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The U.S. Army has awarded SOS International a multiyear contract to develop and manage a training program for security assistance officers who will deploy to Saudi Arabia to support the service branch’s Ministry of Interior-Military Assistance Group. SOSi said Monday the training program will include multiple learning objectives and encompass U.S. policy issues in Saudi Arabia and the […] More

Polaris Industries has received a $14.9 million contract from Canada’s government to deliver of fleet of 78 combat vehicles with a capacity to carry up to nine commandos, Ottawa Citizen reported Thursday. David Pugliese writes the contract will cover integrated logistics support and technical support services for including spare parts and driver training for the DAGOR […] More

The U.S. Navy looks to award Lockheed Martin an initial contract for the Block 4 configuration of the F-35 fighter aircraft in the fourth quarter of the government’s 2018 fiscal year. The service branch said in Dec. 13 in a FedBizOpps notice that the F-35 Lightning II Program Office will solicit proposals for “multiple contract actions” from Lockheed’s aerospace business […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has handed over a sixth company-built national security cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard. Munro belongs to the military branch’s Legend class and is scheduled for commissioning in Seattle by April 1, 2017, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “We have a mission statement in the NSC program that says during the construction of each […] More

Northrop Grumman has conducted the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye  jet fitted with a new aerial refueling system that company designed to extend the aircraft’s mission time capacity. The company said Thursday the updated E-2D airborne early warning aircraft includes new electrical and lighting, endurance seats, probe and associated piping to support aerial refueling capacity as well […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has secured a $51 million contract modification to provide life cycle engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding business will also provide post-delivery planning, integration, research, material support, supply chain management, maintenance and training support for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More

Vector Space Systems has tested a first stage engine that features an injector the company produced with NASA‘s science, technology and mission directorate using three-dimensional printing technology. The engine test occurred Dec. 8 in Mojave, California, and was a key step towards Vector Space Systems’ goal to help startups gain access to space through the Vector-R rocket, the company said Thursday. “Our […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a five-year, $11.8 million contract to support and sustain weapon systems of the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Friday the Naval Surface Warfare Center will obligate $100,000 in fiscal 2017 working capital funds at the time of award for support and sustainment work on MH-60R […] More

Veris Group‘s adaptive threat division will use Endgame‘s endpoint detection and response platform in a push to boost detection, response and threat hunting capacity for customers and help them address security threats at a faster rate. Endgame said Thursday the partnership builds on its previous platform updates such as the In-Memory Attack Detection and Malicious Persistence […] More

BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has unveiled the first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle prototype that will work to provide mobility, survivability, force protection and combat capacities to the Army. BAE Systems Inc. built the vehicle to address the Army’s force protection and all-terrain mobility requirements and support operations with the Armored Brigade Combat Team, the subsidiary said Thursday. BAE added […] More

BAE Systems plans to recruit 235 graduates to work in various businesses across the defense contractor’s U.K.-based operations in 2017. BAE said Thursday 80 graduates will join the applied intelligence business to help deliver cybersecurity services for government and commercial customers. The company added it will hire 77 graduates for maritime businesses, 54 graduates for the military air […] More