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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts 3D-Printed Engine Thrust Chamber Assembly Through Hot-Fire Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts 3D-Printed Engine Thrust Chamber Assembly Through Hot-Fire Tests

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted hot-fire tests on a full-scale thrust chamber assembly the company built using a three-dimensional printing method that incorporated selective laser melting technology. The company said Monday that the Defense Production Act Title III program management office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base facilitated tests of the 3D-printed thrust chamber for the RL10 rocket engine. RL10’s copper thrust chamber will replace […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain US Military's Joint Battle Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain US Military’s Joint Battle Mgmt System

    Lockheed Martin has received a $38 million contract to sustain a joint battle management system that all four U.S. military branches use for air operations planning and execution. The company said Monday it will support the Theater Battle Management Core System  built to coordinate all flown military assets such as cruise missiles, fighter aircraft and helicopters. The U.S. Air Force will […] More

  • Textron to Build 2 More Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Navy's Mine Countermeasure Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Build 2 More Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Navy’s Mine Countermeasure Mission

    Textron‘s unmanned systems division has been awarded a $14.8 million contract to build an additional two fourth-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicles for the U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Influence Sweep System program. The company said Monday the service branch plans to use the CUSVs for a Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Surface Vehicle mission that will involve mine-hunting, neutralization and sweeping operations. CUSV is designed […] More

  • Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar Capacity at Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise in Hawaii - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar Capacity at Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise in Hawaii

    Raytheon has showcased a company-built air and missile defense radar system during a ballistic missile defense exercise held at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The exercise tested if Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6 radar could acquire, search and track a ballistic missile target and the test followed a series of activities in which the platform helped track integrated air and missile […] More

  • Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US

    Norway’s defense equipment authority has inked a deal to purchase five Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon from the U.S. for use in maritime surveillance operations of the Norwegian military, Naval Technology reported Friday. Naval Technology quoted Ine Eriksen Soreide, Norway’s defense minister, as saying the contract also covers the procurement of modern sensors, monitoring and support systems as well as anti-submarine weapons. The State […] More

  • SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With Reused Booster Into Orbit; Elon Musk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With Reused Booster Into Orbit; Elon Musk Comments

    SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a reused lower stage to deliver a communications satellite into orbit from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, Space.com reported Thursday. Irene Klotz writes the launch was the first reflight of a used orbit-class rocket booster and the second time it landed on SpaceX’s Of Course I Still Love You robotic drone ship at sea. […] More

  • CAE to Help Train NATO AWACS Aircraft Crews; Marc-Lovier Sabourin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Help Train NATO AWACS Aircraft Crews; Marc-Lovier Sabourin Comments

    NATO has awarded CAE a contract to train crews at the international alliance’s facility in Germany on flying the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. CAE said Thursday it will continue to maintain and perform support work on E-3A flight deck simulator and training devices at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen. The company will also deploy aircrew instructors, develop courseware, operate mission simulators […] More

  • NVI Awarded Follow-On NASA Baseline Interferometry Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVI Awarded Follow-On NASA Baseline Interferometry Support Contract

    NVI has secured a five-year, $12 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to continue support work on NASA‘s very long baseline interferometry. NASA said Thursday that NVI will coordinate and examine VLBI observations as well as support the development, documentation, implementation and maintenance of related software under the follow-on contract. The company will also assist NASA in operation of the geophysical and astronomical observatory at the […] More

  • NGA Taps Esri to Join Geospatial Exchange Program; Jack Dangermond Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Taps Esri to Join Geospatial Exchange Program; Jack Dangermond Comments

    Esri has been chosen to participate in a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency program that will place NGA employees in temporary positions with academic and industry partners as part of efforts to increase their exposure to new technologies and methodologies. The company said Thursday the eNGAge program seeks to foster experiential learning opportunities that may help professionals expand their current capacities. NGA employees who collaborate with […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK has concluded its support services for an Earth observation satellite the company built for NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to aid the validation and development of satellite and instrument technologies. The company said Thursday NASA has decommissioned the Earth Observing-1 satellite  after a nearly 17-year mission that began in 2000. Orbital ATK supported the EO-1 mission as […] More

  • Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project

    AM General and the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have teamed up to develop an autonomous driving vehicle that would transport equipment, soldiers and supplies inside military bases. The project is part of the Applied Robotics for Installations and Base Operations program that explores the potential of robotic technology to address transportation challenges at U.S. military facilities, AM General said Wednesday. […] More

  • Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK's Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK’s Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April

    NASA has postponed Orbital ATK‘s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station to address booster problems on the launch vehicle that will be used to launch a company-built spacecraft, Space News reported Wednesday. Space News’ Jeff Foust quoted Robyn Gatens, deputy director of NASA’s ISS division, as saying the investigation on the booster engine for the Cygnus OA-7 mission will push back the launch no sooner than mid-April. […] More