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General Electric‘s technology development unit has received a four-year, $9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a framework to validate and certify 3D-printed spare parts for military ships, aircraft and other platforms. The company said Wednesday GE Global Research will collaborate with GE Aviation, GE Additive, Honeywell, Pennsylvania State University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Navy […] More

A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says military spending worldwide hit a total of $1.7 trillion in 2017, reflecting a 1.1 percent increase from 2016. SIPRI said Wednesday U.S. military spending remained steady for two years in a row at $610 billion and the country remained the world’s largest defense spender followed by China […] More

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has completed an expansion of its military training and simulation facility in Orlando, Fla., in a move to further help the Defense Department prepare troops for combat missions. The company said Wednesday the expanded facility offers military personnel with different warfighting training approaches such as simulated air, seal and land environments, digital experiences […] More

The Transportation Security Administration has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate to request potential detection and screening technologies from startups, which will have the opportunity to receive up to $800,000 in non-dilutive funds. The TSA’s Object Recognition and Adaptive Algorithms in Passenger Property Screening solicitation through S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program seeks products […] More

NTT Group and Dell Technologies have teamed up to launch a smart cities program in Las Vegas in support of the city’s digital transformation effort. The companies will field a smart city platform that will integrate NTT’s Cognitive Foundation architecture with Dell EMC’s internet-of-things gateways and hyperconverged infrastructure and VMware’s vCloud network functions virtualization function, […] More

The Defense Department has begun to seek vendors that can develop, deliver and operate 10 tethered aerostat platforms for Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. DoD said in an April 16 announcement that aerostats should have a set of sensors such as acoustic sensors, a ground indicator for moving targets and two electro-optical/infrared sensors in […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed the last two C-130J-30 Super Hercules deliveries to a U.S. Air Force base in Japan. The company said Tuesday 36th Airlift Squadron crews stationed at Yokota Air Base use the airlifters to conduct cargo delivery, troop transport, airdrop and aeromedical operations in the Western Pacific region. Yokota received a total of nine C-130J-30s from […] More

General Dynamics plans to make an $850 million investment in its operations in Connecticut to support the production of 12 Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines for the U.S. Navy under a potential $5 billion contract awarded in 2017, the Connecticut Post reported Tuesday. General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to establish a new dry dock in Groton, Conn., […] More

General Atomics has secured grants from the Energy Department to further develop new types of fuel designed to power nuclear reactor systems. DOE will help fund two company-led projects to produce and license a reactor fuel system that uses uranium carbide pellets in silicon carbide composite cladding, General Atomics said Monday. The projects were among 13 recipients of up […] More

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