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The Internal Revenue Service has partnered with state tax officials and the tax industry on a collaborative project to bolster information sharing and analytics as part of efforts against identity theft and refund fraud. IRS said June 11 the government-industry project aims to establish steps for validating tax filing information, standardize sharing of identity theft information and […] More

General Atomics has completed a series of railgun launch tests for its projectiles with on-board electronics. The projectiles were launched from a 3-megajoule Blitzer electromagnetic railgun June 9 and 10 at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, General Atomics said Monday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense systems within General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems […] More

Smartronix will lead a team comprising of Booz Allen Hamilton, SRA International and Conscious Security to manage a public key infrastructure for the U.S. Marine Corps. The consortium will support applications, digital certificates, fielded systems and registration authority processes in the military branch’s PKI program, Smartronix said Tuesday. Hollywood, Maryland-based Smartronix maintains a portfolio of […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $23.8 million contract to help modernize the U.S. Navy‘s USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. Newport News Shipbuilding will help the military service procure, build and test systems for the modernization of the nuclear-powered vessel, HII said Monday. “We first delivered the ship in […] More

German-based BASF SE has selected Fluor Corp. as a global engineering partner to deliver chemical and petrochemical plant services worldwide. Fluor said Tuesday it would perform engineering, procurement, project management, construction management and other services under the partnership. Peter Oosterveer, Fluor’s chief operating officer, said the company would provide chemical and petrochemical plant projects for […] More

Lockheed Martin, AM General and Oshkosh have used what they call non-traditional approaches to build the protective features of their respective teams’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicle offerings for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes Army chief acquisitions executive Heidi Shyu expects to name the winning contracting team for the $30 […] More

Boeing has flown its ecoDemonstrator 757 airplane using a green diesel product designed to produce 80 percent less carbon emissions than traditional petroleum aviation fuel. The company said Friday it collaborated with NASA and TUI Group to conduct a test flight of the aircraft Wednesday from Seattle to the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a one-year, $61.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to help manage engineering and testing centers for Aegis ballistic missile defense systems. The Navy exercised an option for Lockheed to continue to provide operational, maintenance and technical support services at the military service’s Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, Naval Systems […] More

United Technologies Corp. has confirmed that it is currently in negotiations with multiple bidders for the acquisition of UTC subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft, Defense News reported Saturday. Andrew Clevenger writes that sources have named the bidders as Airbus, Blackstone, Lockheed Martin and Textron. The report said the news comes after UTC announced its plan to either sell or spin […] More

Lockheed Martin is set to deliver the final batch of F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jets to the U.S. Marine Corps on June 30 following completion of aircraft production, Flightglobal reported Thursday. James Drew writes an independent team will evaluate the aircraft and submit a report to Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for Marine Corps aviation, once the squadron […] More

A KPMG International-commissioned study indicates that aerospace and defense companies aim to drive growth by implementing research and development, supply chain management, targeted divestment and portfolio adjustment initiatives. Fifty-three percent of 68 senior executive respondents to the KPMG A&D Outlook survey said they would prioritize sales growth strategies for the next one to two years, […] More

Boeing has launched a new center in Alabama that is designed to help academic institutions and research partners develop technologies in collaboration with the company. Engineers and technicians will work together at the center to conduct research on simulation, analytics, chemicals,  materials, propulsion, avionics systems, sensors, communication and cybersecurity, Boeing said Friday. Steve Swaine, Boeing research […] More