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  • NASA Issues Draft RFP for Commercial Lunar Payload Services Contract
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    NASA Issues Draft RFP for Commercial Lunar Payload Services Contract

    NASA has announced plans to conduct a full and open competition for a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver scientific payloads to the Moon. In a draft request for proposals notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps, the space agency said it seeks contractor-provided assets to integrate, transport and operate instruments and technology demonstration payloads intended for the […] More

  • BAE Advances Battle Management Software Development Project With DARPA, AFRL
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    BAE Advances Battle Management Software Development Project With DARPA, AFRL

    BAE Systems has teamed up with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to further develop a software platform that works to facilitate communications between manned and unmanned aerial systems in contested environments, C4ISRNet reported Friday. The Distributed Battle Management software is designed to provide pilots situational awareness through the use of […] More

  • Report: Marine Corps, Sikorsky Negotiate CH-53K Batch 2 Contract
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    Report: Marine Corps, Sikorsky Negotiate CH-53K Batch 2 Contract

    The U.S. Marine Corps and Sikorsky aim to finalize in the coming months a contract for the helicopter manufacturer to produce six more CH-53K units, Reuters reported Thursday. Col. Hank Vanderborght, CH-53K program manager for the Marine Corps, said the additional order would increase the number of Marines’ CH-53K helicopters to 14. The contract is potentially […] More

  • Report: Finland Plans Multirole Fighter Aircraft Procurement
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    Report: Finland Plans Multirole Fighter Aircraft Procurement

    Finland is seeking a contractor to provide a replacement for the country’s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft slated for retirement beginning in 2025, Reuters reported Friday. The report said possible candidates to replace the current Finnish fighter aircraft include Boeing, Lockheed Martin and a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo. The Finnish government looks to buy 64 multirole […] More

  • Harris Adds Louisiana-Pacific CFO Sallie Bailey to Board of Directors
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    Harris Adds Louisiana-Pacific CFO Sallie Bailey to Board of Directors

    Sallie Bailey, executive vice president and chief financial officer at building materials manufacturing company Louisiana-Pacific, has joined Harris‘ board of directors. In her current role, Bailey oversees LP’s accounting, financial reporting, treasury, internal audit, information technology and corporate communications functions, Harris said Friday. She also serves as a director at wire manufacturer General Cable. Bailey previously worked as VP and […] More

  • Ruben Pena Named Ensco Government Surface Transportation Director; Jeff Stevens Comments
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    Ruben Pena Named Ensco Government Surface Transportation Director; Jeff Stevens Comments

    Ruben Pena, a 25-year veteran of Transportation Technology Center Inc., has joined Ensco as director of the company’s government surface transportation business. Ensco said Friday Pena will oversee customer relations and help government clients implement transportation safety and security technology platforms. “He brings with him more than 25 years of experience successfully leading new programs in railway safety […] More

  • BAE Systems to Provide Two-Color Warning System for Army Quick Reaction Capability
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    BAE Systems to Provide Two-Color Warning System for Army Quick Reaction Capability

    BAE Systems will provide a two-color technology for missile and hostile fire warning for equipment on U.S. Army aircraft. The company said Thursday it will deliver its 2-Color Advanced Warning System under a contract meant to provide U.S. Army pilots with an aircraft that features quick reaction capability. BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary received in December […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Completes Second Testbed Assessment Under DARPA’s Hallmark Program
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    Ball Aerospace Completes Second Testbed Assessment Under DARPA’s Hallmark Program

    Ball Aerospace has completed the second of five assessments on a space system testing platform being developed for the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Thursday it demonstrated the open and development approach for the Space Evaluation and Analysis Capability testbed through DARPA’s Hallmark program. “To assess the effectiveness of the […] More

  • Aviall, GE Sign Helicopter Engine Distribution Agreement
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    Aviall, GE Sign Helicopter Engine Distribution Agreement

    A Boeing subsidiary has signed a new agreement to distribute parts needed for maintenance, repair and overhaul of General Electric‘s T700 engine. Aviall will use its worldwide distribution network to deliver localized parts support for civil and military entities employing the T700, Boeing said Thursday. “GE and Aviall share a strong, strategic relationship, having already signed spares distribution agreements serving […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences, DARPA Agree on X-Plane Tech’s Commercial Transition
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    Aurora Flight Sciences, DARPA Agree on X-Plane Tech’s Commercial Transition

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Boeing‘s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary have agreed to transition aircraft technology developed through the DARPA-funded Vertical Takeoff and Landing Experimental Plane program to commercial applications. Aurora said Tuesday its XV-24 subscale vehicle demonstrator reached key aviation milestones during the course of the VTOL X-Plane project. The platform includes a a synchronous electric-drive […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes Demonstration of Hypersonic Missile Warhead
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    Orbital ATK Completes Demonstration of Hypersonic Missile Warhead

    Orbital ATK has performed and completed the demonstration of a new missile warhead being developed for use at hyper velocities. The company said Thursday it used real world data as the basis to model the design of a hypersonic missile weapon built for high temperature resistance. Additive manufacturing or 3D printing was used in producing components […] More