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  • Orbital ATK Reveals Test Results of Motor Technology for Orion Spacecraft
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    Orbital ATK Reveals Test Results of Motor Technology for Orion Spacecraft

    Orbital ATK has analyzed the results of a qualification test on the attitude control motor of the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system. The company said Monday results from the test in Elkton, Maryland indicate that the ACM’s HT-11 ‘high thrust’ demonstration was fully successful and the motor can now enter the program’s qualification phase. ACM features a […] More

  • Boeing Taps ViaSat for Apache Link 16 Terminal Production
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    Boeing Taps ViaSat for Apache Link 16 Terminal Production

    ViaSat has received a four-year contract to provide small tactical terminals for AH-64E Apache Guardian aircraft Boeing is producing for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales clients. ViaSat said Tuesday  it will deliver at least 534 KOR-24A Link 16 terminals to Boeing under the contract’s base period of performance. “This award, along with other customers for […] More

  • Lockheed Intros C-130J Variant Designed for Int’l SOF Missions
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    Lockheed Intros C-130J Variant Designed for Int’l SOF Missions

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new variant of the C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft designed to meet international military special operations requirements. The company said Tuesday it built the C-130J SOF platform to help address demands related to the execution of international special operations forces missions. Orlando Carvalho, executive vice president of Lockheed’s aeronautics […] More

  • HighPoint Global Names Cal Shintani Chief Growth Officer
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    HighPoint Global Names Cal Shintani Chief Growth Officer

    HighPoint Global announced Tuesday that it has named Cal Shintani to its executive team as Chief Growth Officer. In his new role, Shintani will lead the development and execution of HighPoint’s growth strategy. He will oversee business development, capture, as well as mergers and acquisitions. “As we continue to help our customers improve their interactions […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Support DoD’s Web-Based CBRN Threat Modeling Platform
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    General Dynamics Unit to Support DoD’s Web-Based CBRN Threat Modeling Platform

    General Dynamics‘s information technology business has received a potential five-year, $45 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to support a web-based platform the Defense Department uses to model the potential effects of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapon attacks. GDIT will help the service branch develop software, conduct technical documentation, implement system upgrades, modify, operate, maintain […] More

  • Orbital ATK, NASA Wrap Up Preliminary Design Review of Satellite Servicing Vehicle’s Docking Platform
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    Orbital ATK, NASA Wrap Up Preliminary Design Review of Satellite Servicing Vehicle’s Docking Platform

    Orbital ATK and NASA have completed the preliminary design review of a docking component of its Mission Extension Vehicle. The Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking system consists of actuators, control algorithms and sensors that work to help MEV-1 detect, monitor and move toward a client spacecraft, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. The company and NASA conducted the RPOD […] More

  • Lockheed, Tata Sign Agreement to Produce F-16s in India
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    Lockheed, Tata Sign Agreement to Produce F-16s in India

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Tata Advanced Systems to produce the newest configuration of the F-16 multirole fighter aircraft in India. The agreement seeks to give India the opportunity to manufacture, operate and export F-16 Block 70 as well as support technology supplier jobs in the U.S. and create new manufacturing jobs in India, Lockheed said Monday. F-16 Block […] More

  • VMWare Gets Common Criteria Certification for Network Virtualization Platform
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    VMWare Gets Common Criteria Certification for Network Virtualization Platform

    VMware has earned Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a technology platform that works to help organizations monitor and manage computer networks. The certification shows that VMware’s NSX network virtualization platform complies with government security standards for deployment, the company said Monday. NSX is designed to help customers from the government and highly-regulated sectors to modernize data centers, […] More

  • CACI, American Cyber Win DoD Award for Mentor-Protege Program
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    CACI, American Cyber Win DoD Award for Mentor-Protege Program

    CACI International and American Cyber have received the Defense Department’s Nunn-Perry Award for their performance as a mentor-protege team. The U.S. Army’s office of small business programs and the Army CIO/G-6 sponsored the partnership between CACI and American Cyber under DoD’s Mentor-Protege Program, CACI said Tuesday. CACI served as a mentor to American Cyber and helped […] More

  • Jean Cain: Noblis Appears in DC Area Top Workplaces for 2017 List
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    Jean Cain: Noblis Appears in DC Area Top Workplaces for 2017 List

    Noblis has been included on The Washington Post’s annual list of 150 top workplaces in the greater Washington, D.C. area for the fourth consecutive year. The nonprofit science and technology company said Tuesday it ranked eighth among large employers selected for the list based on the results of an employee survey Workplace Dynamics conducted for The Post. “Employee satisfaction […] More

  • Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team
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    Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has joined a Lockheed Martin-led industry team that is working on the U.S. Air Force‘s recapitalization effort for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. Lockheed’s aeronautics business said Tuesday SNC will be part of the Skunk Works JSTARS Recap team and modify the Global 6000 business jet built by teammate Bombardier in efforts to achieve Air […] More

  • Steve Rubley: Thomson Reuters, Vigilant Solutions to Combine Investigation, License Plate Recognition Platforms
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    Steve Rubley: Thomson Reuters, Vigilant Solutions to Combine Investigation, License Plate Recognition Platforms

    Thomson Reuters will incorporate data from Vigilant Solutions‘ license plate recognition system into an online investigation platform designed to help law enforcement agencies locate assets, people and businesses of interest. Thomson Reuters said Monday it will combine the CLEAR investigation software with Vigilant’s commercial LPR database that consists of more than six billion vehicle detections into a single […] More