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    Patrick Binning to Lead Johns Hopkins APL’s Natl Security Space Mission Area

    Patrick Binning, formerly a program manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed as mission area executive for national security space at APL. Binning will lead the organization’s efforts to build space-based technologies for the national security sector, APL said Thursday. He is an aerospace industry veteran with 25 years of program management, research,  development, technology transfer, satellite operations and […] More

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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons to Continue MDA Systems Engineering Support

    Parsons will support weapons systems development efforts at the Missile Defense Agency under a five-year, $455.1 million contract awarded in June. The company said Thursday the contract covers all phases of systems engineering for six MDA weapons systems. “Parsons has been proud to provide technical, engineering, analysis, and modeling and simulation support to the MDA and its predecessors […] More

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    Northrop Breaks $1B Mark in MDA Ballistic Missile Support Subcontracts to Small Businesses

    Northrop Grumman has awarded at least $1 billion in subcontracts to small businesses as the prime awardee of the Missile Defense Agency‘s Joint National Integration Center Research and Development Contract. Forty-nine percent of all subcontracts under JRDC have gone to various classes of small business, the company said Tuesday. Northrop held two events to mark the achievement in Huntsville, Alabama and Colorado Springs, Colorado — the headquarters of small businesses […] More

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    Raytheon to Guide NEDC with its Engineering & Technology Services under MDA Mentor-Protégé Program

    A Raytheon subsidiary has signed a three-year agreement with New England Die Cutting as part of the Missile Defense Agency‘s mentor-protégé program. NEDC said Tuesday that Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will provide business advice with a focus on quality assurance, business development, branding, cybersecurity, manufacturing operations and engineering to help upgrade the NEDC’s engineering and technology services, business […] More

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    Kevin Robinson: MTSI to Continue Acquisition Support for MDA Through BCF Solutions Partnership

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and BCF Solutions will collaborate to provide technical, engineering, advisory and management support advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency under a potential $110 million contract. MTSI said Friday it will serve as a primary subcontractor to BCF Solutions and support the agency’s efforts to develop and implement the Ballistic Missile Defense System. “MTSI is thrilled to continue our long-term support […] More

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    Northrop-Davidson Partnership Team Receives DoD Nunn-Perry Award

    A team of Northrop Grumman and Davidson Technologies has received the Defense Department‘s Nunn-Perry Award for the group’s performance under DoD’s Mentor-Protege Program. Northrop said Wednesday the mentor-protege arrangement takes place under the Missile Defense Agency‘s Joint National Integration Center Research Development contract. The recognition represents the second time a Northrop-led JRDC mentor-protege team won the Nunn-Perry Award after […] More

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    Parsons to Support Life Cycle Mgmt of MDA Facilities; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has been awarded a contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the facilities, military construction, and environmental management directorate of the Missile Defense Agency. Parsons said Wednesday it will also support the agency’s European Phased Adaptive Approach site activation efforts in Romania, initial design work on the Long Range Discrimination Radar system and construction award activities in Poland. “Parsons recognizes the critical […] More

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    ATC Materials to Build Missiles Transport Protection System for MDA

    ATC Materials has received a $12.5 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to produce an armor technology intended to shield the Standard Missile and Mk 41 vertical launch systems from impact threats during shipment. The Transportation Protection System will be built to protect the MK 41 and extended-range SM munitions against bullet or warhead fragment impact, ATC said Tuesday. ATC President […] More

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    Orbital ATK, MDA Test Rocket Motor Nozzle on Raytheon’s SM-3

    Orbital ATK and the Missile Defense Agency have demonstrated the company’s updated MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor nozzle aboard Raytheon‘s Standard Missile Block IB at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The company said Tuesday the missiles were fired from a Navy Aegis destroyer off the coast of Kauai to test the updated nozzle’s support for […] More

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    Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support

    Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Orbital ATK and their respective small business partners Davidson Technologies, Mentis Sciences and Martinez and Turek have each received an award from the Defense Department‘s office of small business programs under the mentor-protege program. The three teams, which currently support the Missile Defense Agency, received the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of the mentor-protege teams’ technical developments and contributions to business opportunity […] More

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    Parsons Secures Contract for Life Cycle Mgmt Support at MDA Facilities

    Parsons has landed a $9.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide life cycle management support services for Technical Engineering, Advisory and Management Support facilities. Parsons Government Services will offer advisory and assistance services including facility and infrastructure planning, programming, design, acquisition, construction and configuration management, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company […] More

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    Raytheon, MDA Test Updated Standard Missile-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

    Raytheon and the Missile Defense Agency have validated the third stage rocket motor update for the updated Standard Missile-3 Block IB following completion of a flight test. MDA and Raytheon tested the in-flight performance of the SM-3 rocket motor following previous ground tests, the company said Thursday. The updated missile will join the existing missile production line. The […] More