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  • Lockheed Begins Construction Work on X-59 Supersonic Aircraft
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    Lockheed Begins Construction Work on X-59 Supersonic Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division has started to build a supersonic demonstrator aircraft at its facility in Palmdale, Calif., under a potential $247.5M contract that NASA awarded in April. The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft is designed to travel at a speed of approximately 940 miles per hour at 55K feet and reduce sonic boom noise […] More

  • NASA Releases Satellite Payload Switch Tech RFI
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    NASA Releases Satellite Payload Switch Tech RFI

    NASA has issued a request for information on potential switch designs for a communication payload network as part of the agency’s Laser Optical Near-Earth Satellite System project. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday, the agency encourages both large and small businesses to submit capability statements describing their abilities to address the LOCNESS switch requirement. The […] More

  • General Dynamics Wins Army Ground Mobility Vehicle, Kit Supply Contract
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    General Dynamics Wins Army Ground Mobility Vehicle, Kit Supply Contract

    General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems business has won a one-year, $14.4M contract to provide ground mobility vehicles and related kits to the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received three proposals for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and the military service will determine funds and work locations upon issuance of orders, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Lockheed Tests NASA Space Probe’s Robotic Sampling Arm
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    Lockheed Tests NASA Space Probe’s Robotic Sampling Arm

    A team of Lockheed Martin engineers has commanded NASA‘s OSIRIS-REx space probe to move a robotic sampling arm designed to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Lockheed said Friday its engineering team tested movements of the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism to determine the TAGSAM device’s readiness for upcoming asteroid surface material collection. OSIRIX-REx, which lifted off in September 2016 aboard an Atlas V […] More

  • Navy Awards Lockheed $83M Contract to Build F-35A ‘Dual Capable’ Tech
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    Navy Awards Lockheed $83M Contract to Build F-35A ‘Dual Capable’ Tech

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential $83.1M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to develop, integrate, certify and test a “dual capable” aircraft system for the U.S. Air Force F-35A jets. The Air Force will obligate $24.6M in fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD […] More

  • Red Hat Names Carahsoft 2018 Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year; Natalie Gregory Quoted
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    Red Hat Names Carahsoft 2018 Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year; Natalie Gregory Quoted

    Red Hat has selected Carahsoft Technology as a recipient of the Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year award for the fifth year in a row. Carahsoft said Thursday the award recognizes its efforts to drive net revenue and support for Red Hat’s public sector partner program. The recognition was given during the 2018 North […] More

  • AWS Grants ‘Government Competency’ Status to SAIC
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    AWS Grants ‘Government Competency’ Status to SAIC

    Science Applications International Corp. has obtained a Government Competency designation from Amazon Web Services as a provider of cloud offerings to the public sector. SAIC said Thursday the status recognizes the company’s services and experience in efforts to deliver government information technology applications and workloads via AWS. The Reston, Va.-based IT services contractor designs, generates and manages cloud-based workloads, […] More

  • Northrop to Sponsor 11th Navy Littoral Combat Ship Commissioning
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    Northrop to Sponsor 11th Navy Littoral Combat Ship Commissioning

    Northrop Grumman, the mission package integrator for the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ship program, will serve as a “captain level” sponsor to the commissioning of an 11th LCS. The company said Thursday it provided mission modules, minehunting systems, integrated bridge and navigation equipment and an MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system for the USS Sioux City. Northrop […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils STEM Scholarship Program; Patricia Lewis Quoted
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    Lockheed Unveils STEM Scholarship Program; Patricia Lewis Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a potential five-year, $30M scholarship initiative to help college and high school students pursue degrees in computer science and engineering. The company said Thursday its science, technology, engineering and math program will provide yearly scholarship grants worth $10K to 200 chosen students starting in 2019. Lockheed will continue to pick up […] More

  • HighPoint Plans Digital Business Expansion in Indianapolis
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    HighPoint Plans Digital Business Expansion in Indianapolis

    HighPoint Global expects to create 60 jobs over the next three years as part of a push to expand operations of its digital subsidiary in Indianapolis, Ind. The company said Thursday it will hire instructional design, project management, systems administration and media development professionals in the coming months to help government clients transform citizen service delivery with digital technology. […] More

  • Cisco to Help North Carolina Train Veterans in Cybersecurity
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    Cisco to Help North Carolina Train Veterans in Cybersecurity

    Multinational tech firm Cisco Systems is partnering with North Carolina to launch the CyberVetsUSA program to connect the state government with the industry to train veterans for jobs in the cybersecurity field. The office of the governor said Wednesday the company will work with the state’s departments of military and veterans affairs, information technology and commerce […] More