General Motors’ defense subsidiary will provide a battery electric vehicle for the U.S. Army for use in analysis and demonstration. The company said Tuesday it will offer its GMC Hummer EV pickup to help the service meet its need for a light to heavy duty BEV and reduce dependence on fossil fuels in garrison and […] More

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has hosted a keel laying ceremony in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to formally start the construction of the U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. The keel plate of the USS District of Columbia, designated as SSBN 826, bore the initials of  Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the sponsor of the […] More

MagniX has added engineering company AeroTEC and Canadian operator Air Tindi to its industry team for a NASA demonstration program aimed at developing and testing commercial electrified propulsion systems. The Everett, Washington-based electric motor manufacturer said Thursday AeroTEC and Air Tindi will help it advance electric flight technologies for commercial aviation under the NASA Electrified […] More

GE Aviation has selected BAE Systems to provide equipment needed for a NASA research project aimed at developing a megawatt-class hybrid electronic propulsion system for single-aisle aircraft. As part of the GE-led initiative, BAE said Thursday it will design, test and produce energy management components including controls, cables and batteries for the hybrid electric technology […] More

Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm has made an investment in Electra.aero through a Series A funding round to enable the latter to perform flight testing of its hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing demonstrator aircraft in 2022. “Electra’s technical approach to sustainable aviation is differentiated, and we are excited to see this concept mature,” Chris Moran, […] More

General Motors‘ defense arm will prototype a military vehicle based on the new electric variant of the company’s Hummer, CNBC reported Thursday. Steve duMont, president of GM Defense, said the company may offer a Hummer EV-based electric light reconnaissance vehicle or eLRV to the U.S. Army. GM holds $222.9 million in contracts to produce infantry […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a $66.64 million modification to a sole-source contract that covers lead yard services, development studies and design efforts in support of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines. The undefinitized contract action from the Naval Sea Systems Command will require Electric Boat to perform submarine work in North Carolina, […] More

The Department of Energy has announced $199 million in funding for 25 projects that will focus on electric vehicle technologies to reduce emissions by cars and trucks. Five projects under the SuperTruck 3 initiative will work on electric truck and freight system concepts for five years while 20 Low Greenhouse Gas projects will aim to […] More

Bollinger Shipyards has christened a new ocean transport barge that was developed to support a General Dynamics subsidiary’s construction of new ballistic missile submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will use the Holland barge, which measures 400 feet by 100 feet, in efforts to build and maintain Columbia-class and Virginia-class submarines for the U.S. Navy, Bollinger […] More

The mission systems business of General Dynamics has received two contracts worth $30.5 million in combined value for maintenance services and modernization of the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Independence-variant littoral combat ship.  The Department of Defense awarded May 4 the first contract worth $17.4 million intended to enhance the fleet’s mechanical and electrical capabilities through […] More

General Atomics has conducted ground and flight tests of a brushless generator system built for the extended-range variant of its Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. The company said Wednesday its aeronautical and electromagnetic systems business units jointly developed the new motor to generate up to 14 kilowatts of power for the GE-ER platform, a 50 […] More

The U.S. Army concluded a demonstration of various vehicles for the potential Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle program at Fort Benning in Georgia, Defense News reported Friday. Ten companies took part in the eLRV industry demo to allow the service to assess the vehicles’ off-road capability, inform potential platforms using feedback from warfighters and define goals. […] More