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  • Orbital ATK Completes 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
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    Orbital ATK Completes 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Orbital ATK has concluded its seventh cargo delivery mission to International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The company said Sunday its Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed S.S. John Glen, also served as a platform for in-space research before the vehicle re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. S.S. John Glenn was launched atop a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing
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    Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has launched the U.S. Navy‘s future Indiana submarine into James River and transferred the watercraft from a construction facility to a pier managed by the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in preparation for final crew certification, outfitting and testing. Indiana, dubbed as SSN 789, will represent the 16th Virginia-class submarine of the Navy and the eighth unit Newport […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification
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    Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin has received a $59 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of four customized KC-130J fuselage trainers. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will modify C-130 airframe trainer systems to replicate the appearance, functions and performance of the KC-130J aircraft. DoD noted that modified trainers will support load […] More

  • Navy Selects BAE, General Dynamics, MES for Submarine Trainer Production, Installation IDIQ
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    Navy Selects BAE, General Dynamics, MES for Submarine Trainer Production, Installation IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded three companies positions on a potential five-year, $42.6 million contract to provide support services for the military branch’s Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer systems. BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business, General Dynamics‘ mission systems segment  and services business and MES‘ simulation and training unit will compete for hardware design, fabrication, logistics and installation task orders under […] More

  • SSL’s Rob Zitz: MDA Aims to Ramp Up Earth Imagery, Analysis Support to Intell Agencies Via DigitalGlobe Merger
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    SSL’s Rob Zitz: MDA Aims to Ramp Up Earth Imagery, Analysis Support to Intell Agencies Via DigitalGlobe Merger

    Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Space Systems Loral’s government systems business, has said SSL’s parent company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates aims to provide Earth imagery and analysis services to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies through its pending merger with DigitalGlobe, Space News reported Thursday. MDA agreed to buy DigitalGlobe through an estimated $3.6 billion […] More

  • AWS to Establish New Fairfax County, VA Corporate Campus
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    AWS to Establish New Fairfax County, VA Corporate Campus

    Amazon Web Services plans to establish a new corporate campus in Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of expansion efforts and expects the project to create up to 1,500 jobs. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership teamed up with the Major Employment and Investment Commission of the state’s general assembly to land the project, AWS said Thusrday. The AWS facility will be […] More

  • 3 CubeSat Challenge Winners Secure Slots on NASA’s 1st Integrated SLS, Orion Flight
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    3 CubeSat Challenge Winners Secure Slots on NASA’s 1st Integrated SLS, Orion Flight

    NASA has awarded three teams slots to launch their small satellites aboard the first integrated flight of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft dubbed Exploration Mission-1. Winners of the Cube Quest Challenge include Cislunar Explorers from Cornell University, CU-E3 from the University of Colorado and Team Miles from Tampa, Florida-based company Fluid & Reason, NASA said Friday. […] More

  • Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program
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    Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program

    Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have partnered to design and build unmanned undersea vehicles as part of a joint pursuit of the U.S. Navy‘s Extra Large UUV program. The partnership will use HII’s design and production facilities in Huntington Beach, California; Newport News, Virginia; and Panama City, Florida, Boeing said Thursday. The Navy announced in January it plans […] More

  • ImmixGroup to Serve as BMC’s US Federal Distributor
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    ImmixGroup to Serve as BMC’s US Federal Distributor

    Information technology company BMC has consolidated its U.S. federal reseller ecosystem under a single distribution channel led by government IT distributor immixGroup. BMC said Wednesday the new strategy is designed to give resellers access to contract vehicles and market intelligence as well as open new channels and streamline procurement. ImmixGroup became BMC’s federal distributor in March and has since added […] More

  • CSRA to Continue NAVSEA Acquisition Support Services Under $61M Task Order
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    CSRA to Continue NAVSEA Acquisition Support Services Under $61M Task Order

    CSRA has received a five-year, $61 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide acquisition support services to NAVSEA’s Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Aircraft Carriers. The task order was awarded through the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e procurement vehicle and will extend CSRA’s support for the carriers, which began in 1991, the company said Wednesday. CSRA will also […] More

  • Boeing to Support Iraq Missile Launcher Under Army FMS Contract
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    Boeing to Support Iraq Missile Launcher Under Army FMS Contract

    Boeing has secured a $39.7 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide engineering and technical services for a missile launcher system of the Iraqi military. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Boeing will support Iraq’s Avenger system as part of a foreign military sales deal. DoD added the contract will run through May 26, 2022, and the Army Contracting […] More