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Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has secured a contract from Shell‘s QGC natural gas business to perform automated infrastructure inspection using remotely piloted aircraft systems. Insitu said Wednesday it will carry out beyond-visual-line of-sight RPA operations over the Surat Basin in Queensland, Australia as part of the contract. Insitu RPAs will inspect wells and other infrastructure components such […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has received a $47.9 million contract modification to develop tools, methods and techniques for the U.S. Air Force to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in weapon systems. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide research and development services intended to help the military branch secure weapons against cyber attacks. Work will occur at Wright-Patterson Air […] More

Deloitte Consulting has won a potential five-year, $62.4 million contract to provide  program management services to Defense Health Agency requirement managers for governance, requirements and architecture management support. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will help DHA manage the Military Health System’s information management and technology portfolio activities as well as develop MHS IM/IT functional requirements. Work […] More

CSRA has received a $38.5 million task order from the U.S. Navy to help update various models of the H-60 Seahawk multimission helicopter. The company said Wednesday the order was issued under the Rapid Response–Third Generation contract vehicle and includes support for Seahawk helicopters of the Navy and foreign military sales customers. CSRA will work to design, fabricate, […] More

Jacobs has inaugurated a new office in Airoli, Navi Mumbai, as part of the company’s efforts to expand its presence in India. The company said Tuesday the hub housed in the Gigaplex Office can accommodate 2,200 employees who will support its global integrated delivery services for projects and programs with clients in the Americas, Europe, Middle […] More

DJI has introduced a web-based service designed to help companies manage the operations of their unmanned aircraft systems using a single platform. The FlightHub software is a monthly subscription service that works to support the management of real-time UAS operations, flight data, drone fleets and pilot teams, DJI said Nov. 7. The service offers a live, map-based […] More

Raytheon-built Patriot missile defense systems based in Saudi Arabia have intercepted more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles since the conflict with Yemen’s Houthi group began in 2015, Defense News reported Tuesday. Raytheon executives said at the Dubai Air Show that more than 90 intercepts of Yemen-launched missiles were carried out using the company’s PAC-2 Guided Enhanced […] More

A partnership of geospatial data company FYBR Solutions and non-profit organizations The Mars Institute and the SETI Institute will work with NASA on the research and development of unmanned aerial vehicle technologies for future Mars missions. The team will collaborate with NASA’s Haughton-Mars Project to study the potential uses of UAV platforms on Mars, the SETI Institute said Monday. […] More

Thales has inked an agreement with ArianeGroup to help design, develop, qualify and produce a telemetry transmitter for a European Space Agency-approved launcher. Thales said Tuesday the Ariane 6 telemetry transmitter will relay launcher-generated data to servers on the ground throughout the entire launch mission. “This contract shows our company’s ability to adapt to a […] More

An Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft reached the International Space Station Tuesday to unload 7,400 pounds of cargo, supplies and scientific experiments. The OA-8 cargo delivery vehicle, nicknamed S.S. Gene Cernan, is the eighth spacecraft to deliver cargo to ISS as part of Orbital ATK’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, the company said Tuesday. The spacecraft was […] More

The fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, produced by a joint venture of Boeing and Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary, has recorded more than 400,000 flight hours to date. Bell Boeing-built V-22s have supported theater security cooperation, casualty evacuation, tactical aircraft and personnel recovery, disaster response and VIP transport operations worldwide, Boeing said Tuesday. The U.S. Marine Corps has used the […] More