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An Orbital ATK-built spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday after a cargo delivery effort to perform secondary missions. NASA said Friday Cygnus will be detached from ISS’ Unity module with the Canadarm2 robotic arm, then the vehicle will be maneuvered over the Harmony module to collect data that will support future rendezvous and docking […] More
A business unit of Tyonek Native Corporation has received a potential $16 million contract to install a technology for the U.S. Air Force to monitor the performance of the military branch’s UH-1N Huey helicopter fleet. Tyonek Global Services will support the integration of a health and usage monitoring system into the utility helicopter platform under the firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract, the […] More
Arvizio has demonstrated its enterprise mixed reality platform during the I/ITSEC 2017 conference that took place in Orlando, Florida, last week. The MR Studio platform works to help trainees view, interact with and understand products and machinery without the need for physical objects, manuals and paperwork, Arvizio said Friday. MR Studio is designed to deliver three-dimensional visualization with computer-aided design project […] More
Leidos has opened a new facility in Canberra, Australia, in a move to provide collaboration space for the company’s employees, clients and partners to explore new technology platforms, ARN reported Friday. The CONNECT hub will employ at least 20 professionals and support government customer programs in the information technology, communications, cyber, geospatial analytics and simulation […] More
Orbital ATK has wrapped up a critical design review of the second Joint Polar Satellite System. The company said Friday it partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to carry out the review to assess whether the JPSS-2 spacecraft program meets schedule and system requirements. The CDR phase also sought to evaluate […] More
Raytheon‘s space and airborne systems business has received a $30.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide new and updated APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe transponders for C-130H and C-130J military transport planes. The Defense Department said Friday the firm-fixed-price contract includes a $725,000 foreign military sale of the IFF transponders to Norway. Work will occur through Feb. 29, 2020, […] More
MBDA has delivered the initial set of 50 missiles and 20 firing posts needed for the French armed forces’ new man-portable weapon system. The company said Thursday it developed the MMP missile system to incrementally replace the Milan, HOT and ERYX anti-tank missiles that are currently in service with France’s military. The French defense procurement agency aims to procure a total of 400 […] More
Leidos has received a potential $41.9 million contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain a Ketchikan, Alaska-based military facility that conducts acoustic engineering measurements. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide operations, maintenance, logistics and program management assistance services to support naval ship and undersea signature silencing programs at at the Southeast Alaska […] More
Naval Group and Fincantieri have partnered to submit a joint proposal to the Canadian government for the development of a surface combat ship. Both companies aim to offer Canada an “off-the-shelf” naval platform based on the FREMM multimission frigate designed for French and Italian navies, Fincantieri said Friday. Canada intends to procure up to 15 surface combatant ships for the […] More
The network and imaging business division of Leonardo DRS has received a $15.7 million contract to engineer a targeting subsystem designed for the U.S. Army‘s Bradley fighting vehicles. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract covers engineering services for the Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem through March 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted the full obligated […] More
Cubic has received a $14.8 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide logistics services for Saudi Arabia’s P5 combat training systems. The Defense Department said Friday Cubic’s defense applications unit will help sustain operational tempos at various military bases in Saudi Arabia through the foreign military sales contract. Work under the sole-source acquisition effort will occur through Feb 28, 2022. Cubic’s global […] More
Marc Teerlink, formerly chief business strategist of IBM‘s Watson business group, has joined SAP as global vice president of the software company’s digital innovation system SAP Leonardo. SAP said Friday that Teerlink will be responsible for helping drive the company’s presence in the artificial intelligence and machine learning markets in his new position. He will be based at a company […] More
