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    SAIC to Incorporate Survivability Upgrades Into 3 Marine AAV Prototypes

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential $11.3 million contract modification to rebuild three command variant prototypes of an assault amphibious vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will equip the prototypes with the AAV Survivability Upgrade design under the firm-fixed-price modification. SAIC has modernized 10 AAVs as part of a […] More

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    Saab Lands UK Tactical Engagement Simulation Service Extension

    Saab has received a three-year, $25.9 million contract extension from the U.K. ministry of defense to provide managed tactical engagement simulation services for the British army. The British army uses Saab’s Deployable TES platform to help Light Role Battle Groups perform overseas training exercises as part of their collective training efforts, the company said Monday. […] More

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    Huntington Ingalls Redelivers Modernized USS Ramage Destroyer to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed overhaul and modernization work on the U.S. Navy‘s USS Ramage guided missile destroyer, four days ahead of schedule. HII said Tuesday the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer re-entered the Navy fleet on Monday following an upgrade effort that began in November 2016 and included ship alterations, procurement of materials and repairs. The Navy awarded HII a […] More

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    Rajneesh Singh: Army, Aurora Flight Sciences Eye Unmanned Aviation Tech R&D Partnership

    The U.S. Army wants to partner with Manassas, Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences to develop technologies that will work to increase the speed, endurance payload capacity of unmanned vertical lift platforms. Rajneesh Singh, acting division chief at the Army Research Laboratory’s vehicle technology directorate, said in a statement published Tuesday both parties seek to initiate the project through a cooperative research and […] More

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    QinetiQ NA Demos Underwater Acoustic Data Comms Tech

    QinetiQ North America has demonstrated a full-duplex communications system built to receive and transmit undersea acoustic data. QinetiQ NA said Tuesday it collaborated with Optimal Systems Laboratory to develop the Dolphin underwater platform equipped with patented cancellation technology in an effort to help U.S. Navy and commercial clients address wireless communications challenges. Dolphin is designed to increase the performance of acoustic […] More

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    Leidos to Provide Army C4, Info Mgmt Support

    Leidos has secured a $16 million contract for command, control, communications, computers and information management services to the U.S. Army‘s Intelligence and Security Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also provide C4IM support for  Army G2 military intelligence staff based within and outside the contiguous U.S. The service branch received one bid for the firm-fixed-price […] More

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    Parsons Awarded Navy Housing Condition Assessment IDIQ

    Parsons‘ government services business has won a potential five-year, $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Housing Condition Assessment program of the Commander Navy Installations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Parsons Government Services will independently assess the conditions, configuration and quality of military family and unaccompanied housing assets within the Naval Facilities […] More

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    Navy Taps Northrop to Train Squadron for 2-Part Fire Scout UAS Demo

    Northrop Grumman has helped the U.S. Navy train a detachment of air vehicle operators from the service branch’s helicopter sea combat squadron 23 to perform a two-part flight demonstration of the Northrop-built MQ-8B Fire Scout autonomous helicopter. The Navy conducted in May the first part of the demonstration in which AVOs at a naval auxiliary landing […] More

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    Senior Aerospace SSP, Lockheed’s Derco Subsidiary Extend International Distributor Agreement

    Senior Aerospace SSP and Lockheed Martin‘s Derco subsidiary have renewed an agreement that designates the latter as an international military aftermarket distributor of SSP. Lockheed said Monday the agreement will provide quantity break pricing benefits and will make SSP products immediately available to Derco customers. Kaan Tuncel, Derco director of strategic partnerships, said the renewed agreement will allow […] More

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    NASA, Lockheed Activate Orion Crew Module for Initial Power-On Test; Mike Hawes Comments

    NASA and Lockheed Martin have powered up the company-built Orion crew module at the space agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time. Engineers installed and tested vehicle management computers, power and data units and flight software on the spacecraft as part of the initial power-up event, Lockheed said Tuesday. “Orion was designed from the beginning to […] More

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support Northrop’s Ground-Based ICBM Risk Reduction Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide propulsion system support to aid Northrop Grumman‘s technology maturation and risk reduction efforts under the U.S. Air Force‘s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile program. Sacramento, California-based Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday it will study propulsion options and develop early designs that meet Northrop’s ICBM configurations. The Air Force awarded a $349.1 million contract […] More

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    Raytheon to Help Navy Implement IR Detector, Target Locator

    Raytheon has received a potential $33.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy implement a forward-looking infrared detection and identification technology designed to function in different battlefield conditions. The company will also support the implementation of a far target locator under the Navy’s Firepower Enhancement Program, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the contract’s base […] More