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Northrop Grumman has received a $45.1 million contract modification to replace the processor of large aircraft infrared countermeasure systems for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification also includes a foreign military sale to Australia and work will take place at Northrop’s facility in Rolling Meadows, Illinois through April 30, 2018. The company will also […] More
Lockheed Martin has changed the name of its mission systems and training business area in an effort to demonstrate the company’s expanded portfolio after it completed the acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technologies Corp. for approximately $9 billion in November. The business area will start to operate as Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business segment […] More
General Dynamics has been awarded a contract modification to provide high-frequency communications support for the AN/USC-61(C) digital modular radios of the U.S. Navy. The company said Thursday its mission systems business will provide the 3G high-frequency, third-generation Automatic Link Establishment system that will work to facilitate communications between U.S. and coalition forces. ALE works to supplement satellite communications when networks are unavailable as […] More
Cynthia Niekamp, a former PPG Industries senior vice president, and Daniel Heinrich, former The Clorox Company executive vice president and chief financial officer, have joined Ball Corporation‘s board of directors. “They share our values, and the breadth of their industry, operational and financial experience is the perfect complement to our current board makeup as we continue […] More
Insight Technology Solutions has acquired Bara Infoware‘s spot under the small business portion of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle. Bowie, Maryland-based professional services company Insight said July 22 GSA approved the novation to facilitate the transition of Bara’s contract obligations. Work under OASIS includes program management, management consulting, financial, logistics, engineering and scientific professional […] More
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command-Southwest has awarded Granite Construction a $22 million contract to build an infantry training facility for the U.S. Marine Corps. Granite said Thursday it will construct a firing range, an access road, lighting, targeting systems, underground utilities, supporting buildings and asphalt pavements at Camp Pendleton in California under the contract. The two-year construction project, scheduled […] More
Vector Space Systems has launched a subscale rocket that serves as a test platform to validate the upper stage engine of the company’s launch vehicle. The microsatellite space launch company said Tuesday the suborbital launch of the P-20 rocket comes ahead of the scheduled 2018 orbital deployment of the Vector 1 launch vehicle. Global imagery company Iceye also supplied its satellite computing and […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled a new five-phase multi-tiered methodology intended to help government agencies migrate and transform information technology applications and systems into a cloud computing environment. SAIC said Thursday the Cloud Migration Edge system uses specialized tools, processes and practices to guide cloud migration life cycles through the implementation of a mission-centric cloud computing environment […] More
General Dynamics subsidiary NASSCO has held a keel-authentication ceremony for the U.S. Navy‘s second Expeditionary Sea Base vessel that will be called USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship will work as a multimission platform that supports air mine countermeasures, counter-piracy and maritime security operations as well as humanitarian missions, General Dynamics said Wednesday. USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams is designed to hold at […] More
Orbital ATK has transported the first two next-generation Iridium satellites to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part of preparations for the scheduled liftoff on Sept. 19, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday. Stephen Clark writes the satellites were shipped via truck from an Orbital ATK-run manufacturing facility near Phoenix to Vandenberg, where eight additional message transmission […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $9.4 million grant to a Northrop Grumman-Georgia Institute of Technology partnership to develop a wireless monitoring method for Internet-of-Things devices. Georgia Tech said Monday the method will work to analyze side-channel signal emissions released by electronic devices that perform certain programs. The Computational Activity Monitoring by Externally Leveraging Involuntary […] More
Moon Express has obtained permission from the U.S. government to launch a company-built robotic spacecraft on a mission to explore the Moon’s surface. The company submitted its 2017 lunar mission plan to the Federal Aviation Administration in April and received authorization after discussions with FAA, the White House, NASA, the State Department and other federal agencies, Moon Express said Wednesday. “The Moon Express 2017 mission approval […] More
