Jane Edwards

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has awarded a $500,000 grant to a business group to perform environmental remediation work on a property in Marinette, Wisconsin, to facilitate the construction of a 23,000-square-foot maritime facility, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday. Rick Barrett writes the Marinette County Association for Business and Industry will use the grant to clean […] More

The Defense Department has expressed support to proposals by Lockheed Martin and Boeing to produce their respective F-16 and F-18 fighter jets in India as part of the Make in India program, Hindustan Times reported Monday. Shishir Gupta writes Defense Secretary Ashton Carter relayed DoD’s support to the proposals to Manohar Parrikar, India’s defense minister, during the […] More

SpaceX has initiated an investigation into the cause of the explosion of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida approximately eight minutes before the rocket’s static fire test. SpaceX said Friday its probe complies with accident investigation plans that include collection of all potential evidence and formation of […] More

CH2M has been chosen by a government agency in Ontario, Canada, to serve as a vehicle technology consultant for the province’s Regional Express Rail program. The RER program is part of the Ontario government’s plan to invest $11.5 billion over 10 years in transit development efforts in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area that includes the electrification […] More

BAE Systems and Australia have signed a contract that would allow the company to refine its Type 26 Global Combat Ship design in an effort to meet the requirements of Australia’s naval force as part of the SEA 5000 Future Frigate program. Glynn Phillips, CEO of BAE’s Australian arm, said in a statement released Thursday the […] More

The Aerospace Corp. has launched a study that aims to make position, navigation and timing services more resilient through the development of a user-device platform that will work to combine PNT signals from multiple sources. The nonprofit organization said Monday it will use an open-source method to develop a user-device system designed to collect PNT […] More