The Department of Defense has allocated a total of $17.4M to help four companies expand domestic COVID-19 diagnostic testing and retain workforce capacities at the defense industrial base.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 10, 2020 — Al Di Leonardo and Abe Usher, co-CEOs of Black Cape, pointed to artificial intelligence and machine learning as examples of automation technology that could assist government agencies in efforts to gain insights from data sources that might be too vast for a human analyst, GovCon Wire reported June 2.

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The U.S. Navy partnered with Northrop Grumman to test a Leonardo-built surveillance radar aboard an MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft.

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Dennis Wiessner, a legal veteran in defense, aerospace and government contracting industries for more than two decades, has been named general counsel at Spaceflight.

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Collins Aerospace concluded pre-production efforts for a training pod designed to optimize training realism and secure various techniques, tactics and processes.

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Northrop Grumman tested the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System along with an MBDA-built modular missile and a radar tool from Saab during a joint demonstration.

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DynCorp International announced on Tuesday that James Cassella has been promoted to be the company’s new chief growth officer. Cassella will focus on business development and corporate strategy to capitalize on the company’s growth.

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Airbus has begun manufacturing its H-135 helicopter trainer intended to serve as a successor to the U.S. Navy’s TH-57 Sea Ranger aircraft, Defense One reported Thursday.

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The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to five companies to provide design services for the integration of a new weapon system into the Stryker combat vehicle, Defense News reported Thursday.

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Northrop Grumman and European missile manufacturer MBDA have jointly demonstrated the integration of an air defense missile technology into a command-and-control system designed to help military users obtain a single view of the battlespace.

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Boeing has awarded FLIR Systems a $40M initial contract to provide an electro-optical/infrared surveillance sensor technology to the U.S. Air Force‘s UH-1N helicopter replacement program. FLIR said Wednesday it will supply the Star SAFIRE 380-HDc EO/IR system for integration onto the first four MH-139 helicopters that a Boeing-Leonardo team will build for the military service. MH-139 is based on Leonardo’s AW139 platform and designed to support training, […] More

IAP Worldwide Services has received a potential one-year, $76.8M contract modification to provide logistics support services for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The company will maintain and support E-6B weapon system components, associated aircraft equipment and support sites, the Defense Department said Thursday. IAP will perform work in Oklahoma, Maryland, Nebraska and […] More