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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have completed the final ground test of an abort motor for NASA’s Orion lunar crew module at a facility in Promontory, Utah. The engine’s four exhaust nozzles nearly 400,000 pounds of thrust over two seconds, verifying its new insulation and formulation and passing qualification testing, Northrop said Thursday. Three 17-foot […] More
A Boeing-led industry team will look into future concepts of air surveillance, command and control under a risk reduction and feasibility study contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. The ABILITI team was tasked to provide technical concepts that could support the development of a replacement for NATO’s retiring E-3 Airborne Warning And Control […] More
General Electric recently started the second testing phase of a three-stream adaptive cycle engine for the F-35 aircraft at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee. Phase 2 prepares for the maturation and full-scale development of the GE XA100 engine as part of the service branch’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program, the company […] More
Northrop Grumman has connected the 100th U.S. Air Force training site to its distributed network that links various aircraft simulators used by Combat Air Force crews for virtual instructions and exercises. The defense company said Wednesday it plans on expanding its Distributed Mission Operations Network with over a dozen Air Force sites that provide next-generation […] More
BAE Systems’ research and development arm will continue developing radio frequency mixed-mode circuit designs for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under a Phase 2 award worth $5 million. The company said Wednesday its FAST Labs will work on integrated RF analog and digital electronics for the second phase of the Technologies for Mixed-mode Ultra […] More
A Teledyne Technologies business has introduced air domain awareness and counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities for its lightweight vehicle surveillance system designed to detect and mitigate drone threats. Teledyne FLIR Defense said Tuesday the LVSS ADA C-UAS system uses a three-dimensional radar, electro-optical/infrared camera, multi-spectral imager and radio frequency sensors to identify and display a drone’s […] More
Lockheed Martin demonstrated integrated operations with its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor and the U.S. Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Weapon System during a recent missile testing in New Mexico. PAC-3 MSE launched off the THAAD system to hit a tactical ballistic missile target for the first time without help from a Patriot fire […] More
Mike Saliter, a two-decade enterprise sales and services veteran, has been named senior vice president of strategy at McLean, Virginia-based information technology services provider Steampunk. Steampunk said Tuesday Saliter joins the company from his prior role as global vice president for Splunk’s platform and cloud business. He previously led industry services, global strategic accounts and […] More
LMI has received a contract from a Department of Defense office to help enhance the management and sustainment of weapon systems, military equipment and other resources needed to ensure warfighter readiness. The Virginia-headquartered consultancy said Tuesday it would deliver industrial base assessments, data analytics, and policy and resource management services to the Office of the […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit tested in January a detect and avoid technology to support a Federal Aviation Administration effort toward integrating unmanned aerial systems into the National Airspace System. GA said Monday the DAA system built by GA-Aeronautical Systems and Honeywell helped a SkyGuardian drone avoid close encounters with other aircraft while flying through […] More
Day & Zimmerman, Battelle Memorial Institute and European energetic materials manufacturer EURENCO have partnered to pursue an opportunity with the U.S. Army to manage a Kingsport, Tennessee-based ammunition facility. The team will compete for a planned Army contract for the operations of the Holston Army Ammunition Plant throughout an anticipated 10-year period, D&Z said Monday. […] More
BAE Systems has won a potential $95.2 million contract to update, repair and maintain USS Mustin, a guided missile destroyer in the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke class. The company’s San Diego Ship Repair business in California will help Naval Sea Systems Command carry out the fiscal 2022 depot modernization project for DDG-89, the Department of […] More
