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The U.S. Navy has approved additional installations of Raytheon Standard Missile-6 weapon system on ships that carry two baselines of Aegis Combat Weapon Systems. More than 35 ships in the Aegis Combat Weapon System baselines 5.3 and 3.A.0 series will be equipped with SM-6, Raytheon said Wednesday. SM-6 weapons work to engage manned and unmanned aerial vehicles and fixed- […] More
Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Aircraft’s joint venture is discussing a follow-on contract with the U.S. Navy to maintain the service’s H-60 helicopter fleet, Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Jill Aitoro writes the Maritime Helicopter Support Co. works to repair, modify and procure more than 1,700 airframe and avionics parts for the H-60 series aircraft under […] More
SDL has secured a Navy Enterprise Subscription License agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Carderock Division to support the service’s technical data management goals with the Standard NAVSEA Integrated Publishing Process. The company said Tuesday it also signed a Compatibility Sustainment Agreement for the NAVSEA viewer and SDL LiveContent S1000D. “We’re honored to help the U.S. Navy with its […] More
The Department of the Navy is seeking industry proposals to manage and maintain the service’s enterprise resource planning system. The Navy issued a request for proposals Friday for products and services such as business services management, reporting and analysis, user management and operational support. The service plans to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a base […] More
Greg Taylor joined CenturyLink in 2008 and serves as the vice president of Defense Department-area sales. In this role, Taylor and his team sell and provide CenturyLink offerings such as voice, data, video and professional services to DoD agencies worldwide. Before joining CenturyLink, he spent more than 26 years in the telecom industry serving in various sales and management positions. […] More
General Dynamics’ new mission systems unit showcased its naval portfolio at this year’s Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Virginia. Chris Marzilli, president of the unit, said Monday the restructured group aims to strengthen GD’s targeted technology, service and other product offerings for its defense clients. General Dynamics created the mission systems unit through […] More
DRT Strategies Inc. has won a three-year, $84 million contract to perform technical support services for the U.S. Navy’s next generation enterprise network. The company will work to manage programs, seats, devices, applications, network operations, information assurance, cyber assets and network resources, DRT said Monday. “We look forward to working together with Fleet Logistic Center […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed the first flight test for a U.S. Navy Fire Scout system off the Virginia coast. The MQ-8C system flew from the USS Jason Dunham guided-missile destroyer as it was controlled from the ship’s ground control station, the company said Tuesday. “We are on track to validate all of the critical performance parameters […] More
Raytheon will provide lifecycle engineering and support services for the shipboard electronic systems on the U.S. Navy‘s LPD 17-class ships under a potential $132.1 million contract. The company said Dec. 23 that the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded through the Naval Sea Systems Command runs through December 2019. Raytheon will perform work at locations abroad and in California, Virginia, Mississippi and Florida. More
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated the MQ-8C Fire Scout system during a flight test from a guided-missile destroyer off the Virginia coast. The Fire Scout system took its first flight off the USS Jason Dunham destroyer, controlled from the sip’s ground control station, Northrop said Tuesday. “These dynamic interface tests are an essential […] More
Boeing is working with the U.S. Navy on a potential contract modification to extend production of the EA-18G Growler aircraft through the end of 2017 to accommodate the additional 15 planes funded by Congress, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes that Congress included $1.56 billion in the fiscal 2015 spending bill to cover the procurement of 15 more Growlers and enable […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built industrial exoskeleton technology has received Icon Magazine’s Product Design of the Year award. The Fortis suit also won a gold award in the Spark Design & Architecture Awards program and is included on CNN Money’s annual list of the 36 coolest gadgets, Lockheed said Friday. The company built the technology with the […] More
