Jane Edwards

United Launch Alliance has introduced a new website designed to provide customers with pricing information on space launch services in an effort to facilitate the decision-making process during the spacecraft development phase. ULA’s RocketBuilder website works to provide users an option to choose a launch date, rocket configuration and the satellite’s orbit as well as […] More

Allied Minds subsidiary HawkEye 360 has obtained $11 million in a Razor’s Edge Ventures-led Series A funding round to support the development of a constellation of small satellites and build up the company’s business development and engineering teams. HawkEye 360 also appointed John Serafini, formerly a senior vice president at Allied Minds, as the company’s […] More

Lockheed Martin has joined the NextFlex institute that aims to advance manufacturing processes designed to produce flexible hybrid electronics. Lockheed has become one of NextFlex’s corporate tier 1 members and named James Libous, head of the company’s enterprise-level advanced electronics technology and innovation strategy, to the institute’s governing council, NextFlex said Monday. “We look forward to […] More

The U.S. Air Force has partnered with Rolls-Royce to unveil a 14,500-square-foot facility at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex on Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma designed to accommodate repair, maintenance and overhaul work on the F-137 engine. F-137 is an 8,000-pound Rolls-Royce-made turbofan engine that works to power the Northrop Grumman-built RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, […] More

William Lynn, chairman and CEO of DRS Technologies, has said partnerships with Israel-based firms have helped DRS facilitate the integration and deployment of Israel-made technology platforms in the U.S. market in support of the U.S. military. Lynn told Defense News bureau chief Barbara Opall-Rome in an interview published Monday that DRS has secured a potential $400 million […] More

Israel plans to buy an additional 17 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft for an undisclosed sum under a third order that brings the country’s procurement commitment with the U.S. government to 50 fighter jets, Defense News reported Sunday. Barbara Opall-Rome writes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet approved on Sunday the F-35 acquisition package, which industry and […] More