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A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has won a subcontract from Boeing to continue to produce landing gear systems for integration with the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and AH-64E Apache helicopters. UTC Aerospace Systems said Tuesday work on the contract is scheduled to conclude in 2018. The UTC subsidiary secured a contract in 2014 to […] More
The Energy Department has issued the first request for proposals on the office of technology transition’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which seeks to support the transfer of energy-related technologies to the commercial market. DOE said Friday the $20 million funding opportunity aims to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed as part of federally funded research projects at the 17 […] More
Gina Gallagher, a 20-year federal market veteran, has been named president of Chantilly, Virginia-based proposal development consulting company AOC Key Solutions. She has previously served as vice president of sales and marketing at Systems Made Simple for five years and has played a key role in the company’s pursuit of various health information technology contracts in the government sector, […] More
Donald Carty, a director at EMC, and GoPro President Anthony Bates have joined the board of directors of VMware. “With their business insight and experience across diverse industries as well as technology companies, their perspective and counsel will prove invaluable for the VMware board and executive team,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said Tuesday. Carty has been with […] More
Stan Soloway, formerly CEO of the Professional Services Council, has founded Celero Strategies LLC in an effort to help companies grow their federal market presence. Soloway said Monday “Celero will be focused on helping companies adapt to and succeed†in a market that he describes as “undergoing massive changes.†“We have also built a unique […] More
CACI International has partnered with the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech to provide support for cybersecurity research on unmanned aerial vehicles. The company said Tuesday the five-year partnership under the Hume center’s Cyber-Physical System Security program covers student mentorship, curriculum development and research projects. “The threat of cyber attacks […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value to support the U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command’s tactical communications training program. The company said Tuesday it will help the command train Marine Raiders to operate modern data and radio communication systems. MARSOC also asked the company to provide technical strategies for […] More
Steve Williams, capability manager for Finmeccanica‘s airborne and space systems division, has said his company developed its Falcon Shield system to help reduce the risks from small unmanned aerial vehicles, Defense News reported Monday. Lara Seligman writes Falcon Shield is designed as a modular system to ward off drone threats in small areas and large infrastructures. Williams […] More
Elbit Systems has introduced an unmanned surface vehicle platform the company designed for anti-submarine warfare and mine countermeasure missions. The 12-meter Seagull USV works to operate maritime vehicles to detect and neutralize underwater mines, the company said Monday. Seagull has a mission control system, replaceable mission modules, Autonomous Navigation System and command, control, communications, computers and […] More
Boeing has handed to the U.S. Navy a system the company designed to store fuel cell energy derived from solar, wind and other renewable resources. The service branch will install the system on its microgrid at a Naval Facilities Engineering Command facility in California to test the platform’s capability to supply electricity for military and commercial clients, Boeing […] More
The Canadian air force’s first class of CH-147F Chinook helicopter aircrews has completed its training with the Boeing-built helicopter using a CAE-developed training system. The Chinook aircrew comprises six first officers, two flight engineers and two loadmasters who graduated during a ceremony held at Garrison Petawawa in Ontario after a 24-week course, CAE said Monday. CAE […] More
MBDA has begun deliveries of its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the U.K. military for integration with the country’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The U.K. defense ministry will use ASRAAMs in air-launched fire tests and flight trials necessary to achieve initial operating capability for the fighter jets of the country’s air […] More
