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DMI and Telit have partnered to develop an Internet of Things platform intended to help organizations connect devices to web-based or mobile applications and enterprise systems. The cloud-based Telit IoT Portal is designed to offer a single access point for customers to integrate their data from remote equipment with databases, apps and dashboards, DMI said Thursday. “As the Internet of Things continues its exponential growth around the world, enterprises […] More

A subsidiary of General Dynamics has delivered the first of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers to the U.S. Navy for the service branch’s multi-mission surface combatant force. The Navy said Friday it accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt after a series of tests on the ship’s hull, mechanical and electrical, damage control, ballasting, navigation and communications systems. General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary designed and built the ship. […] More

Pelican BioThermal and Tribalco will offer the new blood transport container Golden Hour Medic based on the former company’s Golden Hour Mobile containers. The smaller-scale Golden Hour Medic features Pelican BioThermal’s packaging technology that works to provide thermal protection of up to 144 hours, the company said Friday. Kevin Lawler, Pelican BioThermal worldwide sales vice president, said the reduced scale of Golden […] More

Horizon Nuclear Power has chosen a joint venture of Bechtel, Japan Gas Corporation and Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe to build a two-reactor nuclear power plant in the U.K. Bechtel said Friday the Menter Newydd JV will perform initial front-end engineering and construction planning for the Wylfa Newydd plant in Wales before construction starts in 2020. Wylfa Newydd will work to supply low-carbon nuclear energy to as many as five million […] More

Raytheon has started to deliver the pulse power containers for the U.S. Navy‘s future railgun following the validation of power requirements for the next-generation directed energy weapon. The Navy will integrate the pulse power containers into its railgun test range to prepare for further development and testing under the program, Raytheon said Monday. The company added […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has delivered the second LNG-conversion-ready tanker to American Petroleum Tankers on Thursday as part of a contract to build five such tankers for the petroleum transportation company. General Dynamics said Friday its NASSCO subsidiary built the Magnolia State tanker using a design by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering subsidiary DSEC. The 610-foot-long product carrier, which is the fifth ship that […] More