Jane Edwards

Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Airbus and Dassault Aviation have received a contract to conduct a two-year definition study of a program that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system for European countries. Germany, France, Spain and Italy participated in the launch of the contract for the European MALE RPAS program through a meeting led by the […] More

The U.S. Navy will sponsor a two-day conference that will kick off Oct. 12 in Bloomington, Indiana, in an effort to promote technology research collaboration among defense, industry and academic institutions. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, will host the “Innovation Crossover: The Shape of Things to Come” conference and organizers expect the event […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps is scheduled to test prototypes of the new Amphibious Combat Vehicle from BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. in 2017, Marine Corps Times reported Wednesday. Jeff Schogol writes the service branch plans to select one manufacturer in 2018 that would build the new ACVs designed to replace its fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. […] More

The General Services Administration and Energy Department have started to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide building technology platforms designed to build up the environmental and economic performance of federal and commercial facilities. Both agencies will evaluate potential building technologies through measurement and verification performance studies as part of the Green Proving […] More

Honeywell has introduced a new portfolio of foam blowing agents and refrigerants in support of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Significant New Alternative Policy. The SNAP program aims to assess and regulate alternatives for chemicals that EPA plans to phase out in compliance with the Clean Air Act, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell’s Soltice suite consists of […] More

Fitch Ratings has said it expects U.S. defense spending levels will continue to remain “solid” in fiscal year 2017 and in the succeeding years based on the assumption that the budget caps will be overturned. Fitch Ratings said Monday that its credit outlook for the defense and aerospace sector has been supported by a higher level […] More

Oracle will no longer use the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle and third-party resellers to directly sell its software platforms to government agencies, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Oracle’s decision seeks to reduce litigation risks associated with the False Claims Act as well as address concerns over compliance with the Transactional Data Reporting rule […] More