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Dave Shrum: QinetiQ NA Extends Two Decades of Naval Research Office Mission Support

QinetiQ North America has been awarded a five-year, $16 million contract to provide engineering, program management and technical support services to aÂ U.S. NavyÂ battlefield science and technology organization. QNA will lead a team of eight contractors to support work in the Office of Naval Research’s expeditionary maneuver warfare and combating terrorism department, QNA said Tuesday. The […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 5, 2014, 8:54 am
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Jack Dorsett: Northrop Extends Three Decades of Navy Combat Training Systems Design Work

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $33 million task order to design and build training systems for the U.S. Navy to prepare sailors for navigation and weapons launching activities. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center selected Northrop for the order under the SeaPort-eÂ contract vehicle, Northrop said Tuesday. Work will also include system analysis, product assurance, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 4, 2014, 1:14 pm
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Tom Watson: SAIC Aims to Help SSC Atlantic Gain Interoperability Under ISR Task Order

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic manage production engineering and logistics for the branch’s Distributed Common Ground System under a potential one-year, $13 million task order. Tom Watson, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC’s theÂ NavyÂ andÂ Marine Corps customer group, said Tuesday the company will work onÂ system […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 4, 2014, 10:01 am
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Lillian Ryals: MITRE, Air Navigation Org Offer Aviation System Framework Training

MITRE Corp. and theÂ Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation have launched a training program for air navigation service providers, civil aviation authorities andÂ industry partnersÂ on the implementation of theÂ Aviation System Block Upgrades framework, both organizations said Monday. Jeff Poole, CANSO director general, said training on theÂ International Civil Aviation Organization’s ASBU methodology is expected to guide theÂ planning and […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 3, 2014, 11:20 am
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Roy Donelson: Raytheon, Navy Update Tomahawk Missile Sensors and Communications

Raytheon and the U.S. Navy worked to test a set of communication updates to a Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile on Feb. 19 in order to determine how it could attack moving targets and connect to command-and-control stations. Testers launched the Tomahawk with a preprogrammed path and maintained communications with base, as it received updates […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 27, 2014, 10:39 am
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Northrop Develops Plug-and-Play Satellite Under $50M Task Order; Doug Young Comments

Northrop Grumman has launched a modular space vehicle with plug-and-play capability as part of a $50 million task order from the Operationally Responsive Space Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The satellite is expected to meet the need for compact satellites that allow quick assembly for short-term space missions, the companyÂ said Wednesday. â€œMSV provides […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 27, 2014, 9:57 am
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Air Force to Test Raytheon Team’s Hyperspectral UAV Sensor

The U.S. Air Force will test a hyperspectral imaging sensor developed by a Raytheon-lead contracting team for the service’s MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Sunday. John Keller writes the Air Force intends to negotiate a contract with Raytheon for the flight testing of a pod-based Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System-Hyperspectral system. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 24, 2014, 12:47 pm
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Ball Aerospace Hands Orion’s Antennas to Lockheed, NASA; Jim Oschmann Comments

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has delivered four phased array antennas for the Orion spacecraft toÂ NASAâ€™s Kennedy Space Center and prime contractor Lockheed Martin, as preparations are underway ahead of Orion’s inaugural flight in September. The antennas are intended to help comprise of Orion’s voice, video and data communications systems and be installed on Orion’s exterior, […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 24, 2014, 10:00 am
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Boeing Receives On-Orbit Signals from its GPS Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments

BoeingÂ has received initial signals from its global positioning system satellite from space following the spacecraftâ€™s Thursday launch. The GPS IIF 5 satellite was launched into space aboard Â a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and transmitted signals after more than three hours, Boeing said Friday. The spacecraft has […] More

by Jay Clemens February 21, 2014, 11:51 am
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Report: Australia to Buy 8 Boeing Poseidon Spy Planes

Australia plans to buy eight P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes built by Boeing for approximately $4 billion, the Herald Sun reported Friday.Â Jennifer Rajca writes that the first of the Poseidon aircraft will bee delivered by 2017 and the fleet could be fully-operational by 2021. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the purchase is part […] More

by Admin February 21, 2014, 10:02 am
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David Thompson: Orbital Sciences Seeks to Extend Launch Partnership With Skybox Imaging

Orbital SciencesÂ will launchÂ Skybox Imagingâ€™s imaging and spacecraft into space in late 2015 under a contract of an undisclosed value. The commercial Minotaur-C space launch vehicle will be used to transport six Skybox spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Orbital said Thursday. Orbitalâ€™s small-class launch vehicles unit within its launch systems group […] More

by Jay Clemens February 21, 2014, 7:10 am
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Cobham Launches UHF Antenna for White Space Frequency

Cobham Antenna Systemsâ€™ microwave antennas unit has launched a dual-polar ,ultra-high-frequency antenna that is built to cover the white space frequency band for antenna operators and installers. The SA11-90-0.6VH/2178 wideband antenna covers the 470 megahertz-to-700 megahertz frequency range that was freed up after some analog television transmissions discontinued, Cobham said Thursday. The antennas are built […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 21, 2014, 6:14 am