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  • Subsystem Technologies Lands Army Technical Services Contract
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    Subsystem Technologies Lands Army Technical Services Contract

    Subsystem Technologies has received a contract to provide technical support services to the U.S. Army program manager for weapons systems. The company said Wednesday it will support Army PM SW in efforts to develop weapons technology and update current systems for soldiers. Work covers research and development, logistics and program support services. Dustin DeFee, chief operating officer of Subsystem […] More

  • QGC Selects Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Services
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    QGC Selects Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has secured a contract from Shell‘s QGC natural gas business to perform automated infrastructure inspection using remotely piloted aircraft systems. Insitu said Wednesday it will carry out beyond-visual-line of-sight RPA operations over the Surat Basin in Queensland, Australia as part of the contract. Insitu RPAs will inspect wells and other infrastructure components such […] More

  • NASA Taps SSL to Conduct Deep Space Gateway Propulsion Study; Richard White Comments
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    NASA Taps SSL to Conduct Deep Space Gateway Propulsion Study; Richard White Comments

    Maxar Technologies’ SSL business has received a contract from NASA to perform a four-month study on a module designed to provide propulsion and control for the agency’s deep space gateway project. SSL said Wednesday it will conduct research and design the power propulsion element as the first module for the deep space gateway concept that seeks to […] More

  • Intelsat, General Atomics Test MQ-9 Drone’s Beam Switching Capability Via Satellite Platform
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    Intelsat, General Atomics Test MQ-9 Drone’s Beam Switching Capability Via Satellite Platform

    General Atomics and an Intelsat subsidiary have conducted tests to demonstrate the compatibility of a satellite platform with the beam switching functionality of an unmanned aerial system. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems-built Block 5 Predator B/MQ-9 UAS was able to transition between the two spot beams on one of Intelsat EpicNG satellites – Intelsat 29e – […] More

  • Lockheed Updates ‘Fury’ UAV Engine; Kevin Westfall Comments
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    Lockheed Updates ‘Fury’ UAV Engine; Kevin Westfall Comments

    Lockheed Martin has updated the engine technology of a company-built unmanned air vehicle in an effort to increase the platform’s flight endurance capacity. The company said Wednesday it integrated a new 1803 engine into the Fury UAV and the upgrade is meant to help the aircraft operate for up to 15 continuous flight hours. Kevin Westfall, […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Gets Air Force Weapon Cybersecurity Contract Modification
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    Ball Aerospace Gets Air Force Weapon Cybersecurity Contract Modification

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has received a $47.9 million contract modification to develop tools, methods and techniques for the U.S. Air Force to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in weapon systems. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide research and development services intended to help the military branch secure weapons against cyber attacks. Work will occur at Wright-Patterson Air […] More

  • BAE Enters Hawk Fleet Support Partnership With UAE-Based Aircraft MRO Firm
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    BAE Enters Hawk Fleet Support Partnership With UAE-Based Aircraft MRO Firm

    BAE Systems has partnered with an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company based in the United Arab Emirates to provide support services for the country’s fleet of Hawk trainer planes. The British defense company said Wednesday its partnership with the Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center will cover the provision of spares, repairs and engineering services for Hawk […] More

  • Deloitte Wins $62M DHA Program Mgmt Support Contract
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    Deloitte Wins $62M DHA Program Mgmt Support Contract

    Deloitte Consulting has won a potential five-year, $62.4 million contract to provide  program management services to Defense Health Agency requirement managers for governance, requirements and architecture management support. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will help DHA manage the Military Health System’s information management and technology portfolio activities as well as develop MHS IM/IT functional requirements. Work […] More

  • CSRA to Help Modernize Seahawk Helicopters of Navy, Foreign Military Clients
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    CSRA to Help Modernize Seahawk Helicopters of Navy, Foreign Military Clients

    CSRA has received a $38.5 million task order from the U.S. Navy to help update various models of the H-60 Seahawk multimission helicopter. The company said Wednesday the order was issued under the Rapid Response–Third Generation contract vehicle and includes support for Seahawk helicopters of the Navy and foreign military sales customers. CSRA will work to design, fabricate, […] More

  • Harris-Hosted Summit Tackles Aerospace & Defense Workforce Needs
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    Harris-Hosted Summit Tackles Aerospace & Defense Workforce Needs

    Harris collaborated with the Aerospace Industries Association to facilitate a two-day summit that brought together industry, government and academic stakeholders to discuss the future of aerospace and defense workforce. The event took place at a Harris facility in Palm Bay, Florida, and sought to promote science, technology, engineering and math education strategies meant to help grow workforce across the […] More

  • TrellisWare-Led Team to Develop ‘Full Duplex’ Radio System for National Spectrum Consortium
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    TrellisWare-Led Team to Develop ‘Full Duplex’ Radio System for National Spectrum Consortium

    TrellisWare Technologies has secured a potential $15.7 million contract to develop a system for the National Spectrum Consortium to help address radio frequency planning challenges related to military and civilian communications. TrellisWare said Tuesday it will lead a multivendor team that includes Rockwell Collins and Kumu Networks in efforts to facilitate a same-frequency simultaneous transmit and receive process […] More