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  • Reports: NASA, Orbital ATK to Launch Next ISS Cargo Mission With ULA’s Atlas V Rocket
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    Reports: NASA, Orbital ATK to Launch Next ISS Cargo Mission With ULA’s Atlas V Rocket

    NASA wants to send an Orbital ATK-built Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station in spring 2017 using United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Andy Pasztor writes NASA’s plan to use the Atlas V for its next ISS cargo delivery mission with Orbital ATK is part of efforts to ensure that ISS crews will have adequate […] More

  • AECOM Lands Hong Kong Airport Design Consultancy Contract
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    AECOM Lands Hong Kong Airport Design Consultancy Contract

    AECOM has received a contract to provide design consultancy services for Hong Kong International Airport’s new passenger building as part of the Three-runway System expansion project. The company said Monday it will perform research and benchmarking studies on potential information technology and airport systems, retail and advertising trends for the Third Runway Passenger Building‘s design team. “We look forward to leveraging […] More

  • Elon Musk Cites Cause of SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explosion
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    Elon Musk Cites Cause of SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explosion

    Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, has said the company thinks it has “gotten to the bottom of the problem” that resulted in the explosion of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket in September. “It involves a combination of liquid helium, advanced carbon fiber composites, and solid oxygen… Oxygen so cold that it actually enters solid phase,” Musk […] More

  • Poland Mulls Naval Strike Missile Procurement from Kongsberg
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    Poland Mulls Naval Strike Missile Procurement from Kongsberg

    Poland’s defense ministry is considering a purchase of more naval strike missiles from Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems for a planned coastal squadron along the Polish Baltic Sea, Defense News reported Friday. Polish Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki told local daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna that the basis for considering Kongsberg’s offering is the country’s “insufficient” reconnaissance system, Jaroslaw […] More

  • Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits HII’s Ingalls Shipyard
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    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits HII’s Ingalls Shipyard

    U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Mississippi to address the shipyard’s leaders and staff workers. HII said Friday Mabus was accompanied by Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Mississippi) during his tour of the shipyard. Ingalls Shipbuilding-built vessels support the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps as they conduct missions and […] More

  • BAE to Begin UK Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship Production in 2017
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    BAE to Begin UK Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship Production in 2017

    BAE Systems PLC plans to start manufacturing anti-submarine warfare ships for the U.K. navy in 2017 after the conclusion of final contract negotiations with Britain’s defense ministry. The company said Friday Britain hascommitted to eight Type 26 Global Combat Ships to replace Type 23 frigates in the “2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review” and the country has invested $2.4 billion in […] More

  • SSA Seeks Industry Info on Cyber, Risk Mgmt Services
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    SSA Seeks Industry Info on Cyber, Risk Mgmt Services

    The Social Security Administration has launched a market research initiative to gather ideas on cybersecurity and risk management services from industry in an effort to protect the agency’s programs and systems. SSA issued an amended sources sought notice on Friday in search of information on current industry cybersecurity and risk management practices and regarding the availability of […] More

  • Intel Adds 3 New Partners to Cybersecurity Tech Integration Alliance
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    Intel Adds 3 New Partners to Cybersecurity Tech Integration Alliance

    Intel has added Check Point, Huawei and Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba Networks subsidiary into an alliance wherein partner companies can integrate their technologies with Intel’s cybersecurity offerings. Check Point integrated its firewall products with Intel’s McAfee DXL and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange to help customers scale and automate their security environments, Intel said Thursday. Aruba’s ClearPass has been combined […] More

  • Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform
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    Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a Security Technical Implementation Guide for the latest version of VMware’s enterprise mobility management platform. DISA’s STIG for VMware AirWatch 9.X seeks to provide cybersecurity policies and guide agencies on how to install the platform for use on Defense Department-run networks, the company said Thursday. Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, said […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments
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    Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments

    Rockwell Collins and Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System have inked a strategic agreement to offer border security services to Japan. The companies seek to integrate NACCS Center’s electronic processing of inbound and outbound cargo and passenger data and Rockwell Collins’ ARINC border management system in an effort to help Japanese government officials review passenger information, Rockwell Collins […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in CarteNav for ISR Product Development
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    Lockheed Invests in CarteNav for ISR Product Development

    Lockheed Martin has invested $1.4 million in CarteNav Solutions through Canada’s Industrial and Regional Benefits Investment Framework program to support the latter company’s development work on its flagship intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance product. CarteNav said Wednesday the investment covers two years of development efforts on CarteNav’s AIMS-ISR mission system software that works to deploy hosted sensing, computing and communication technologies on aircraft, vehicle […] More

  • Woolpert-RS&H JV Chosen for Army Engineers Design Support IDIQ
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    Woolpert-RS&H JV Chosen for Army Engineers Design Support IDIQ

    A Woolpert and RS&H joint venture has received a five-year, $9 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ Louisville district to provide design support services for a nationwide U.S. Air Force Reserve Command construction program. Woolpert said Friday the contract covers work such as administration, education, assembly, storage, special training and other support spaces along with design […] More