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  • Georgia Tech Applied Research to Help Develop Info Systems for DoD’s Special Access Program
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    Georgia Tech Applied Research to Help Develop Info Systems for DoD’s Special Access Program

    Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. has received a $7.2 million contract from Washington Headquarters Services to help develop and engineer information systems for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. GTRC will provide research, development, operations and engineering services for information systems that support OSD’s Special Access Program community, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Pentagon […] More

  • Lockheed to Supply Egypt Helicopter Target Acquisition Sensor Kits
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    Lockheed to Supply Egypt Helicopter Target Acquisition Sensor Kits

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $25.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to deliver target acquisition and night vision sensor kits and spares for integration onto Egypt’s Apache attack helicopters. The company will supply Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System equipment kits and spare parts to Egypt under the foreign […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Helicopter Featured in New Television Series
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    Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Helicopter Featured in New Television Series

    The S-92 helicopter of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has been announced to be featured on a new television series on the Science Channel. Mega Machines is a new engineering-centered show that will exhibit the performance of the S-92 on a debut episode which will air 10 PM eastern standard time, Thursday, Lockheed said Tuesday. Cougar Helicopters will operate […] More

  • Steven Esposito Promoted to SLI President & CEO
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    Steven Esposito Promoted to SLI President & CEO

    Steven Esposito, former president of SLI Global Solutions‘ government solutions division, has been promoted to president and CEO of the Silver Spring, Maryland-based professional services company. SLI said Tuesday Esposito will oversee the company’s corporate strategy and execution as well as lead efforts to grow systems development oversight market footprint and expand the firm’s children and family services program. […] More

  • James Skulina Named Interim CFO of TransDigm Group
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    James Skulina Named Interim CFO of TransDigm Group

    James Skulina, an executive vice president of TransDigm Group, has been appointed interim chief financial officer at the Cleveland-based aircraft components maker. He will succeed Terrance Paradie, who stepped down from the CFO role and will remain with Transdigm through April 2 to assist with the transition, the company said Tuesday. “[Skulina] has substantial experience as a […] More

  • Airbus to Continue UK Puma 2 Helicopter Fleet Support Under Potential $136M Contract
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    Airbus to Continue UK Puma 2 Helicopter Fleet Support Under Potential $136M Contract

    Airbus has secured a potential $135.6 million follow-on contract from the U.K. ministry of defense to help sustain the country’s fleet of Puma 2 helicopters throughout the platform’s service life. The company said Dec. 22 its helicopters business will repair, overhaul and provide logistics support for the U.K. air force’s Puma 2 fleet through March 2022. or […] More

  • Report: Pakistan Navy Buys New Warships
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    Report: Pakistan Navy Buys New Warships

    Pakistan’s navy has begun to purchase new warships as part of an effort to replace six Type 21 frigates that the country acquired from the U.K. in the 1990s, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said Pakistan awarded a contract in June 2017 for a Chinese Type 054A Jiangkai II frigate, with plans to buy two […] More

  • Leonardo-Built AW139 Helicopters Reach 2M Flight-Hour Milestone
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    Leonardo-Built AW139 Helicopters Reach 2M Flight-Hour Milestone

    A global fleet of 900 Leonardo-built AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters deployed in 80 countries has tallied more than two million flight hours across various operational missions conducted in five continents. Government, military and commercial operators used AW139s to conduct law enforcement, homeland security, patrol, disaster relief, military, firefighting and transport missions, Leonardo said Wednesday. The feat was […] More

  • KPMG to Provide Army Financial Audit Services for Fiscal 2018
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    KPMG to Provide Army Financial Audit Services for Fiscal 2018

    KPMG has received a $39.8 million contract modification from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to help audit the U.S. Army‘s general and working capital fund financial statements. The modification exercises the first option year of a previously awarded labor-hour contract for financial audit services and increases the contract’s potential value to $66.5 million, the Defense Department […] More

  • AT&T, FirstNet Get 53 Opt-Ins for Public Safety Broadband Network Project
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    AT&T, FirstNet Get 53 Opt-Ins for Public Safety Broadband Network Project

    Fifty U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and two territories have agreed to take part in the First Responder Network Authority’s project with AT&T to build a national emergency broadband network. “Securing 53 opt-ins is significant for the public safety personnel that this network will serve,” Chris Sambar, senior vice president for AT&T-FirstNet, said in a statement published Friday. AT&T will […] More

  • Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027
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    Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027

    Reportlinker has unveiled a new report that predicts the global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will reach more than $177 billion in cumulative value by 2027 at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate. An increasing demand for battle-space awareness and network centric warfare modernization efforts will help drive C4ISR market growth […] More