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  • BAE to Repair, Maintain Navy’s USS New Orleans Transport Dock Ship
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    BAE to Repair, Maintain Navy’s USS New Orleans Transport Dock Ship

    The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a potential $51.5 million contract to perform repair and maintenance work on the USS New Orleans amphibious transport dock ship. BAE said Thursday it will repair the USS New Orleans’ structural, tank, ventilation and auxiliary systems as well as preserve crew habitability systems and spaces of the vessel at the company’s dry dock facility in San Diego, […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences, Sikorsky Develop Robotic Copilot Systems Under DARPA Program
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    Aurora Flight Sciences, Sikorsky Develop Robotic Copilot Systems Under DARPA Program

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Aurora Flight Sciences have developed robotic systems that are designed to operate aircraft autonomously as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System initiative, Defense News reported Wednesday. Valerie Insinna writes Jean Charles-Lede, program manager at DARPA’s tactical technology program office, said the ALIAS program seeks a platform that can eliminate the […] More

  • General Atomics’ Extended-Range Avenger RPA Completes 1st Flight; Linden Blue Comments
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    General Atomics’ Extended-Range Avenger RPA Completes 1st Flight; Linden Blue Comments

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business completed the maiden flight of an Avenger Extended Range remotely piloted aircraft Oct. 27 at the company’s Gray Butte flight operations facility in Palmdale, California. The Avenger ER aircraft is a variant of General Atomics’ jet-powered Predator C Avenger  and designed to have a 76-foot wingspan and fuel capacity of 2,200 […] More

  • Report: Lockheed, White House Transition Team Discuss F-35 Program
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    Report: Lockheed, White House Transition Team Discuss F-35 Program

    Lockheed Martin has begun to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft and other programs, Star-Telegram reported Thursday. Max Baker writes Orlando Carvalho, executive vice president of Lockheed’s aeronautics, said the company aims to provide information that can help the transition team make decisions regarding the F-35 program. “As we’ve done […] More

  • India Eyes $1B Fast-Track Ammunition and Equipment Procurement
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    India Eyes $1B Fast-Track Ammunition and Equipment Procurement

    India looks to purchase $1 billion worth of weapons and equipment from readily available vendors through a fast track purchase process that will bypass prescribed routine acquisition procedures, Defense News reported Thursday. Vivek Raghuvanshi writes an Indian ministry of defense official told Defense News the country aims to procure various ammunition, assault rifles, thermal-imaging equipment, light machine guns, rocket launchers […] More

  • IBM, USAID Open IT Training Center in Armenia With 3 Other Partners
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    IBM, USAID Open IT Training Center in Armenia With 3 Other Partners

    IBM has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the government of Armenia to unveil a new center in Armenia that will work to provide training courses to students in support of the development of the country’s information technology sector, the Public Radio of Armenia reported Thursday. Siranush Ghazanchyan writes USAID, IBM and the Armenian […] More

  • Lockheed, Penn State Forge New Research Partnership Deal; Dan Heller Comments
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    Lockheed, Penn State Forge New Research Partnership Deal; Dan Heller Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Pennsylvania State University have entered into a new agreement to collaborate on various studies, enhance recruitment and help finance some of the university’s programs. The partnership seeks to develop a framework to drive future research projects focused on computer science, cybersecurity, supply chain and aerospace engineering, Penn State said Thursday. Under the agreement, Penn State students […] More

  • Aptinyx Receives NIH Grants for Neurologic Disorders Treatment R&D
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    Aptinyx Receives NIH Grants for Neurologic Disorders Treatment R&D

    Aptinyx has received three grants worth potentially $2.85 million from the National Institutes of Health to research and develop new therapeutic compounds for neuropathic pain and age-related cognitive decline. The NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded Aptinyx a one-year, $1.25 million grant to fund the development of compounds for neuropathic pain treatment, the biopharmaceutical company said Thursday. […] More

  • AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments
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    AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T supports a NASA-led project to research and develop a traffic management system for the agency to manage the safety and security of unmanned aircraft system operations in U.S. airspace. The company said Thursday it aims to contribute networking, internet of things, cloud, identity management and cybersecurity expertise to NASA’s UAS traffic management initiative. “Drones are already used in agriculture, public […] More

  • Raytheon Lands Air Force IR Sensor Chip Assemblies Support Contract
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    Raytheon Lands Air Force IR Sensor Chip Assemblies Support Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $7.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support the advancement of low noise infrared sensor chip assemblies for the National Strategic Space. Raytheon will update and maintain the scientific knowledge, growth and processing characterization functions of the assemblies as part of the Focused Opportunity Reaching Toward Reliable Electro-Optic Strategic Sensors program, the […] More

  • DARPA, Leidos to Extend Anti-Submarine Unmanned Vessel Test
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    DARPA, Leidos to Extend Anti-Submarine Unmanned Vessel Test

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Leidos an $8.5 million contract modification to extend the testing phase of an unmanned vessel the company developed for tracking underwater threats. Leidos will perform tests as part of DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work is scheduled to complete work under the modification in […] More

  • Carahsoft Offers Terra Pixel’s Geospatial Data Streaming Tech via AWS Cloud Marketplace for Intell Community
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    Carahsoft Offers Terra Pixel’s Geospatial Data Streaming Tech via AWS Cloud Marketplace for Intell Community

    Carahsoft Technology and Terra Pixel have partnered to offer the latter company’s geospatial data streaming platform through an online cloud marketplace Amazon Web Services runs for the U.S. intelligence community. Terra Pixel’s Streamap uses cloud computing technology to index, share and search Open Geospatial Consortium standards-based geospatial data sets, Carahsoft said Thursday. Matt Rattigan, manager of AWS marketplace solutions at Carahsoft, said intelligence […] More