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Huntington Ingalls Division Gets $65M USS Enterprise Contract Modification

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘Â Newport News Shipbuilding division has received aÂ $65 million modification under aÂ U.S. Navy contract to obtain additional long-lead-time material for the futureÂ Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. TheÂ Defense Department said Friday the service branch will obligate the full amount of the modification from its fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion funds. Work under the […] More

by Nichols Martin April 16, 2018, 3:49 am
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AIAâ€™s Eric Fanning on Commercial Space Industry, National Space Council

Eric Fanning, CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, spoke with Politico in an interview published Friday about the current administrationâ€™s interest in space and how it helps facilitate involvement of space companies. “Like any market, as commercial viability increases and more companies are formed, thatâ€™s what weâ€™re seeing in space. Weâ€™re seeing more [companies] that […] More

by Jane Edwards April 16, 2018, 3:47 am
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Huntington Ingalls to reactivate shipbuilding facilities on Pascagoula River east bank

Huntington Ingalls Industries has kicked off a project to reactivate its shipbuilding facilities on theÂ Pascagoula River’s east bank asÂ the company aims to prepare for future naval ship construction and modernization programs. HII said Thursday it will restore the originalÂ Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. site that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina more than 12 years ago. The company […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 13, 2018, 11:45 am
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Nutanix reports growth in federal adoption of hypervisor platform in 2017

Nutanix has announced that 74 percent of federal agencies that procured the companyâ€™s Enterprise Cloud OS software stack adopted the AHV hypervisor platform in calendar year 2017. The company said Thursday its AHV hypervisor works to help organizations build up the functionality and visibility of their information technology infrastructure by eliminating the need to buy […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2018, 11:40 am
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Boeing, HAL, Mahindra team up on bid for India’s fighter aircraft contract

Boeing has partnered with India-basedÂ Mahindra Defence Systems and Hindustan AeronauticsÂ to offer the country’s air force theÂ F/A-18 Super HornetÂ platform, Flightglobal reported Friday. The Chicago-based aerospace and defense company intends to propose aÂ fighter aircraft production facility as part of its support to “Make in India” goals. The Indian air force sent a request for information notice to […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 13, 2018, 11:39 am
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Orbital ATK proposes NGL rocket for Air Forceâ€™s cost-share launch services contracts

Orbital ATK has proposed its Next Generation Launch systemÂ to the U.S. Air ForceÂ in a bid to win one of the Launch Services Agreements the service branchÂ plans to award by summer, Spaceflight Now reported Thursday. The agreement will implement a cost-sharing structure for rocket development efforts and intends to provide the military with U.S.-built propulsion systems […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2018, 11:19 am
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Lockheed’s F-35 completes final system devt & demonstration flight test

Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the final flight test of the F-35 programâ€™s system development and demonstration phase. The company and the military completed the final SDD test flight Wednesday by flying the U.S. Navyâ€™s F-35C test aircraft, CF-2, at Naval Air StationÂ Patuxent River in Maryland to assess the fighter jetâ€™s capability to […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2018, 5:41 am
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FBI considers $5B IDIQ for IT support services

The FBI has released a request for information on potential vendors of information technology products and support services as it considers creating an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract designed to meet IT requirements across the Justice Department. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the bureau looks to establish a potential 10-year, $5 billion IDIQ for IT consulting, cybersecurity, […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2018, 2:00 am
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General Atomics to feature Orbital Test Bed model at 34th Space Symposium

General AtomicsÂ has announced its electromagnetic systems businessÂ will showcase a new spacecraft model designed to host technology payloads for demonstration. The company said Wednesday GA-EMS will exhibit the Orbital Test BedÂ along with other satellite and space system offerings at the 34thÂ Space Symposium scheduled to take place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from April 15 to 19. â€œOur […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 12, 2018, 9:53 am
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Hughes’ Tony Bardo: Multiple connectivity options essential for public sector comms network

Tony Bardo, assistant vice president of the government solutions business at Hughes Network Systems, has said he believes that offering multiple connectivity options to customer agencies can help themÂ manage communications, Via Satellite reported Wednesday. He told Via Satellite in an interview that a provider should offer public sector clients different methods to communicateÂ in the event […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 12, 2018, 9:00 am
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George Krivo: DynCorp sees key market opportunities after reorganization

George Krivo, CEO of DynCorp International, has said the company looks to reinvest money and build out product offerings after it restructured further into logistics and aviation segments, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. He told WBJ in an interview the McLean, Virginia-based contractor implemented its reorganization effort in a push to remove “unnecessary” management […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 12, 2018, 5:35 am
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Boeing invests in UK-based hypersonic propulsion tech developer Reaction Engines via HorizonX

Boeing has invested in Reaction Engines through its ventures arm to assist the U.K.-based company in its efforts to develop a hypersonic propulsion technology. Reaction Engines has developed a heat exchanger that works to prevent overheating of engine components at high speeds as part of its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine technology program, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More

by Jane Edwards April 12, 2018, 4:28 am