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  • NASA Plans Supersonic Research Flight Series in Texas
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    NASA Plans Supersonic Research Flight Series in Texas

    NASA plans to launch a flight campaign in Galveston, Texas, to explore approaches for the agency to gather community response data as part of its Commercial Supersonic Technology Project. The agency said Thursday it will kick off a series of research flights in November from the Ellington airport and use an F/A-18 aircraft to test supersonic dive […] More

  • Sikorsky Unveils Industrialization Plan to Back Bid for Germany’s Heavy Lift Helicopter Program
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    Sikorsky Unveils Industrialization Plan to Back Bid for Germany’s Heavy Lift Helicopter Program

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has introduced an industrialization plan that seeks to advance partnership with the German aerospace and defense industry in support of its effort to compete for the European country’s heavy lift helicopter program. Sikorsky and Rheinmetall Group agreed to team up in February to offer the former’s CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for the German air force’s […] More

  • GSA Adds Simplilearn’s Online Professional Training Courses to IT 70 Schedule
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    GSA Adds Simplilearn’s Online Professional Training Courses to IT 70 Schedule

    Simplilearn has received a potential five-year contract from the General Services Administration to offer professional certification training courses to U.S. government employees. The company said Tuesday it aims to help customer agencies train personnel in big data and analytics, artificial intelligence, project management, digital marketing, cybersecurity and cloud computing through GSA’s IT 70 Schedule. Krishna Kumar, founder and CEO of Simplilearn, […] More

  • NIH Renews AMRI’s Neurotherapeutic Drug Discovery Support Contract
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    NIH Renews AMRI’s Neurotherapeutic Drug Discovery Support Contract

    Albany Molecular Research Inc. has secured a potential 10-year, $39.5 million contract renewal to support a National Institutes of Health program that aims to develop medicines for nervous system disorders. AMRI said Tuesday it will continue to provide medicinal chemistry, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion services to the Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network managed by NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and […] More

  • ACT I Approved for Virginia’s Global Defense Program; Michael Niggel Comments
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    ACT I Approved for Virginia’s Global Defense Program; Michael Niggel Comments

    The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has accepted Advanced Concepts and Technologies International into a one-year program that seeks to help aerospace and defense companies identify international market opportunities. ACT I said Tuesday it received Global Defense Program status after the company met VEDP’s quantitative and qualitative selection criteria. “Acceptance into this program allows us to leverage and further cultivate our existing Allied […] More

  • Lockheed Submits Bid to Produce Follow-On Air Force GPS III Satellites
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    Lockheed Submits Bid to Produce Follow-On Air Force GPS III Satellites

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its proposal to the U.S. Air Force to compete for the service’s GPS III Follow On satellite development program. The company said Tuesday the GPS IIIF program aims to develop up to 22 next-generation GPS satellites designed to build up anti-jamming capabilities. Lockheed said its proposed GPS III platform will have a […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Names Robert Work, John Mulholland to Advisory Board; Letitia Long Adds Chairperson Role
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    HawkEye 360 Names Robert Work, John Mulholland to Advisory Board; Letitia Long Adds Chairperson Role

    HawkEye 360 has appointed Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, and John Mulholland, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to its advisory board. Letitia Long, former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director and a HawkEye 360 advisory board member since 2017, will assume the role of board chairperson, the company said Monday. Work served as […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Gets $85M Contract to Supply Turbines, Auxiliary Equipment for Navy Carrier
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    Curtiss-Wright Gets $85M Contract to Supply Turbines, Auxiliary Equipment for Navy Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has awarded Curtiss-Wright an $85 million contract to produce main propulsion steam turbines and auxiliary equipment for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s future Enterprise (CVN 80) aircraft carrier. Curtiss-Wright said Tuesday its EMS division is scheduled to perform engineering and production work under the contract through at least 2022. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division will receive the products at its Virginia […] More

  • iDirectGov Releases New Satcom Software
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    iDirectGov Releases New Satcom Software

    Herndon, Virginia-based iDirect Government has released an updated version of its software platform designed to power 9-Series satellite routers, tactical hub and line cards. Version 4.2 of Evolution works to help government and military clients manage intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance content, voice calls and other high bandwidth applications intended for maritime, ground or aerial missions, iDirectGov said Tuesday. […] More

  • Engility to Expand Cyber Scholarship Program for Military Vets; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility to Expand Cyber Scholarship Program for Military Vets; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has announced plans to grant additional scholarships to former U.S. military personnel through its CyberWarrior Scholarship Program. The company said Tuesday the next round of grants will help four transitioning service members receive cybersecurity certification training. “Through these scholarships, we’re not only providing veterans with a viable option as they reenter the workforce, but also putting […] More

  • Primescape Solutions Adopts ‘HighPoint’ Brand
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    Primescape Solutions Adopts ‘HighPoint’ Brand

    Herndon, Virginia-based digital transformation services provider Primescape Solutions will now operate as HighPoint. HighPoint Global said Monday the rebranding effort comes after it acquired Primescape in October 2017 as part of its efforts to facilitate the delivery of citizen experience services to government clients. “This rebranding is a result of the smooth integration of the […] More

  • Report: Stratolaunch Aircraft Could Perform Initial Flight by Summer 2018
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    Report: Stratolaunch Aircraft Could Perform Initial Flight by Summer 2018

    A Stratolaunch Systems-built aircraft designed to facilitate air launches of rockets to deliver satellites into orbit could perform its maiden flight as early as this summer, the Washington Post reported Monday. Company officials told reporters at the Space Symposium that taxi tests are now underway and that the aircraft could be ready for its initial […] More