atomics‘ MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, MBDA said Friday. Dual Mode Brimstone weapons are […] More
Siemens and the M+W Group are working together to create an energy storage product as the companies seek to take an environmentally-friendly approach to battery manufacturing. The companies are also partnering to complete a control technology tool intended for the mass production of large-size batteries, M+W Group said March 18. Areas of research in the partnership […] More
Orbital Sciences Corp. is preparing to launch a commercial communications satellite aboard Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA rocket on Friday, as the company expects to deliver Ku-band  satellite connectivity to South America. The Amazonas 4A geosynchronous Earth orbit spacecraft was built and tested at the company’s production facility in Dulles, Va., under a contract with Spain’s Hispasat, Orbital said Thursday. “I want to thank Hispasat […] More
BAE Systems has unveiled a new technology the company built to help users in the intelligence community and health informatino technology industry to collaborate and distribute information. SIBAÂ is built to use tagging to establish allowed access and clearance levels for marked portions of documents in shared repositories and restricts data if the user is accessing […] More
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will produce the network communications element for the Air Force‘s GPS III satellites under a $26 million subcontract with Lockheed Martin. The contract is a follow-on to previous deals with Lockheed that cover delivery of NCE components and procurement of parts for eight GPS III space vehicles, General Dynamics said Friday. Funding for NCEs […] More
A-T Solutions has received a $37 million task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division for military forensic support under the Naval Expeditionary Forensics and Biometrics program. A-T Solutions intends to provide services such as program and supplies management, logistics and installation, and forensic support in the areas of DNA, chemistry, ballistics and latent prints, the company said Thursday. “Forensics and […] More
NTT Data has been chosen to support the Vatican Apostolic Library‘s project to digitally archive an estimated 3,000 preserved specimens, including manuscripts, books, prints and paintings, under a four-year, $22.6 million agreement. The project involves digitally reproducing the library specimens as high-definition data in a sustainable storage format and applying modern processes such as metadata management and optimized search algorithms, […] More
