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Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and Space Vector have teamed up to design, manufacture and integrate a suborbital launch vehicle under the U.S. Air Force’s Sounding Rocket Program-4. The industry team will build the rocket to support tests of prototype weapons and missile defense systems, Kratos said Wednesday. Space Vector and Northrop Grumman‘s innovation systems segment won positions […] More

Omega Aerial Refueling Services intends to purchase new aircraft and take out from storage its Boeing-built KC-707 and KDC-10 tankers as the U.S. Air Force looks to industry for additional tanker services, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. “We are very much interested in bringing our expertise to that problem, and expect to go ahead and either bid or […] More

The Department of Energy plans to award a five-year, $100M contract to fund the establishment of a research and development center that will focus on developing systems designed to remove salts from water. DOE said Thursday its Energy-Water Desalination Hub will conduct early-stage studies to determine manufacturing challenges and approaches to treat non-traditional water sources. “Technological achievements generated through the […] More

CRL Technologies has won a potential five-year, $84M contract from the U.S. Navy to engineer systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s AIRWorks organization. The company will provide technical, project management and engineering services for multiple programs and platforms under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. NAWCAD received five offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee […] More