L-3 Communications has received three James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Awards for security practices being implemented at the company’s facilities. The Defense Security Service selected L-3’s Greenville, Texas-based mission integration division, Middletown, Rhode Island-based Unidyne facility and the Camden, New Jersey-based Systems Company operation as among the 41 recipients of the award, L-3 said […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. and its affiliate Enterprise Ventures Corp. have entered into an alliance with Australia-based Varley Group and its Varley USA subsidiary. Varley Group said Monday the partnership works to expand its aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles and electric motor and generator technology businesses in the U.S. “We look forward to developing a long-term relationship with Varley,” […] More

ManTech International Corp. has landed a potential three-year, $29.2 million task order contract from the Department of Homeland Security under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance II vehicle. The company said Tuesday the contract covers systems engineering services for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. Daniel Keefe, president and chief operating officer of ManTech’s mission solutions and services group, noted […] More

The U.S. Army has conducted an initial flight test of a Northrop Grumman-built integrated air and missile defense battle command system designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. The IBCS has mission control software that aims to help engagement center operators intercept missile threats, the company said Thursday. Dan Verwiel, vice president and general manager of […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne will purchase solar power supply from Silicon Ranch Corp. for the company’s leased facility in East Camden, Arkansas. Silicon Ranch plans to complete construction of the 100-acre solar field in Highland Industrial Park in late 2015, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Friday. The 12-megawatt project will supply supplemental daytime power to Aerojet Rocketdyne and release […] More

Leidos has received a potential three-year, $11 million task order to update and maintain the U.S. Army‘s Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense simulator. The company said Thursday it will also provide technical support for the JIAMD hardware-in-the-loop test platform. “Leidos is proud to continue providing modeling and simulation services to the U.S. Army Space and […] More

A Raytheon-made computer program has used data from the U.S. Navy‘s air and missile defense radar system to detect a target during an anti-air warfare simulation. The demonstration was part of a software build assessment under the Navy AMDR program and sought to exhibit the company’s software development model, Raytheon said Monday. “By leveraging the […] More

Lockheed Martin will receive tax credits from the New Jersey government for the company’s proposed technology development facilities in Camden. The company plans to build two integrated laboratories in the city through a partnership with Rowan University, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority said Monday. “Lockheed’s commitment to the region and its partnership with Rowan […] More

CPS Technologies has won a $600,000 contract to manufacture cold plates for a defense radar system Raytheon is building for the U.S. Navy. CPS will deliver the metal-matrix composite materials to Raytheon under the Navy’s Air and Mission Defense Radar program, CPS said Wednesday. Raytheon won a potential $1.6 billion AMDR engineering and manufacturing development […] More

Raytheon and Poland-based technology firm WB Electronics have formed a team to pursue the Polish military’s air and missile defense system development contract. The companies seek to develop a combat simulation and training software for the Shield of Poland AMD competition, WB Electronics said Friday. They also agreed to collaborate on finding potential technology export […] More

ManTech’s cyber services business unit has updated its endpoint malware protection platform in an effort to help clients detect and remedy compromised systems. ManTech Cyber Solutions International unveiled the second version of Active Defense platform, powered by its digital DNA technology, for users to identify in-memory zero-days, rootkits and targeted attacks, ManTech said Wednesday. “Active […] More

Unisys will provide the state of Pennsylvania with an on-demand, cloud-based computing environment that will work to unify seven data centers under a seven-year, $681 million contract. The company said Monday the contract covers managed hosting services, self-provisioning and capacity on demand for computing resources based on business needs, technical services and project, contract and facilities management. IBM and Deloitte […] More