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Blue Origin has filed an airspace restriction notice with the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct spaceflight operations this week at its test site near Van Horn, Texas, Spaceflight Now reported Sunday. The notice to airmen could mark the initial test flight of the Blue Origin-built third New Shepard booster as the company eyes a suborbital […] More
PAE has received a one-year, $59.9 million contract to provide operations, maintenance and life support services at Department of State facilities located in the international zone of Kabul, Afghanistan. The contract with the department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs also covers static and mobile security services, PAE said Friday. “We have an established relationship built over […] More
Zenetex has won a nearly $70 million contract to provide integrated logistics services for two naval weapons systems managed by the U.S. Navy‘s Strike Planning and Execution Systems Program Office. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform logistics work to support acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of the Naval Mission Planning Systems and the Theater Mission Planning Center. […] More
A team led by Alion Science and Technology has submitted a proposal to build a naval platform to replace Canada’s Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates. Alion said Friday its proposed ship for the Canadian Surface Combatant program is based on Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding‘s De Zeven Provincien-class frigate and features Atlas Elektronik‘s combat management system and Hensoldt‘s radar technology. […] More
Boeing has won a nine-month, $9 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to integrate and test a low power laser technology on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Defense Department said Friday Boeing will aim to help MDA address laser power and aperture size under the first phase of the agency’s Low Power Laser Demonstrator program. Contract work […] More
Lockheed Martin has shipped the next weather satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series to a company facility in Titusville, Florida, to undergo final processing and pre-launch preparation. GOES-S, the second of four satellites in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s GOES-R constellation, is scheduled for March 1 liftoff atop United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V 541 rocket at […] More
SRI International has won a $7.2 million  contract from the U.S. Army to support a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency program that aims to develop modeling technology for analysts to examine queries related to national and global security. The company will support DARPA’s World Modelers Program and is scheduled to finish work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by Dec. 9, 2021, the Defense Department […] More
Andrew Naismith, managing director of the aircrew training services business at CAE, has been named managing director of the aerospace technology manufacturer’s U.K. subsidiary. He will oversee CAE’s defense and security business operations in the U.K. in his new position, the company said Friday. Marc-Olivier Sabourin, vice president and general manager of CAE’s defense and security business in […] More
LaVerne Council, a more than 30-year public and private sector veteran, has been appointed national managing principal for enterprise digital strategy and innovation at Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton said Thursday Council will oversee enterprise digital and technological strategies and products designed to help chief information officers address information technology challenges within their organizations. She will report to Srikant Sastry, […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has won a Project of the Year award from the Construction Management Association of America for its efforts to manage the construction of a federal courthouse in Los Angeles. CMAA presented the award to Jacobs during the association’s National Conference and Trade Show that took place in Washington, D.C. last month, the company said […] More
Jeh Johnson, former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. have been elected to join Lockheed Martin‘s board of directors effective Jan. 1. “Jeh’s experience in acquisition and government operations and Jim’s aerospace and global perspective will help advance our ability to anticipate and exceed our customers’ expectations,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed […] More
The government of Japan is looking to purchase long-range missiles for the first time as part of next year’s budget to address national security concerns, CNN reported Friday. The report said a spokesperson from Japan’s defense ministry indicated it will request additional funds in 2018 to procure Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and Joint Air-to-Surface […] More
