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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
Cubic has unveiled an expanded facility in Huntsville, Ala., that consolidates the development, production, engineering and administrative functions of its GATR Technologies subsidiary. The 100,000-square-foot GATR facility at Cummings Research Park will support the unit’s growth efforts, Cubic said Monday. GATR produces satellite communication terminals designed to help military customers transmit data and voice transmissions. “With the expansion of […] More
The Informatics Applications Group has won a potential five-year, $47.1 million task order from the U.S. Navy to help the Office of Naval Research establish an information technology network operation. Virginia-based tiag will also support ONR’s business process as part of the task order awarded under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday. The order has a one-year […] More
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said partnerships that focus on growth and shared opportunities play a key role in global security. “Public-private partnerships are most effective and most transformative when they are focused on making a strong, long-term impact,â€Â Hewson, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said Monday at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, United […] More
Lockheed Martin has opened a facility in Pinellas Park, Florida, to manufacture canopies and bulkheads for F-35 fighter jets. The company said Monday it will commence operations at the manufacturing facility in mid-May and aims to create more than 80 new jobs there through mid-2019. Nearly 270 employees currently work at Lockheed’s Pinellas Park site, which the company expanded to add […] More
Rockwell Collins has provided systems and services to aid testing efforts under NASA‘s Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management program. The company said Monday it served as a UAS service supplier to help the agency manage safety of a UAS operating beyond visual line of sight during flight tests. The two-week test series demonstrated the consecutive, repetitive use of […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries has installed the forward section of the main deck on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the company is building for the U.S. Navy. HII said Monday its Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed approximately 75 percent of USS John F. Kennedy structures through a “modular” building process, wherein smaller sections of a ship are consolidated into […] More
Chris McGugan, a more than 25-year communications technology veteran, has returned to Avaya as chief technology strategist. Avaya said Monday McGugan will work to assess customer requirements, market trends and the potential of new and emerging digital platforms to create value for clients. He served as vice president of emerging products and technology at the communications technology provider from […] More
A United Launch Alliance-built rocket is set to take off on July 31 from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida to bring into space a NASA solar probe, Spaceflight Now reported Friday. The Delta 4-Heavy rocket will lift off in July to carry into space the agency’s Parker Solar Probe designed to collect data […] More
NASA has announced plans to conduct a full and open competition for a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver scientific payloads to the Moon. In a draft request for proposals notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps, the space agency said it seeks contractor-provided assets to integrate, transport and operate instruments and technology demonstration payloads intended for the […] More
Finland is seeking a contractor to provide a replacement for the country’s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft slated for retirement beginning in 2025, Reuters reported Friday. The report said possible candidates to replace the current Finnish fighter aircraft include Boeing, Lockheed Martin and a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo. The Finnish government looks to buy 64 multirole […] More
Sallie Bailey, executive vice president and chief financial officer at building materials manufacturing company Louisiana-Pacific, has joined Harris‘ board of directors. In her current role, Bailey oversees LP’s accounting, financial reporting, treasury, internal audit, information technology and corporate communications functions, Harris said Friday. She also serves as a director at wire manufacturer General Cable. Bailey previously worked as VP and […] More
