Nichols Martin

General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has expanded its business and  engineering resource center in Canberra, Australia, as part of growth efforts. The expanded GDMS facility at Brindabella Park is close to the Australian defense department’s capability, acquisition and sustainment group office and houses the company’s Mediaware digital video processing operations, General Dynamics said Friday. Chris Marzilli, GDMS president […] More

A Vigor Industrial subsidiary has secured a $35 million to help the U.S. Navy address repair and alteration requirements for the dry-docking selected restricted availability of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. Vigor Marine will support DSRA office spaces, warehousing, lay-down, security, crane operation, utilities, galley services and other ship assets under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work […] More

An Oshkosh subsidiary has received a $15.4 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Army to provide missile transport equipment and training support to Qatar and Kuwait. Oshkosh Defense will deliver M985A4 guided missile transporters with cranes, M985A4 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, Multiple-Launch Rocket System resupply trucks, M984A4 HEMTT wreckers and M983A4 HEMTT tractors to the two FMS […] More

The U.S. Navy has announced it will commission the SSN 788 to be named USS Colorado during a ceremony that will take place Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) will serve as the commissioning ceremony’s principal speaker, while Annie Mabus, daughter of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, will order the USS Colorado’s activation as ship […] More

A Boeing subsidiary has partnered with Accenture, Oracle and Mannai to build an enterprise resource planning and logistics management information system for Qatar’s armed forces under a five-year contract. Boeing said Wednesday its Tapestry Solutions business will provide the GOLDesp maintenance, repair and overhaul software platform while Oracle will supply its E-Business suite for integration into the ERP/LMIS platform. GOLDesp is designed […] More

Saab has flown a new surveillance jet platform from the company’s airfield in Linkoping, Sweden to gather verification data on performance and modelling. The GlobalEye, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft, underwent a test that lasted one hour and 46 minutes, following a wave of ground trials, Saab said Wednesday. The aircraft’s modifications include a combination of surveillance equipment […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $67.6 million contract to manufacture an 11th batch of GQM-163A Coyote sea skimming target base vehicles. Orbital ATK will provide 24 full-rate production base vehicles and spares foreign military sales to USN and Qatar as well as deliver D6AC long lead steel to Japan, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will receive […] More

The U.S. Department of the Interior has selected Birdseyeview Aerobotics to produce 50 fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems built for vertical take off and landing in support of land stewardship operations. The DOI said Tuesday it intends to use the UAS with technologies designed to aid in resource management and emergency response. The aircraft is expected to weigh […] More

A Battelle-led team has injected 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into a deep rock formation as part of a Department of Energy project that sought to demonstrate carbon capture, utilization and storage processes. The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership conducted the scientific demonstration effort built upon DOE’s 10-year-old goal to store CO2 beneath the earth’s […] More