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Verizon Enterprise Solutions plans to expand its channel program into Europe in tandem with an initiative to grow its U.S. program in order to help channel members offer the company’s products to a wider range of customers. The telecommunications company said Wednesday that this is the first time that channel partners in Europe can team up with Verizon to […] More

Exelis has licensed patented manufacturing technology from Belgium-based Bodair S.A. to produce a new product line and expand upon the company’s aerostructures offerings in the aerospace industry, Exelis said Tuesday. The new Exelis STaR product line is a selection of technologies that are intended to help with development and reconfigurations of product design that can achieve […] More

Northrop Grumman has broken ground on its new $20 million Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility, which is based on the company’s Baltimore campus that is next to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The company said Thursday that officials who attended the opening of the 25,000-square-foot building were Sen. Ben Cardin, Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes and Gloria Flach, […] More

Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $32 million contract by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe to maintain government-owned family housing facilities in the Kaiserslautern Military Community based in Germany. The contract calls on Exelis to provide support to approximately 2,000 family housing units at Landstuhl, Ramstein Air Base and Vogelweh Military Housing Complex, the company said […] More

ViON Corp., a veteran-owned information technology company based in Herndon, Virginia, has opened a support and services facility in Utah as part of the company’s series of infrastructure, facilities and personnel investments. Tom Frana, president and CEO of ViON, said Thursday the company aims to bolster clients’ business and missions through this round-the-clock service and support coverage. ViON designs, delivers and maintains IT […] More

Boeing will collaborate with Africa’s Paramount Group in developing defense and security products for the international market as part of an agreement signed by both companies at the Farnborough Airshow. The companies said Tuesday they will leverage Boeing’s rotorcraft and unmanned aerial systems technology and Paramount’s land and aerospace systems to deliver offerings for areas such as border security, heavy airlift, anti-piracy and […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded more than $14 million in subcontracts to Australia-based companies through a global supply chain program run by the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation. To date, Northrop has collaborated with more than 15 Australian small and medium businesses to deliver cybersecurity, space research, logistics support work to government and military customers, Northrop said […] More

BAE Systems has kicked off a series of simulation-based tests on F-35 and Typhoon aircraft that the U.K.’s military will start to operate in 2018. An E3D Sentry crew worked to send datalink-transmitted tasks for the F-35 aircraft to engage ground targets and for the Typhoons to destroy air threats as part of the exercise, said Monday. Tony Hall, […] More

BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are bidding to secure F-16 modernization contracts with international customers as U.S. and European military organizations turn to upgrade work instead of new orders amid decreased funding, Reuters reported Monday. Sarah Young and Andrea Shalal report that the global market for F-16 upgrades is worth $10 billion over the next decade. John […] More

Emirates Airlines announced Tuesday that it has signed a $13 billion, 12-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for the maintenance and complete overhaul of the new line of GE9X engines powering its 150 Boeing 777X aircraft. The OnPoint solution contract is part of a larger arrangement announced at the 2013 Dubai Air Show, providing Emirates with 300 […] More

NASA has awarded a potential $145 million contract extension to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies for continued support of the agency’s engineering work on hardware and software for spaceflights and ground systems. The Mechanical Systems Engineering Services II/A Bridge contract extension includes $110 million in base funds and a $35 million option that covers four months of work. SGT […] More

The Huntington Ingalls-built amphibious assault ship “America” left the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi on its maiden voyage ahead of the scheduled Oct. 11 commissioning in San Francisco. “America” is built for a crew of between 1,200 and 1,900 sailors including space for Marine helicopters, F-35 jets and other aircraft, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “The sailors and Marines serving aboard […] More