The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a foreign military sales contract of an undisclosed value to manufacture Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles for integration on Poland’s F-16s. Lockheed said Monday that Poland is the company’s third JASSM international buyer and the company will provide the missile system as well as related software, hardware and […] More

NASA has received a new telescope structure built by Northrop Grumman for integration with the James Webb Space Telescope. The structure is designed to hold the hexagonal mirrors and other optical components of the space telescope, Northrop said Wednesday. Webb is a space observatory designed to capture images of undiscovered planets, galaxies and other distance space […] More

A new Unisys survey has found 59 percent of consumers across 12 countries think a data breach is likely to occur in the telecommunications industry over the next year. The Unisys Security Insights study also found that network vulnerabilities in the government sector are a major concern for 49 percent of consumers, while data breaches […] More

The U.S. Army has tested an upgraded version of a Lockheed Martin-built multiple launch rocket system at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as part of the military service’s Improved Armored Cab initiative. The M270A1 MLRS is designed with a missile and rocket launch platform and fired 138 rockets during the June 26 […] More

Aubrey Merchant-Dest leads the cybersecurity strategies unit at Blue Coat Systems as federal chief technology officer, with focus on researching next-generation security technologies and fostering partnerships using big data and analytics to determine the latest threat indicators. He joined the Sunnyvale, California-based security company from Solera Networks in 2014, bringing with him more than two decades […] More

Northrop Grumman has completed ambient and thermal vacuum testing and delivery of the James Webb Space Telescope‘s deployable tower assembly to NASA for the space observatory’s final assembly at Northrop’s Space Park facility. The company said Tuesday its Astro Aerospace subsidiary designed and built the graphite DTA, which works to support Webb’s spacecraft and telescope structures. “First, in the […] More

Tom Zara serves as global practice lead of corporate citizenship at Interbrand from January 1993 to present, with responsibility in creating and managing brand value. Zara is also the chairman of the Interbrand Inspired Foundation and the Interbrand’s global energy practice lead. He has helped the company build a roster of clients over the past 14 […] More

Larry Price, a deputy program manager at Lockheed Martin, said data from the December test flight of the Orion spacecraft helped validate the company’s spacecraft design and performance models, Florida Today reported Tuesday. James Dean writes Price offered details of the Exploration Flight Test-1 during a presentation at a National Space Club Florida Committee luncheon […] More

Lockheed Martin engineers have started to analyze data recorders and heat shield samples from the Orion capsule following its unmanned test flight and at-sea recovery on Monday. NASA and the U.S. Navy collaborated to retrieve Orion’s crew module from its landing site in the Pacific Ocean and bring the platform to a naval station in […] More

NASA took the first step Friday in what it hopes to be a new era for human space exploration as the agency sent the Orion capsule into a nearly four-hour orbit to evaluate its potential for future missions via Boeing‘s Space Launch System. Engineers for NASA and Orion constructor Lockheed Martin focused much of their attention […] More

NASA will launch the Lockheed Martin-built Orion unmanned spacecraft this week as part of the agency’s efforts to build capability for future space missions that would bring humans to Mars, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Tuesday. Justin Bachman writes that this first test flight will bring Orion 3,600 miles into space with the help of United Launch Alliance‘s Delta IV rocket. […] More

Robert Carey serves as vice president and general manager for the public sector cybersecurity business at Computer Sciences Corp. He joined the company in April after a 32-year government career that concluded with three-and-a-half years of work as principal chief information officer at the U.S. Defense Department. Carey also led eBusiness and smart card programs […] More