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  • Parsons Awarded Navy Housing Condition Assessment IDIQ
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    Parsons Awarded Navy Housing Condition Assessment IDIQ

    Parsons‘ government services business has won a potential five-year, $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Housing Condition Assessment program of the Commander Navy Installations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Parsons Government Services will independently assess the conditions, configuration and quality of military family and unaccompanied housing assets within the Naval Facilities […] More

  • Navy Taps Northrop to Train Squadron for 2-Part Fire Scout UAS Demo
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    Navy Taps Northrop to Train Squadron for 2-Part Fire Scout UAS Demo

    Northrop Grumman has helped the U.S. Navy train a detachment of air vehicle operators from the service branch’s helicopter sea combat squadron 23 to perform a two-part flight demonstration of the Northrop-built MQ-8B Fire Scout autonomous helicopter. The Navy conducted in May the first part of the demonstration in which AVOs at a naval auxiliary landing […] More

  • Senior Aerospace SSP, Lockheed’s Derco Subsidiary Extend International Distributor Agreement
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    Senior Aerospace SSP, Lockheed’s Derco Subsidiary Extend International Distributor Agreement

    Senior Aerospace SSP and Lockheed Martin‘s Derco subsidiary have renewed an agreement that designates the latter as an international military aftermarket distributor of SSP. Lockheed said Monday the agreement will provide quantity break pricing benefits and will make SSP products immediately available to Derco customers. Kaan Tuncel, Derco director of strategic partnerships, said the renewed agreement will allow […] More

  • Former NAVSEA Senior Exec Jerome Punderson Named Gryphon COO
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    Former NAVSEA Senior Exec Jerome Punderson Named Gryphon COO

    Jerome Punderson, former director of contracts at the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Sea Systems Command, has joined Gryphon Technologies as chief operating officer at the Washington, D.C.-based professional and engineering services contractor. Gryphon said Tuesday Punderson will be responsible for managing and executing the company’s government contracts. “The defense sector is a heavily regulated industry and having […] More

  • Microsoft, CompTIA Partner on IT Training Program for Military Vets
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    Microsoft, CompTIA Partner on IT Training Program for Military Vets

    Microsoft has partnered with information technology trade group CompTIA to help U.S. transitioning service members pursue civilian information technology careers through an IT training program. CompTIA said Tuesday Microsoft has accepted the association’s Network+ and Security+  vendor-neutral skills certifications as prerequisites to the Microsoft Software & Systems Academy training course. The 18-week program aims to help transitioning service members […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Activate Orion Crew Module for Initial Power-On Test; Mike Hawes Comments
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    NASA, Lockheed Activate Orion Crew Module for Initial Power-On Test; Mike Hawes Comments

    NASA and Lockheed Martin have powered up the company-built Orion crew module at the space agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time. Engineers installed and tested vehicle management computers, power and data units and flight software on the spacecraft as part of the initial power-up event, Lockheed said Tuesday. “Orion was designed from the beginning to […] More

  • HII’s USS Portland Completes Navy Sea Trials Ahead of Planned Fall Delivery
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    HII’s USS Portland Completes Navy Sea Trials Ahead of Planned Fall Delivery

    The Huntington Ingalls Industries-built USS Portland amphibious transport dock has completed a series of acceptance sea trials under the U.S. Navy‘s Board of Inspection and Survey to check the vessel’s capabilities. The company said Monday its test and trials team worked with INSURV to perform approximately 200 trial events including anchor handling, steering, detect-to-engage and ballasting/de-ballasting. Steve Sloan, […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support Northrop’s Ground-Based ICBM Risk Reduction Work
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support Northrop’s Ground-Based ICBM Risk Reduction Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide propulsion system support to aid Northrop Grumman‘s technology maturation and risk reduction efforts under the U.S. Air Force‘s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile program. Sacramento, California-based Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday it will study propulsion options and develop early designs that meet Northrop’s ICBM configurations. The Air Force awarded a $349.1 million contract […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Navy Implement IR Detector, Target Locator
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    Raytheon to Help Navy Implement IR Detector, Target Locator

    Raytheon has received a potential $33.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy implement a forward-looking infrared detection and identification technology designed to function in different battlefield conditions. The company will also support the implementation of a far target locator under the Navy’s Firepower Enhancement Program, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the contract’s base […] More

  • Kratos Helps Navy Test Air & Missile Defense Radar Against Ballistic Missile Target
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    Kratos Helps Navy Test Air & Missile Defense Radar Against Ballistic Missile Target

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has provided a live ballistic missile target for the U.S. Navy‘s test of an air and missile defense radar on July 27. The Raytheon-made AN/SPY-6(V) radar worked to acquire and track Kratos’ medium range ballistic missile target that was launched from the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, Kratos said Monday. […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Concludes Navy LCS Builder’s Trials
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    Lockheed-Led Team Concludes Navy LCS Builder’s Trials

    An industry team led by Lockheed Martin wrapped up builder’s trials of the U.S. Navy‘s USS Little Rock littoral combat ship Thursday. The sea trials took place in Lake Michigan and sought to demonstrate the reliability and performance of the warship’s propulsion system, Lockheed said Monday. Lockheed’s team members include Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Gibbs & Cox and approximately 800 suppliers […] More

  • American Systems Lands Navy Task Order for IED Forensic Analysis Support; Peter Smith Comments
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    American Systems Lands Navy Task Order for IED Forensic Analysis Support; Peter Smith Comments

    American Systems has received a potential five-year, $36.1 million task order from the U.S. Navy to perform forensic and technical analysis of improvised explosive devices and other explosive ordnance components. The company said Monday it will assist the expeditionary exploitation unit one as EXU-1 works to develop and revise the doctrine and documents of the Navy, […] More