Elizabeth Leigh

Battelle has contracted Astrotech subsidiary 1st Detect Corp. to develop portable mass spectrometers for the U.S. military next-generation chemical detector program. The collaboration will rely on Batelle’s experience in biological and chemical defense tools and 1st Detect’s miniaturization technology to come up with a prototype multisample identifier, Astrotech said Thursday. Thomas B. Pickens III, chairman and […] More

Thales has received a contract to provide operational support for France’s Lyon international airport. Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport will utilize the company’s Airport Operation Control Centre to help consolidate security and information technology systems, handle technical monitoring and carry out event management, Thales said Monday. According to the company, the Aeroports de Lyon management, which announced […] More

Advanced Photonix Inc. will develop a custom-built photodiode for the U.S. Navy’s ship self-defense weapon under a $1.6 million, 18-month contract from an unnamed military contractor. The photodiodes, semiconductor devices that convert photons of light to generate current, will be made for the RIM-116 rolling airframe missile program, API said Monday. API will design the […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has started work on a five-tanker contract for American Petroleum Tankers with a steel-cutting ceremony held in San Diego last week. The first of the tankers, the APT-1, is 610 feet long with a load limit of 330,000 barrels of cargo, General Dynamics said Friday. “Today’s start of construction ceremony signifies our […] More

IBM has won a contract to consolidate traffic data in Sao Paulo using analytics to provide ARTESP, the Brazilian city’s public transportation regulatory agency, with real-time insights on its highways. The project will use IBM Intelligent Transportation software to form an information control center that will gather data from the local highway administrators that cover nearly 4,000 miles of […] More

Exelis recently completed jamming trials for its Signal Sentry 1000 GPS threat detection technology in collaboration with the British defense ministry. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory conducted the controlled tests in Sennybridge in Wales, Exelis said Wednesday. During field testing, Signal Sentry geolocated and identified all sources of intentional GPS interferences, whether they were […] More