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  • Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft
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    Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Friday. The aircraft comes in the MC-130J Commando II Special Operations variant and is assigned to the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, the company said Monday. The 400th C-130J is also the 13th MC-130J to be modified into an AC-130J […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018
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    Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018

    Orbital ATK has showcased its side-mounted airborne gun platform to Asia-Pacific customers at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, AIN Online reported Sunday. Byron Foster, a director at Orbital ATK, said the company sees opportunities to sell the 30mm Palletized Weapon System to customers in the region. “There are threats such as those in north Asia that make it […] More

  • Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments
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    Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic’s Australian arm is expected to expand development work on combat training simulation systems in support of Australia’s potential $1.77 billion military training program with Singapore, Townsville Bulletin reported Tuesday. The Australia Singapore Military Training Initiative seeks to provide the Asian country’s armed forces with increased access to Australia’s military training areas as part of […] More

  • DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project
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    DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with Systems and Technology Research and Applied Physical Sciences to build a phased-array sonar technology compatible with unmanned naval vessels, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. Sonars to result from the project are expected to be installed on small underwater and surface vessels, as well as on surveillance systems deployed on […] More

  • Tauri Group to Support Medical Initiatives Under DoD’s Chemical & Biological Defense Program
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    Tauri Group to Support Medical Initiatives Under DoD’s Chemical & Biological Defense Program

    Tauri Group has received a pair of task orders to provide support services for the medical domain of a Defense Department program that seeks to help U.S. warfighters counter chemical and biological threats. The company said Monday it will provide bioengineering and scientific expertise to DoD’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense under the […] More

  • DHS Requests Info on Security, App, Storage Software Offerings
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    DHS Requests Info on Security, App, Storage Software Offerings

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted requests for information on potential industry sources of software and incidental services in the areas of security, application infrastructure and backup and storage. DHS said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it needs software systems that can secure data, applications and web servers across the department and its components. […] More

  • AECOM Selected for Boston Airport Terminal Modernization Project
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    AECOM Selected for Boston Airport Terminal Modernization Project

    The Massachusetts Port Authority has selected a team of AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects to administer modernization efforts at Terminal E of Boston’s Logan International Airport. AECOM said Monday it will serve as the project’s prime consultant and oversee architectural and engineering design work on approximately 400,000 square feet of terminal space. Luis Vidal will […] More

  • Raytheon Gets $56M Order to Repair Navy F/A-18 Aircraft Radar Systems
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    Raytheon Gets $56M Order to Repair Navy F/A-18 Aircraft Radar Systems

    Raytheon has received a one-year, $56 million delivery order to provide repair services for APG-65 and APG-73 radar systems installed on the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the Navy will obligate $27.4 million in fiscal 2018  working capital funds at the time of award. Raytheon will repair the aircraft radars at a company facility located in Indianapolis, […] More

  • Boeing Secures $61M Contract for Japanese AWACS Upgrade Installation, Checkout
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    Boeing Secures $61M Contract for Japanese AWACS Upgrade Installation, Checkout

    Boeing has secured a potential $60.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support installation and checkout of a mission computing upgrade to Japan’s airborne warning and control systems aircraft. The company will install and inspect the upgrades for four Japanese E-767 aircraft and related ground systems, the Defense Department said Monday. USAF awarded Boeing a $403 […] More

  • EWS-Ethosgen-Rockwell Collins Team to Develop Waste-to-Energy Convertor for US Military
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    EWS-Ethosgen-Rockwell Collins Team to Develop Waste-to-Energy Convertor for US Military

    A team of Eco Waste Solutions, EthosGen and Rockwell Collins has received the green light from the Defense Department to develop a waste-to-energy conversion system for the U.S. military. EWS said Friday the team will proceed with the Deployable Waste-to-Energy Convertor for Expeditionary Bases with Thermal Energy to Electrical Power System development effort under DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program. “Military installations […] More

  • CA Technologies Appears in Ethisphere’s ‘Most Ethical Companies’ List for 2018
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    CA Technologies Appears in Ethisphere’s ‘Most Ethical Companies’ List for 2018

    CA Technologies has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies list for the third consecutive year. The company said Monday it is among three honorees in the software and services category. Ethisphere used its Ethics Quotient framework to assess companies in the competency areas of ethics and compliance program; corporate citizenship and responsibility; culture of ethics; […] More

  • Thomas Manning Named Dun & Bradstreet Board Chairman, Interim CEO
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    Thomas Manning Named Dun & Bradstreet Board Chairman, Interim CEO

    Thomas “Tom” Manning, formerly lead director at Dun & Bradstreet, has been named chairman of the board and interim CEO of the Short Hills, New Jersey-based commercial information provider. Manning’s appointment comes after Dun & Bradstreet CEO and Board Chairman Robert Carrigan decided to step down from his roles, the company said Monday. The board’s nominating […] More