Monica Jackson

The Defense Department has given a team from Northrop Grumman the Nunn-Perry award for supporting QTEC Aerospace with its business operations for three years under the Missile Defense Agency’s Mentor-Protégé Program. Northrop Grumman said Monday QTEC saw its business and workforce expand during the effort. The Va.-based firm also worked on the program in collaboration […] More

Orbital ATK has set May 20 as target date to launch its ninth cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The space agency said Monday Orbital ATK moved Cygnus from a payload processing facility to a spacecraft fueling facility Monday at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. After […] More

Leidos’ Sea Hunter autonomous anti-submarine vessel has passed nearly two years of testing with the U.S. Navy and joined the service’s fleet of warships, CNBC reported Wednesday. The report said almost all of Sea Hunter’s elements are now classified. Rear Adm. Nevin Carr, vice president and Navy strategic account executive at Leidos, stated that Sea […] More

South Korea’s defense acquisition program administration plans to buy more than 10 anti-submarine helicopters via a competitive acquisition process that will be open to interested foreign bidders, Defense News reported Monday. DAPA said it will kick off a solicitation next month and select a preferred bidder based on the cost and operational features of a manufacture’s helicopter […] More

Federal agencies collectively spent $1.9 billion on telecommunications products and services during fiscal 2017 through the General Services Administration’s Networx Enterprise and Universal contracts, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. BGOV analyzed billing data from GSA and found that Networx spending over the past decade. The report said AT&T and Verizon have secured approximately 85 percent of total contract obligations on the two […] More

Lockheed Martin and Rovsing have partnered to test the Denmark-based space engineering firm’s Solar Array Simulator as both companies aim to help address a demand for new test equipment in the satellite industry. The Danish Business Authority approved the project in accordance with the country’s Guidelines for Industrial Co-Operation, Lockheed said Thursday. Brad Holland, senior manager for electronic ground support equipment testing […] More