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The U.K.’s air force has completed the refueling test trials for the Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, The Aviationist reported Tuesday. Todd Miller writes the Royal Air Force used an A330 Voyager tanker to conduct 18 air-to-air refueling tests during a […] More
Intel Corp. has reproduced a measurement system the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed to quantify how nanoscale magnetic devices perform in an effort to assess whether the tiny structure applies to future computing. Scientists from Intel and Stanford University have released the results of the ferromagnetic resonance spectrometer system in the Journal of […] More
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a $375,000 grant to teach the children of wounded soldiers about prosthetics with the use of virtual reality. APL will also provide hands-on demonstrations for elementary, middle and high school students to help draw their interest in science, technology, engineering and math subjects under the […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has agreed to supply propulsion and energetic systems for Raytheon‘s major weapon programs under a strategic sourcing agreement between the two companies. Raytheon and Aerojet Rocketdyne also aim to jointly chase affordability programs in the government sector through 2019 as part of their partnership, Raytheon said Tuesday. “This landmark agreement is an important step forward in collaboration between […] More
Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected to provide boiler water services at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia under a five-year contract with a U.S. Navy supplier. Evoqua said Monday the company will use its mobile deionization units to produce deionized boiler feed water for ships that dock at the naval station. The contract also calls […] More
Kilgore Flares Co. has received a one-year, $24.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce infrared countermeasure flares for UAE and Qatar under a foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Monday that Kilgore is scheduled to complete work by June 30, 2017, at a company facility in Toone, Tennessee. The Army obligated the full amount […] More
The U.S. Air Force has issued a flight plan that outlines what technologies the service must focus on through 2030 in order to help maintain U.S. air superiority and counter threats. The Air Superiority 2030 Flight Plan calls for the agile development of integrated systems that work across the air, space and cyberspace domains, the Air […] More
Aviana Molecular Technologies has been selected to build sensors for installation in NASA‘s extra-terrestrial mission vehicles as well as repurpose the devices as biosensors. NASA awarded a grant to the startup diagnostic company in conjunction with the University of Central Florida for the sensor development project as part of the agency’s Small Business Technology Transfer initiative, Aviana said Monday. The […] More
Piedmont Propulsion Systems has been selected to overhaul and repair the propeller systems installed on the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft. The company will maintain the Hamilton Sundstrand-made 14RF propellers of HC-144A planes for the service branch under the five-year contract, PPS said Friday. “We’re very proud to be able to serve the USCG’s very important mission […] More
A Concurrent Technologies Corp. subsidiary has rolled out a cybersecurity software offering in an effort to help government and commercial organizations address threats from malware and malicious content. Enterprise Ventures Corp. released the Advanced Guard for Information Security file transfer system that works to remove malicious and rogue content from sensitive files without affecting the file […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a multiyear contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s mobility directorate to produce an additional 78 C-130J Super Hercules transport planes. The directorate will use the aircraft to provide airlift support to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard, the Air Force said Sunday. The contract contains an option that […] More
Charles River Analytics has produced a game-based module for the National Science Foundation as part of an initiative to help U.S. high school students develop their science, technology, engineering, math and entrepreneurship skills. Charles River Analytics said Thursday the Trains of Thought proof-of-concept integrates educational research, the Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe business simulation video game and a gameplay. The approach is […] More
