Dynetics has introduced a new guided bomb with a larger warhead that it will provide to the U.S. Special Operations Command under an $11.6 million contract awarded in early June to develop small glide munition, Flightglobal reported Tuesday. Stephen Trimble writes the nearly 60-pound guided bomb’s warhead case incorporates separate modules for the nose section, tail kit and wing […] More

The U.S. Transportation Command has awarded a potential nine-month, $33.5 million contract extension to an AAR subsidiary to provide rotary-wing services in Afghanistan. Airlift Group will continue to provide maintenance, logistics and flight operations support for four rotary-wing passenger and cargo aircraft of the U.S. Central Command, AAR said Monday. Steven Harrison, AAR Airlift Group president, said the […] More

Harris Corp. subsidiary Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $70.3 million contract to provide 42 Precision Approach Radars to the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force as replacements for AN-FPN-63(V) radar systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes ancillary installation, uninterruptible power supplies and training support services for the three service branches, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Exelis-built PAR system comprises […] More

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has started to test a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather prediction and environmental monitoring satellite in a simulated setting. The Joint Polar Satellite System satellite will undergo a series of acoustic, vibration, and electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility tests at a facility Boulder, Colorado where the company built the spacecraft, Ball Aerospace said Friday. […] More

Research and Markets has launched findings of its report that sets the compound annual growth rate of the global man-portable military electronics market at 4.51 percent from 2014 to 2019. The report features an analysis of five tier-one market vendors and presents factors that Research and Markets believes will drive the market over the forecast […] More

DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform. “We are leveraging […] More

A new Visiongain report released by Reportbuyer indicates that the global aviation cybersecurity market will reach a value of $1.8 billion this year as the sector works to protect its information and computer technologies. “Disruption of this sector would invariably have a profound effect on the global economy and more widespread social ramifications, making it crucial […] More

United Technologies Corp. has confirmed that it is currently in negotiations with multiple bidders for the acquisition of UTC subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft, Defense News reported Saturday. Andrew Clevenger writes that sources have named the bidders as Airbus, Blackstone, Lockheed Martin and Textron. The report said the news comes after UTC announced its plan to either sell or spin […] More

The MACH37 cybersecurity accelerator has begun a 90-day session to mentor cybersecurity startup businesses on developing cyber technologies with $50,000 in investment. MACH37 selected Anatrope, Atomicorp, JeKuDo, Nelson-Harris and Shevirah for the Spring 2015 session based on the companies’ technology and approach to solving security issues, MACH37 said Wednesday. Rick Gordon, managing partner at MACH37, […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the market for military electro-optical and infrared systems will climb in value at a 7.71 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $16.35 billion revenues by 2020. The company said Thursday that strategies to establish uncontested market space and increased military spending will drive fast-paced growth for the EO/IR market, particularly in the […] More

A new report by Visiongain indicates a slowdown in defense spending on military land vehicle electronics over the next year due to the end of ground troop deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. The market will stall in North America and most of Europe, but Visiongain said Tuesday that modernization programs in Australia and France will help the market reach […] More

Ellen Glover, an executive vice president at ICF International, has been reappointed chairwoman of the board of directors of the Professional Services Council. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture Federal Services, and Kathleen Flanagan, president and CEO of Abt Associates, were respectively re-elected as vice chair and secretary, PSC said Thursday. Twelve executives from […] More