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  • Airbus Taps Northrop Unit to Provide L-Band Mesh Reflectors for Inmarsat 6 Satellites
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    Airbus Taps Northrop Unit to Provide L-Band Mesh Reflectors for Inmarsat 6 Satellites

    Airbus’ defense and space segment has selected a Northrop Grumman subsidiary to supply mesh reflectors for two of Inmarsat‘s communications satellites. Northrop’s Astro Aerospace business will provide its AstroMesh reflectors for integration with Inmarsat 6 satellites designed to provide L-band communication services, Northrop said Thursday. John Alvarez, general manager of Astro Aerospace, said the company’s […] More

  • Leonardo’s DRS Subsidiary to Build T-100 Trainer Production Facility in Alabama
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    Leonardo’s DRS Subsidiary to Build T-100 Trainer Production Facility in Alabama

    Leonardo’s U.S.-based subsidiary DRS plans to establish a Tuskegee, Alabama-based facility to manufacture its proposed aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer jet program. The Leonardo DRS-led industry team will set up its final assembly and manufacturing facility for its proposed T-100 Integrated Training System at Moton Field Municipal Airport in Tuskegee in an effort to leverage […] More

  • NGA Taps Esri to Join Geospatial Exchange Program; Jack Dangermond Comments
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    NGA Taps Esri to Join Geospatial Exchange Program; Jack Dangermond Comments

    Esri has been chosen to participate in a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency program that will place NGA employees in temporary positions with academic and industry partners as part of efforts to increase their exposure to new technologies and methodologies. The company said Thursday the eNGAge program seeks to foster experiential learning opportunities that may help professionals expand their current capacities. NGA employees who collaborate with […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments
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    Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK has concluded its support services for an Earth observation satellite the company built for NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to aid the validation and development of satellite and instrument technologies. The company said Thursday NASA has decommissioned the Earth Observing-1 satellite  after a nearly 17-year mission that began in 2000. Orbital ATK supported the EO-1 mission as […] More

  • CryptoMove to Help Secure CBP’s Small UAS Through DHS Grant
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    CryptoMove to Help Secure CBP’s Small UAS Through DHS Grant

    CryptoMove has secured a $200,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help protect the Customs and Border Protection‘s small unmanned aircraft systems against threats. DHS said Wednesday CryptoMove aims to develop a dynamic defense system and data fragmentation approach for sUAS platforms in an effort to boost automated system resilience for connected devices. The grant […] More

  • CSBA Adds Barbara Humpton, Randy Forbes, Adam Frankel to Board of Directors
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    CSBA Adds Barbara Humpton, Randy Forbes, Adam Frankel to Board of Directors

    The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has appointed Barbara Humpton, Randy Forbes and Adam Frankel to its board of directors. CSBA President and CEO Thomas Mahnken, said in a statement that the convergence of military and economic instruments is crucial to the national security debate and the new board members’ experiences reflect this intersection. Humpton is the […] More

  • Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments
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    Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments

    Parsons has collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s civil and environmental engineering department to conduct a day-long workshop on research projects related to infrastructure, smart cities and transportation. The company said Thursday its leadership representatives and the university’s alumni, faculty and postdoctoral scholars examined the parallels between current industry needs and ongoing research efforts during the workshop. “The unique nature of […] More

  • Vishal Giare Named Air, Missile Defense Mission Area Lead at Johns Hopkins APL
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    Vishal Giare Named Air, Missile Defense Mission Area Lead at Johns Hopkins APL

    Vishal Giare, formerly a program area manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed as APL’s mission area executive for air and missile defense. He now leads the laboratory’s efforts to develop ballistic missile defense and anti-air warfare systems for U.S. forces and allies, APL said Thursday. Giare previously served as program area manager for Aegis BMD […] More

  • Mike Lawrie: CSC, HPE Services Arm Eye ‘Digital Transformation’ as Post-Merger Priority
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    Mike Lawrie: CSC, HPE Services Arm Eye ‘Digital Transformation’ as Post-Merger Priority

    DXC Technology, the company that will result from Computer Sciences Corp.‘s merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s enterprise services segment, targets digital transformation support for customers as one of its strategic priorities, CRN reported Wednesday. Rick Saia writes Mike Lawrie, CSC chairman, president and CEO, told investors Wednesday that DXC will aim to offer clients an opportunity to manage costs within their […] More

  • AWS Gets FedRAMP P-ATO Approvals for 9 New GovCloud (US) Services
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    AWS Gets FedRAMP P-ATO Approvals for 9 New GovCloud (US) Services

    Amazon Web Services has received provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s joint authorization board for nine services designed for use in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region platform. The board issued the P-ATO approvals after it evaluated AWS’ cloud service offerings against FedRAMP’s high-impact level security requirements, AWS said Wednesday. AWS said AWS CloudFormation is one […] More

  • Navy Runs Safe Separation Tests of Lockheed-Built Anti-Submarine Weapon
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    Navy Runs Safe Separation Tests of Lockheed-Built Anti-Submarine Weapon

    The U.S. Navy has begun to conduct safe separation tests of a Lockheed Martin-built anti-submarine warfare weapon from Boeing-made P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, Flighglobal reported Wednesday. Stephen Trimble writes the High Altitude Anti-submarine warfare Weapon Capability is scheduled to undergo guided flight test in late fiscal 2017, which will permit program officials to potentially order 140 weapons in the […] More

  • Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project
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    Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project

    AM General and the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have teamed up to develop an autonomous driving vehicle that would transport equipment, soldiers and supplies inside military bases. The project is part of the Applied Robotics for Installations and Base Operations program that explores the potential of robotic technology to address transportation challenges at U.S. military facilities, AM General said Wednesday. […] More