Griffon Aerospace has received a two-year, $49.9M contract to provide the U.S. Army with unmanned aircraft system targets and associated support services.

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Makenzie Lystrup, Ball Aerospace’s vice president and general manager for civil space, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Collins Aerospace has introduced a ground station for military customers to transmit audio, visual and data communications without utilizing satellite technology.

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Phil Jasper, president of the mission systems business at Collins Aerospace, has said the company continues work to help the Pentagon meet a demand for new military capabilities amid the rise of connected and digital battlefield, The Gazette reported Saturday. 

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Richard Cody, a retired U.S. Army general, has joined MAG Aerospace as a member of the company’s board of directors. MAG CEO Joe Fluet said in a statement published Thursday Cody is a great addition to the company’s board due to his experience, innovation and contributions to field of aviation and command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

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The U.S. Air Force's first T-1A Jayhawk trainer fitted with a Collins Aerospace-built integrated avionics system for the first time last week from a facility operated by Field Aerospace.

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A partnership between United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace will select more than 20 K-12 teams to design and build payloads through the 2019 Student Rocket Launch competition. Participants will aim to guide payload systems to a designated ground-based target for a chance to win as much as $5K and use the prize money to support a nonprofit organization or […] More

An Australian company that serves the aerospace and defense markets is set to establish its flagship U.S. facility in Huntsville, Ala. Electro Optic Systems is currently in the process of installing the production facility at 2865 Wall Triana Highway, the local government of Huntsville said Wednesday. Phil Coker, president of EOS’ U.S. arm, said the […] More

NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to produce an optical technology for a new space observatory designed to help scientists conduct research into dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics. The company said Wednesday it will build the Optical Mechanical Assembly for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope and support WFI integration and test efforts. Jim Oschmann, vice president and general manager […] More

Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, plans to discuss the company’s strategic partnerships at the Global Aerospace Summit 2018 that will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from April 30 to May 1, Arabian Aerospace reported Tuesday. “The aerospace and defense industry is uniquely positioned to help strengthen national defense […] More

Curtiss-Wright has received a potential $86 million contract to produce aerospace instrumentation tools to support data acquisition program at a U.S. Air Force test center. The company said Tuesday it will provide network switches, data acquisition systems, recorders, telemetry systems and ground station systems to the Edwards Air Force Base’s AFTC as part of the High Speed Data Acquisition […] More

Israel Aerospace Industries has demonstrated an unmanned helicopter proof of concept the company designed to simplify air and land battlefield supply logistics processes during a warfare mission. Air Hopper performed two simulated scenarios, including one wherein the platform transported a wounded soldier to an extraction point for treatment, during the POC demonstration, IAI said Monday. For […] More