A consortium led by Optomec has been awarded a $4 million project to develop three-dimensional printing methods to repair metallic aerospace structures for the U.S. Air Force. The 3D printer company will collaborate with GE Aviation, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce and 20 other organizations to explore additive manufacturing techniques under the Re-Born in the USA project, […] More

DigitalGlobe and Ball Aerospace executives have discussed with Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker the issues of an aerospace workforce and commercial satellite imagery regulations during a roundtable in Denver, Colorado. DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr and Ball Aerospace CEO Robert Strain also updated Sec. Pritzker on how the WorldView-3 satellite could work to meet various demands, […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s communications payload for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite has passed on-orbit testing conducted by the U.S. Air Force and deemed able to configure communications networks with ground terminals. The company said Tuesday the payload on the AEHF-3 began signal transmission in January as the satellite reached geostationary orbit alongside other satellites in a constellation named the “ring of […] More

The National Security Agency has issued cyber incident response assistance accreditation to seven companies under the National Security Cyber Assistance Program, the Defense Daily Network reported Wednesday. Following an assessment of 21 focus areas, such as incident analysis and network traffic data collection, the NSA accredited Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike Services, FireEye, Mandiant, Maddrix and Verizon. NSA’s information assurance directorate also evaluated the […] More

Science Applications International Corp CEO Tony Moraco and Chief Ethics Officer Laura Kennedy have been appointed to lead the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct’s steering committee and working group, respectively. The company said Monday Moraco and Kennedy will succeed Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and Vice President of Ethics and Sustainability Leo Mackay Jr. in their respective positions on […] More

A laboratory run by Lockheed Martin‘s Sandia subsidiary is seeking partners for research and development into ephemeral biometrics for cyber identity management and insider threat monitoring functions. Sandia National Laboratories is looking to boost cyber identity authentication and develop new tools to address insider threats through cooperative research and development agreements or work for others agreements, the lab said […] More

James Ellis Jr., a member of the Level 3 Communications board of directors for more than nine years, has been appointed chairman of the board following Walter Scott Jr.’s retirement. “Jim brings more than 40 years of experience in managing and leading complex, technology-focused organizations to this appointment,” Jeff Storey, Level 3 president and chief executive officer, said […] More

The Telecommunications Industry Association has submitted comments to the General Services Administration on a proposal to adopt cybersecurity standards for the federal acquisition and contracting process, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes that the group urged the GSA to allow for more flexibility in its proposed contractor security rules so innovation won’t be stifled. TIA […] More

U.S. contractors’ investments in overseas markets and other business segments this year should help offset the impact of weak domestic orders and defense spending limits, The Washington Post reported Monday. Amrita Jayakumar writes that General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grummanposted stronger profits in the companies’ earnings reports for the first quarter of 2014 but […] More

William Swanson, chairman of Raytheon‘s board of directors, has been inducted into the U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame for his work to promote STEM education for future engineers and scientists. Swanson received his award at the 2014 U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference in Washington, Raytheon announced Friday. “As someone who benefitted from […] More

Harris Corp. has completed a series of interoperability tests on Falcon III manpack radios that host a waveform the company has developed for a U.S. military satellite communications system. “This milestone puts us on schedule to release the MUOS waveform through a software upgrade to the combat-proven AN/PRC-117G terminal next year,” George Helm, president of Harris RF Communications‘ […] More

Rob Rabinek serves as vice president for contracts and procurement for General Dynamics Information Technology’s intelligence solutions division, where the close-to-30-year federal procurement exec manages a number of related administration, compliance and other activities. Rabinek’s portfolio of responsibilities includes: contract, subcontract and government property administration contract compliance and quality assurance procurement export and import compliance […] More