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  • DoD, Lockheed Eye F-35 Program Savings Through 2 Cost Reduction Strategies
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    DoD, Lockheed Eye F-35 Program Savings Through 2 Cost Reduction Strategies

    The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin have unveiled a pair of initiatives that aim to reduce the costs of producing and sustaining the F-35 Lightning II aircraft and weapon system. Lockheed, the primary F–35 contractor, and its principal industry partners BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman will invest an additional $170 million over the next two years in an effort to generate further […] More

  • Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development
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    Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development

    Raytheon will collaborate with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop modular building blocks for the service branch’s Next Generation Radar program under a two-year, $1.1 million cooperative research agreement. The partnership aims to explore approaches to design and fabricate modular components for integration into the NGR’s open architecture and address flexibility, agility and efficiency requirements across radar bands, Raytheon said Monday. Colin Whelan, Raytheon […] More

  • US Navy Halts Transfer Maneuver for Fifth MUOS Satellite
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    US Navy Halts Transfer Maneuver for Fifth MUOS Satellite

    The U.S. Navy has temporarily halted the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite’s transfer maneuver to its test location on geosynchronous Earth orbit following discovery of an anomaly in the process. The Navy said Friday its Program Executive Office for Space Systems has moved the satellite into an intermediate orbit from orbital transfer […] More

  • MaryLou Thomas Takes Helm of Triumph’s Aerospace Structures Unit as EVP
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    MaryLou Thomas Takes Helm of Triumph’s Aerospace Structures Unit as EVP

    MaryLou Thomas, former head of Triumph Group Inc.‘s composites business area, has been appointed executive vice president of the company’s aerospace structures business unit. TGI said Tuesday Thomas, who will be based at the company’s Arlington facility in Texas, brings more than three decades of experience from work in the aerospace and defense industry, including stints with the U.S. […] More

  • Airbus DS to Continue Personal Communications Services to UK Armed Forces
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    Airbus DS to Continue Personal Communications Services to UK Armed Forces

    Airbus‘ defense and space business will continue to provide WelComE welfare communication services to the U.K. military through August 2022 under an estimated $20.3 million contract renewal from the U.K. ministry of defense. The company said Thursday the WelComE services work to supply welfare communications across various operational environments, including satellite phones, Wi-Fi services and video calling. Airbus Defense and Space […] More

  • Raytheon, USAF Conduct Latest Flight Tests on Small Diameter Bomb II
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    Raytheon, USAF Conduct Latest Flight Tests on Small Diameter Bomb II

    Raytheon, in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, has started a new round of flight tests on the Small Diameter Bomb II seeker missile, which comes with additional modes for coordinated attack and laser illuminated attack. The team tested SDB II against fixed and moving targets in a number of tactical scenarios in efforts to update the missile’s […] More

  • SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Data Digitization, Open Source Platforms Could Help in Law Enforcement, Intelligence Operations
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Data Digitization, Open Source Platforms Could Help in Law Enforcement, Intelligence Operations

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, told CNBC Asia in an interview aired Wednesday that commercial open-source platforms that companies use for consumer sentiment can now be applied in intelligence and law enforcement operations. Testoni said that law enforcement agencies have started to use such platforms to identify individuals who are associated with nefarious […] More

  • Orbital ATK Orders Thales Alenia Space Cargo Modules for ISS Resupply Missions
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    Orbital ATK Orders Thales Alenia Space Cargo Modules for ISS Resupply Missions

    Thales Alenia Space will provide nine more pressurized cargo modules for future International Space Station resupply missions onboard Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft under a new contract between the two companies. The companies inked the contract at the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K. for the transportation of crew supplies and science experiments to ISS, Orbital ATK said Monday. […] More

  • CGI Launches Records Mgmt Offering For Government Users
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    CGI Launches Records Mgmt Offering For Government Users

    CGI has unveiled a new records management platform meant to help government agencies meet the White House’s target dates for the government-wide electronic records management modernization directive. The company said Monday its Records Management as a Service offering is based on OpenText‘s Content Suite platform and Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud computing system. CGI added it designed RMaaS to meet the Defense Department‘s electronics records […] More

  • FedScoop: 18F Issues RFP For Interagency Identity Mgmt Platform Under Agile BPA Vehicle
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    FedScoop: 18F Issues RFP For Interagency Identity Mgmt Platform Under Agile BPA Vehicle

    The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has issued a request for proposals via GitHub that seeks implementation support for a consumer-facing interagency authentication platform for citizen services, FedScoop reported Friday. Billy Mitchell writes 18F wants a vendor team that could provide technical features to the login.gov identity management platform, which is scheduled to be launched in November 2016. The chosen contractor would help 18F integrate […] More

  • Raytheon Selects CPI Aerostructures to Supply EW Jammer Pod Housings
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    Raytheon Selects CPI Aerostructures to Supply EW Jammer Pod Housings

    Raytheon has awarded an estimated $4 million contract to CPI Aerostructures to supply structural pod housings for tests and airworthiness certification activities on Raytheon’s new electronic warfare jammer pods. CPI Aero said Friday it will provide the jammer pod structures through 2018 to aid the engineering and manufacturing development phase of Raytheon’s Next Generation Jammer program with the U.S. Navy. Raytheon secured […] More

  • UK Defense Ministry Picks Airbus Data Security Offering for F-35; Phil Jones Comments
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    UK Defense Ministry Picks Airbus Data Security Offering for F-35; Phil Jones Comments

    The U.K. defense ministry has selected Airbus to provide data protection technology for the British version of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jet and other military aircraft, Defense News reported Sunday. Andrew Chuter writes the Airbus local key management system technology will work to store, protect and distribute encrypted data on F-35, Airbus-built Voyager A330 inflight […] More