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Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed the third integration review for the Dream Chaser spacecraft as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. The company said Thursday the integration assessment for the space vehicle covers the completion of the agency’s phase 1 safety evaluation and NASA’s approval of 16 safety data packages and 32 hazard reports […] More

Raytheon has received a potential two-year, $58.1 million contract to assemble, fabricate and test airborne systems designed to help the U.S. Navy neutralize bottom and moored mines. The Defense Department said Friday that Raytheon’s integrated defense systems unit will also provide engineering and support services for the AN/ASQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems under the firm-fixed-price contract. The Navy will deploy the AMNS from MH-60S […] More

A new Accenture report says 66 percent of technology leaders in public service agencies said they are willing to adopt public-private partnerships and new commercial frameworks to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Accenture said Thursday the Emerging Technologies in Public Service report is based on an online survey of 774 public service professionals across nine […] More

QinetiQ and Rockwell Collins have partnered to develop a multi-constellation open service offering as both companies aim to help address mission requirements of government and military customers as well as infrastructure operators. The partnership will also produce and offer a suite of Global Navigation Satellite System  receivers to support clients’ operational and geographical needs, Rockwell Collins said Thursday. Colin Mahoney, senior vice president of […] More

The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration plans to issue a solicitation for proposals on June 15 for a research project that seeks to identify and develop digital transportation data standards and governance approaches to support the creation of a Civil Integrated Management framework. FHWA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday the CIM framework seeks […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has been selected to build the main propulsion system for a reusable hypersonic aircraft being developed by the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency and Boeing. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Wednesday that it will produce two AR-22 engines using parts from previous versions of the space shuttle main engine that has remained in the company and NASA‘s inventories. Boeing and […] More

ITAMCO has received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant to build a secure messaging and transaction application for Defense Department users. The company will base the messaging tool on its Crypto-Chat privacy app and blockchain technology as part of the project’s first phase, ITAMCO said Thursday. The messaging app is intended to support communications between deployed troops and headquarters as well as between intelligence officers […] More

The U.S. Special Operations Command aims to release a final request for proposals on  a potential five-year, $95 million contract in June to procure coxswain helmet systems. A FedBizOpps notice published May 12 says that USSOCOM is interested in buying  a Special Operations Forces Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements family of tactical headborne systems via the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. USSOCOM wants SPEAR helmets […] More

A Northrop Grumman-built navigation platform has worked to provide attitude control capabilities for NASA’s Cassini space vehicle in support of the Saturn exploration mission. The spacecraft with Northrop’s Space Inertial Reference Unit maneuvered through a 1,500-mile gap between the planet and its rings on April 26, the company said Thursday. Northrop’s SIRU navigation platform has a […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm has secured a contract to update the combat management system and subsystems on three Type 23 frigates of the Chilean navy. The company said Tuesday its CMS 330 system was chosen to replace the current system used on Chile’s Type 23 frigates after a worldwide competitive tender process. Rosemary Chapdelaine, vice president of rotary and mission systems at Lockheed […] More

COMSAT and Speedcast International have entered into a partnership agreement to offer global network services to government and maritime customers. The joint offering will combine Speedcast’s 8+ gigahertz of global satellite capacity with COMSAT’s U.S.-based teleports to provide Ku-band very small aperture terminal services for customers that need resilient connectivity, Speedcast said Thursday. COMSAT will also deliver hosting services as well […] More

Lockheed Martin has decided not to bid on a U.S. Navy contract to develop an over-the-horizon missile for the service branch’s frigates and littoral combat ships, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lockheed’s decision came after Boeing decided to withdraw from the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System competition earlier this month. “As the current OTH-WS request for proposal process refined […] More