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PAE has established an East Africa-based subsidiary to offer logistics and integrated services as part of the government contractor’s expansion in the region. Africa Expeditionary Services aims to help clients transport materials and equipment to expeditionary, conflict or post-conflict environments, PAE said Monday. “AES builds on PAE’s 22 years’ experience operating in 32 countries throughout […] More

A ship repair business of BAE Systems has won a potential $19.5 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to update military and technical systems onboard a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair will perform depot-level maintenance, alteration and modification efforts during the USS Princeton (CG 59) selected restricted availability period, the Defense […] More

A U.S. government contractor has awarded Comtech Telecommunications‘ New York-based subsidiary a $1.2 million order to update electronic warfare hardware. Comtech PST will upgrade solid-state, high-power amplifiers designed to address a customer’s EW requirements, the company said Monday. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, said that domestic and international original equipment manufacturers use the company’s […] More

The State Department has approved a potential $98.4 million foreign military sale of missiles, torpedoes, ammunition, spares and repair parts to Mexico. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the proposed agreement will cover the delivery of six RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles, 23 Block II Rolling Airframe Missile tactical missiles and six MK 54 Mod 0 […] More

The State Department has approved Oman’s request to procure items and services for an incremental F-16 software upgrade program under a potential $62 million foreign military sales agreement. Oman asked to buy equipment and services needed to update the Operational Flight Profile software for F-16 subsystems, as well as Mode 5 identification friend-or-foe and secure communications platforms for the […] More

Orbital ATK plans to use its Cygnus spacecraft to perform two cargo delivery missions this year to the International Space Station under the first Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. The ninth ISS cargo supply mission, dubbed OA-9, is set to take off in May aboard the Orbital ATK-built Antares rocket from […] More

Materion has received a contract to supply AlBeMet metal matrix composite parts that will be used as components for UTC Aerospace Systems‘ MS-177 multi-spectral imaging sensor. The MS-177 is being evaluated for use on Northrop Grumman‘s RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, Materion said Thursday. Made of aluminum and beryllium, AlBeMet is a composite metal made to have high modulus and low-density qualities, […] More

Argus Cyber Security and Renesas Electronics have integrated their respective offerings to develop a new security system designed to keep connected and autonomous vehicles safe from potential cyber attacks. The Argus Connectivity Protection and Argus Lifespan Protection systems were merged with the Renesas R-Car H3 system-on-chip automotive computing platform to help mitigate potential threats to vulnerable attack […] More