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A team comprised of Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries has tested a second T-50A aircraft in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer replacement contract. “We now have two aircraft in flight test proving our upgrade and we’re nearing completion of our assembly and training operations center in Greenville, South Carolina,” Doug Batista, Lockheed’s T-50A program manager, […] More

Boeing and engineering company Bastion Technologies have signed up for NASA‘s mentor-protege program with the goal to build up the latter company’s aerospace market expertise. The two companies aim to exchange manufacturing, quality, marketing and business development strategies under an agreement that will run for 18 months, Boeing said Tuesday. Bastion President Jorge Hernandez said the company’s partnership with Boeing […] More

The Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system has logged 200,000 flight hours. The company said Tuesday Global Hawks operated by the U.S. Air Force recorded 88 percent of the total flight hours while UAVs run by NASA, U.S. Navy and Germany logged the remaining flight hours. “This milestone is especially meaningful as it comes just […] More

Baldwin Aviation will facilitate client information exchange through a Federal Aviation Administration-run flight safety data sharing system under an agreement with Mitre and FAA. The South Carolina-based software company said Monday the executive board of FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing program approved a protocol that allows Baldwin Aviation customers to share relevant data through the company. “Based on Baldwin’s Master MOU, our […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has delivered its 1 millionth tire under the Defense Logistics Agency‘s Tire Successor Initiative program contract awarded to the company in 2011. SAIC said Tuesday it delivered the 1 millionth tire to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. The company is the prime contractor on potential nine-year, $1.1 billion TSI program for chain management […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has moved to expand its field services business in the Gulf Coast region after the company received contracts from several clients there. The company said Tuesday it received a five-year contract to perform maintenance and material transfer support services at seven customer locations across Texas and Louisiana. Jacobs also aims to continue its the Journeyman Certification Program that works to train […] More

An Accenture subsidiary has opened a facility in Washington in an effort to help federal government clients develop digital platforms designed to build up engagement with citizens and employees. Accenture Federal Services will use the digital studio as a venue to collaborate with government customers as well as provide support on the development of digital […] More

Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a potential $13.9 million contract from Oasis Advanced Engineering to supply crewstation subsystems for the U.S. Army‘s Bradley Fighting Vehicle conduct-of-fire trainers. The contract contains a $4.2 million base value for the production of nine mobile and four institutional crewstation subsystems as well as a $9.7 million option for the delivery of an additional […] More

Lockheed Martin, the Greek navy and Hellenic Aerospace Industry have officially launched Greece’s P-3B Orion maritime surveillance aircraft modernization program at a ceremony held Monday at an HAI facility in Athens. The event was attended by representatives from the Greek defense ministry, national defense general staff, navy, air force and general directorate for defense investment and armament as well as leaders from the U.S. Embassy […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a series of hot-fire tests on three reaction control system engines for the propulsion system of Boeing‘s Crew Space Transportation-100 service module. The CST-100 Starliner engines were tested up to 4,000 pulses and 1,600 seconds at NASA‘s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday. Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne president and CEO, said the tests […] More

DigitalGlobe has announced plans to launch seven miniaturized satellites onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket as part of the rideshare program for the WorldView-4 mission. Seven National Reconnaissance Office-sponsored CubeSats will fly onboard the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s rocket that is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in mid-September to bring […] More