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Leonardo DRS has received a $32.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver provisioned item orders, engineering services and associated support for the low-voltage power system of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. The Defense Department said Monday Leonardo DRS’ systems business will perform work under the modification through September 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DDG 1000‘s low-voltage power system includes power […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $106,010 contract to extend desktop software subscription for the Tactical Data Link Integration Exerciser platform. DISA announced the contract award through a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. TIGER is a suite of software tools based on the Defense Department’s data link test system – Multi-Link System […] More

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Monday aboard the Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the company’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft took off at 12:31 p.m. Eastern time to deliver at least 6,400 pounds of crew supplies and experiments to the ISS, NASA said […] More

Lockheed Martin is considering a plan to bid on a potential $4.18 billion program to build three logistics centers for Israel’s defense forces, Globes reported Monday. Sources say Lockheed’s U.S. headquarters has designated a special team to oversee the selection of an Israel-based company that will lead the project. Lockheed will serve as a subcontractor […] More

A team composed of Battelle, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Northrop Grumman and Riptide will collaborate with the Naval Surface Warfare Center to demonstrate multi-platform technologies during a U.S. Navy-hosted exercise. The team will showcase autonomy, communications and mission awareness platforms designed to aid battlespace missions in a contested environment on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise, Battelle […] More

BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business has received a potential $16.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce two MK 110 Mod 0 gun mounts along with associated hardware. The Defense Department said Monday each gun mount will include a 57mm medium caliber gun; a barrel-mounted television camera; an ammunition hoist; a muzzle velocity […] More

NASA has asked industry to submit concept studies on solar electric propulsion vehicle platforms designed to support future deep space exploration missions. A draft broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps says the agency seeks study proposals to support the development of concepts and approaches related to the power and propulsion element under the Next Space Technologies […] More