A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies has won a potential $17.6 program to help carry out a technology transfer and flight hardware upgrade program for NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Teledyne Energy Systems will implement the Technology Maturation Program at JPL to turn skutterudite thermoelectric materials into flight-like components, the company said Tuesday. NASA and the company intend to develop a new Multi […] More

A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies will build a launch vehicle stage adapter for NASA to use on the agency’s Space Launch System under a five-year, $60 million contract. Teledyne Brown Engineering unit will use the Marshall Space Flight Center’s advanced welding facility to assemble the adapter, which is intended to protect and support SLS’ core and […] More

Parry Labs has announced the appointment of Mark Blanco as its chief growth officer. In this new role, Blanco will work to steer long-term strategy, lead strategic opportunities and foster strong customer relationships, Parry Labs said Monday.

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The Department of Defense's innovation arm has selected five companies to build prototypes of commercial lithium batteries to address power requirements in fighter jets and helicopters. NanoGraf, Bren-Tronics, Xentris Wireless division EXO Charge, Enersys and Teledyne Technologies will develop prototypes under the Defense Innovation Unit's Family of Advanced Standard Batteries project, DIU said Thursday.

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Mark Gradkowski, formerly a senior vice president at KeyLogic Associates, has joined Edgewater Federal Solutions as SVP of business development responsible for assisting the information technology company’s transition to a mid-to-large-size entity. Edgewater said Tuesday the new appointee, who has more than two decades of experience in business growth and operations, will help establish new markets, […] More

Curtiss-Wright will deliver processor modules to Manassas, Virginia-based company Progeny for use in the upgrade of a pair of U.S. Navy torpedo systems. Under a $70 million contract, Curtiss-Wright’s team will furnish the Navy’s MK54 and MK48 torpedo modernization project with Modular Open System Approach computers and digital processing modules, the defense and aerospace contractor said Wednesday. […] More

Lisa Porter and Michael Griffin, co-presidents of LogiQ, have been added to the advisory board of intelligent radio frequency company AiRANACULUS. The new advisers have worked in several government and private sector roles and will bring experience in defense and aerospace development and management, AiRANACULUS said Monday. Porter formerly led research and development efforts for […] More

Sonia Galindo, a corporate, securities and governance attorney who was with the former FLIR Systems company, was named as executive vice president and general counsel at KBR, where she will help align company efforts with its high ethical standard. Stuart Bradie, president and CEO of KBR, said in a statement published Monday Galindo will contribute […] More

The U.S. Navy has released a request for proposals for autonomous glider technologies that could support the service branch’s oceanographic survey and anti-submarine warfare missions, Defense News reported Wednesday.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a contract to provide the Department of Energy with two units of thermoelectric generators designed for deep space missions. The company said Friday it will fabricate, deliver and test a couple of Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators that would support possible missions to explore Saturn’s moon Titan and Neptune’s largest moon Triton. 

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Dr. Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, has returned to the Riverside Research board of trustees, the company reported on Monday. Porter has nearly 25 years of experience in the defense and technology industries and is currently the co-president and co-founder of LogiQ.

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1901 Group announced on Tuesday that George Batsakis has joined the company as its executive vice president and chief strategy officer. 

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