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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
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
