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Thales and NASA have agreed to work together to advance the development of an unmanned aircraft system traffic management platform designed to advance the integration of drones into the national airspace system. The company said Tuesday it will leverage its experience in UTM development and create jobs in New York through the Space Act Agreement […] More
A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2018 would allocate approximately $600 million in funds to support the development of two new Wideband Global Satcom satellites for the Defense Department, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. The budget allocation for the WGS program will be a boon to Boeing, which has secured approximately $4 billion in […] More
Raytheon has received a two-year, $84.7 million delivery order for H-60 spare parts under a basic ordering agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will deliver the items through Aug. 31, 2020 to support the U.S. Navy‘s helicopter platform. DLA’s aviation unit performed a sole-source acquisition process in accordance with […] More
Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, took part in a panel discussion at the Defense Technology and Security Conference organized by Saudi Arabian Military Industries in Washington, D.C. The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia said Tuesday Caret, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, discussed the defense value chain alongside Colin Mahoney, senior vice president of international and […] More
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has announced the winners of a competition that sought automated methods to recognize and collect fingerprints. The Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge began in February last year and gathered participants from around the globe to develop capture technologies with a biometric recognition capacity, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday. IARPA […] More
The U.S Army observed BAE System‘s demonstrations of a 40-millimeter cannon for the service branch’s combat vehicles at Fort Benning, DefenseNews reported Monday. The service branch looks to upgrade the lethal capacity of its tracked and wheeled vehicle fleet such as the Stryker platform, the publication said. Rory Chamberlain, a business development manager at BAE […] More
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has selected PAE ISR to participate in a one-year export acceleration program meant to help defense companies expand into the global marketplace, Inside Defense reported Monday. “VEDP’s expertise in accessing international markets will help reduce our barriers to entry and give us an opportunity to gain an advantage over our competitors,” Chris Corgnati, […] More
The city council of New Orleans, Louisiana, has approved a potential $6.5 million incentive package for DXC Technology in exchange for the creation of approximately 2,000 jobs in the next seven years, The New Orleans Advocate reported Sunday. The approval came four months after DXC announced plans to generate jobs in New Orleans as part of […] More
AeroVironment has begun to offer the newest version of its Puma small unmanned aircraft system designed to operate in rugged environments. The company said Monday the Puma 3 UAS features an updated airframe that will support the use of the i45 electro-optical/infrared systems sensor suite with signals intelligence payloads. David Sharpin, vice president of AeroVironment’s […] More
Lockheed Martin and Cypress Creek Renewables will provide solar energy and battery storage systems for the Burnswick Electric Membership Corporation in the southeastern part of Northern Carolina. Lockheed said Monday it will supply its GridStar Lithium energy storage systems for the 12 solar-plus-storage projects Cypress Creek developed, constructed, financed and commissioned for Brunswick EMC. The projects’ energy […] More
The Department of Homeland Security used a Lockheed Martin-built cybersecurity framework to evaluate cyber attacks that state-sponsored Russian hackers carried out against U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Lockheed’s Cyber Kill Chain framework provided information on the attackers’ activities, including reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command and control and actions on objectives, DHS’ U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said March 15 in […] More
The U.S. Air Force plans to procure 22 lightly armed variants of the Cessna Caravan aircraft to deliver to allied governments for use in surveillance missions, FlightGlobal reported Monday. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps states that the Air Force wants potential vendors to supply AC-208 planes that are equipped with various weapons and sensors. Interested companies […] More
