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KBR has received a commercial contract to provide licensing, engineering design, supplementary equipment and catalyst for Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals and Toyo Engineering in support of an ammonia plant planned for Port Harcourt, Nigeria. KBR said Wednesday it has previously contributed the same services to over 230 freshly constructed ammonia plants and over 100 revamped ammonia sites. […] More

United Launch Alliance has taken over the marketing and sales of the Atlas V rocket from Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business unit. ULA, a joint venture of Lockheed and Boeing, said Monday it is now fully authorized to market Atlas V launch services in the commercial sector. The company appointed Tom Tshudy, a ULA vice president […] More

The U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command wants information on small businesses that can provide engineering and support services for the service branch’s future tactical afloat network. SPAWAR said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice that the required engineering services under the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services program includes research into technology updates, configuration management, preparations […] More

A subsidiary of Elbit Systems‘ U.S. business has received a four-year, $12.6 million contract to supply Apache aviator integrated helmets and related spare parts to the U.S. Army. EFW is scheduled to complete work under the firm-fixed-price contract by Jan. 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the procurement effort via the internet. […] More

Cisco and Luxembourg’s government have entered into a three-year memorandum of understanding to implement efforts to accelerate the digitization of systems in the country. Cisco said Tuesday the public-private partnership aligns with the Digital Luxembourg program and seeks to tackle four pillars that include cybersecurity, education, financial technology and internet of things. “Luxembourg aims at attracting […] More

Boeing has not yet decided whether to propose its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for a potential $14.5 billion contract to replace Canada’s fleet of CF-18 fighter planes, Flightglobal reported Tuesday. The Chicago-based aerospace company said in a statement it will assess its participation in Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project once the Canadian government provides the […] More

Space Dynamics Laboratory has been awarded a potential 26-month, $8.1 million contract to produce engineering test and flight units for an optical spectometer being developed at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA said Saturday that SDL will design, develop, fabricate, assemble, test and deliver the test and flight articles of the Ocean Color Instrument Short Wave Infra-Red Aft Optics Box. […] More

Atec has received a potential four-year, $80.3 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force repair engine test stands. The company will fix platforms the service branch uses to conduct intermediate maintenance test and evaluation of aircraft units, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract work will occur in the U.S. and various locations overseas through Jan. 21, […] More

Telos will continue to carry out system security assessments to support the Defense Department’s cybersecurity authorization process after the U.S. Air Force renewed the company’s licenses. The renewal of the firm’s General Agent of the Security Control Assessor and Special ASCA certifications by the Air Force Space Command’s SCA would allow Telos to test networks, […] More