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The U.S. Navy has facilitated technology demonstrations of various unmanned systems alongside technology developers from industry and academia during the two-day Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017. The event dubbed “Battlespace Preparation in a Contested Environment” kicked off on Aug. 15 at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in Rhode Island and at the Naval Surface Warfare […] More
Parsons broke ground on a facility expansion in Huntsville, Alabama, last week to add a 25,000-square-foot building and 50 new jobs there. The engineering services contractor will use the additional facility to integrate hardware and software platforms for customers across the intelligence, defense and infrastructure sectors, the Huntsville city government said Wednesday. “Previously our space was becoming a […] More
Kratos Defense and Security has concluded a multi-unmanned aircraft system demonstration mission for the UTAP-22 Mako UAS. The company said Monday the demonstration is based on the unit’s previous test flight series and is part of a larger military exercise effort. The UAS’ features that were exhibited in the exercise include unmanned collaborative operation and mission payload set functions. […] More
Members of the Eurofighter consortium have committed to aid the establishment of two national innovation centers in Belgium as part of efforts to help boost the country’s aeronautical and defense capacities. The consortium said Saturday Airbus‘ defense and space business, BAE Systems and Leonardo signed formal endorsements to support the centers alongside France-based missile systems provider MBDA. […] More
NASA has announced that a solar energy-measuring instrument from Northrop Grumman will launch aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 in November. JPSS-1 is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 4:47 a.m. Eastern time and will carry the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Flight Model 6, NASA said Friday. The […] More
Imarsat has selected France-based company Arianespace to help launch a fifth Global Xpress communications satellite from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Arianespace said Friday it aims to send Global Express-5 satellite for Inmarsat into orbit with the Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher platform within the second half of 2019. Thales Alenia Space will build GX-5 based on the modernized […] More
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced its intent to award CGI’s federal business a potential five-year contract to provide software licenses for NRC’s financial system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the sole-source contract will cover licenses for CGI Federal’s Momentum software as well as hosting, help desk support, operations and maintenance services. NRC said […] More
Iridium Communications continues to provide satellite communications services in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico to aid hurricane recovery efforts, NASASpaceflight.com reported Saturday. Iridium CEO Matt Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told the publication that Iridium saw an increase in satcom demand in the Carribean and Puerto Rico “on a scale that we have […] More
Defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing have started to step up efforts to compete in the space segment as they see new business opportunities in the market, Space News reported Thursday. Bruce Tanner, chief financial officer at Lockheed, said at an earnings call Tuesday the company intends to spend up to […] More
Ameresco has constructed a solar array system for the Environmental Protection Agency as part of an energy savings performance contract the Defense Logistics Agency‘s energy unit awarded in January. EPA said Wednesday it installed the Ameresco-built 4,788 photovoltaic panels at the agency’s Edison, New Jersey, campus. The system is designed to generate up to 1.5 megawatts of electric power […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $9.9 million order for engineering, design, liaison, material procurement, program management and scheduling services to facilitate the post-shakedown availability of USS Ralph Johnson destroyer ship. Seventy-five percent of the work will occur in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and the remaining 25 percent will take place in Everett, Washington, the Defense Department said […] More
Cubic‘s global defense segment has received an $11.6 million contract to provide training systems support for U.S. Marine Corps‘ air-ground task force. The Defense Department said Thursday MTSS will utilize a computer-based simulation platform designed to train Marines in the command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance, staff training and reconnaissance areas. DoD added the program will also cover MAGTF tactical warfare training and […] More
