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A new report from Research and Markets has highlighted what the firm identifies as the drivers, restraints, trends and potential revenue opportunities in the global market for military unmanned aerial vehicles The market research firm said Thursday that the market’s growth will slow down through 2022 and that the U.S. will hold the largest market share, followed by Asia-Pacific and Europe. Research and Markets’ “Global […] More

Mina Group subsidiary Red Star Enterprises has landed two Defense Department contracts to deliver petroleum products to Poland, Lithuania and Estonia. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded the projects three months after handing Red Star the jet fuel supply contract for DoD assets in Latvia, Mina Group said Sept. 15. Executives of the indicated that the […] More

DigitalGlobe has awarded MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates a contract to develop a ground infrastructure for an international user of DigitalGlobe’s Earth observation satellites. MDA said Tuesday the ground station platform will work to help the customer access data and imagery from the WorldView constellation. The ground station will be using an MDA multi-satellite architecture, according […] More

IronPlanet has unveiled an online marketplace for users to buy and sell surplus Defense Department assets. The first online auction of surplus trucks, trailers, generators, wheel loaders, cranes, crawler tractors and other government equipment on the GovPlanet marketplace is scheduled for Nov. 19, IronPlanet said Wednesday. “GovPlanet is a compelling new platform for fast and efficient disposal of government surplus equipment […] More

Boeing has chosen aerospace engineering firm Dynetics to provide a thrust vector control exhaust gas heat exchanger and three structural simulators for the NASA Space Launch System program. Dynetics said Wednesday it will manufacture the flight hardware and simulation platforms for the SLS core stage at its Huntsville, Alabama facility, and then deliver the systems […] More

Boeing has leased office and laboratory space in North Charleston, South Carolina for a planned research and technology center the company plans to open within its current quarter, the Charleston Regional Business Journal reported Tuesday. Liz Segrist writes that the future Boeing Research & Technology – South Carolina facility covers an area of 100,000 square feet […] More