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Lockheed Martin’s space systems company has moved to help the United Kingdom grow its space capabilities by opening a technology office in the region, the Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes the new office located at UK Space Gateway in Harwell Oxford is a spinoff of Lockheed Martin’s UK division. Rick Ambrose, executive […] More
Corporate Counsel has released a report that indicates salaries for general counsel increased by $701,001 in 2013, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Catherine Ho writes the pay hike is a gain of 6.8 percent compared to a 7.4 percent year-over-year increase in 2012. Corporate Counsel surveyed the pay packages of 100 highest-paid legal officers last year […] More
United Technologies Corp. has won a contract to modernize the airborne imaging sensors of the U.S. Air Force, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Michael Peck writes United Technologies’ UTC aerospace systems unit will work to upgrade the SYERS-2 sensor systems to the SYERS-2C version featuring multispectral technology. Kevin Raftery, UTC vice president, said the company […] More
Global Knowledge has delivered learning services to help IBM’s business partners acquire skills around SoftLayer cloud services. Global Knowledge will provide training services on the fundamentals of SoftLayer technology through a two-day course of lectures and hands-on sessions, Global Knowledge said Thursday. “Through this program, our partners are gaining the skills they need to build […] More
Unisys will collaborate with IBM and Deloitte Consulting to consolidate seven data centers of Pennsylvania into a hybrid cloud platform under a seven-year, $681 million contract, eWeek reported Thursday. Jeffrey Burt writes Pennsylvania’s state agencies will have access to support services hosted in Unisys’ data centers for their infrastructures, storage, security and database services. Unisys […] More
BAE Systems Inc. is upbeat the U.S. Army will ink an agreement to procure missile guidance systems worth $30,000 from the company in 2015, DoD Buzz reported Friday. Brendan McGarry writes the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System kit works to transmit semi-active laser guidance and control to a 2.75-inch Hydra rocket. David Harrold, director of […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $23.5 million contract to develop an amphibious assault ship for the U.S. Navy in compliance with the service’s cost-saving plan. Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s engineers and planners will work to design and construct the Navy’s amphibious assault ship LHA 8, Huntington Ingalls said Thursday. Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said […] More
Raytheon Co. has demonstrated its Mobile Range system’s tri-band telemetry antenna to test the technology’s reception and tracking capabilities. The system worked to track an AIM-9 missile onboard an F-18 Hornet aircraft through L-, S- and C-Band telemetry signals during a demonstration at Naval Base Ventura County in California, Raytheon said Thursday. ”Mobile Range’s test […] More
Orbital Sciences‘ Cygnus cargo spacecraft has delivered science, supplies and spacewalking payloads to the International Space Station under a $1.9 billion NASA resupply services contract. SS Janice Voss was launched aboard an Orbital Sciences-built rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and the Expedition 40 crew received the nearly 3,300 pounds of supplies at […] More
A joint venture of Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems has handed a helmet-mounted display system to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 aircraft. Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems LLC developed the Gen III HMDS for F-35 Lightning II pilots to gain situational awareness of the battlefield during operations, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. “Providing an accurate […] More
Raytheon has partnered with Kongsberg Gruppen to develop anti-surface warfare systems to customers worldwide. The companies will build the joint strike missile for air-launched anti-surface warfare applications, Raytheon said Tuesday. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon missile systems president, said the companies aim to provide new technologies in the anti-surface warfare arena for the U.S. and its allies. Norway’s air […] More
BAE Systems has kicked off a series of simulation-based tests on F-35 and Typhoon aircraft that the U.K.’s military will start to operate in 2018. An E3D Sentry crew worked to send datalink-transmitted tasks for the F-35 aircraft to engage ground targets and for the Typhoons to destroy air threats as part of the exercise, said Monday. Tony Hall, […] More
