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Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK supports readiness through expansion of missile production facilities

Orbital ATKÂ has hired 1,000 additional employees and expanded several weapons facilities to increase production capacity as it expects a rise in the demand for munitions and missiles from the Defense Department in the next few years, Defense News reported Wednesday. â€œWe have invested a decent number of millions, tens of millions, in a number of […] More

by Jane Edwards April 12, 2018, 4:24 am
in Industry News, News

Polaris Alpha to expand offices, create 450 jobs in Colorado

Polaris Alpha has announced plans to expand its offices in Colorado in a move that will generate 450 jobs in the state over the next eight years. The company said Wednesday it will establish a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Metro Denver area and hire 150 employees under the expansion planâ€™s initial phase. Polaris Alpha will […] More

by Jane Edwards April 12, 2018, 3:27 am
in C4ISR News, General, Industry News, News

ManTech secures $104M for USMC vehicle work; Daniel Keefe comments

ManTech announced Wednesday two U.S. Marine Corps contracts, a $82 million win with the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to bolster command, control, communication, computer and intelligence capabilities for combat vehicles, and a $22.5 million winÂ for vehicle maintenance and support consisting of engineering, acquisition and lifecycle sustainment services for medium and […] More

by Jason Scott April 11, 2018, 2:44 pm
in General, Industry News, News

Orbital ATK explodes partial 3D-printed warhead for hypersonic applications

On March 29th, Orbital ATK tested a 50-lb. warhead designed for hypersonic weapons that was partially built from 3D-printed components, Defense NewsÂ reported. The test assessed what effects the warhead’s fragmentation had on different targets. Hypersonic weapons are those that can surpass Mach 5 when traveling, five times faster than the speed of sound. Doug Truitt, […] More

by Jason Scott April 11, 2018, 2:00 pm
in Industry News, News

LRASM field test from F/A-18 Super Hornet slated for this year

Boeing‘s F/A-18 Super Hornet will be live-testingÂ Lockheed Martin‘sÂ Long Range Anti-Ship MissileÂ laterÂ this year, Military.com reportedÂ Tuesday. The AGM-158C LRASM is expected to become operational in September 2019. At Naval Station Patuxent River, Md., the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet completed a successful “jettison release” test in 2017, which led to captive-carry tests at Navy Air Weapons Station China Lake, […] More

by Jason Scott April 11, 2018, 11:43 am
in Industry News, News

AECOM to implement SitScape’s digital enterprise enablement tech under partnership agreement

SitScapeÂ will provide itsÂ Digital Enterprise Enablement Platform to AECOM‘s management services group as part of a five-year partnership agreement between the two companies. AECOM said Tuesday it aims to help global customers manage mission-critical operations through the use ofÂ DEEP software equipped with data analytics, machine learning, visualization, process automation and collaboration features. The web-based platformÂ helps enterprise […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 11, 2018, 10:25 am
in Industry News, News

GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine

General Electricâ€™s marine solutions business has completed a weight and noise attenuation testing between a carbon fiber-based gas turbine enclosure and steel module. GE said Monday test results showed that the lightweight composite-based module for the LM2500Â marine gas turbine reduced noise by 60 percent and weight by approximately 2,500 kilograms compared with the steel enclosure. […] More

by Jane Edwards April 11, 2018, 9:55 am
in Industry News, News

IBM’s IaaS cloud platform gets DoD impact level 5 authorization

IBM has received provisional authorization from theÂ Defense Information Systems AgencyÂ to host impact level 5 data of Defense Department and federal agency customers through a multitenant cloud computing platform. DISA said Tuesday it grantedÂ a 12-month PA to the company’sÂ SmartCloud forÂ Government infrastructure-as-a-service platform. SCG encompasses compute, memory, network, operating system and storage provisioning services intended to help […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 11, 2018, 5:25 am
in Industry News, News

CACI to Support Army’s Commercial Based Technology Analysis program; DeEtte Gray comments

CACI International has received a potential one-year, $41.5 million task order to provide engineering services for a U.S. Army program that seeks to facilitate the analysis of commercial-based technologies in support of mission requirements worldwide. â€œOur partnership with the U.S. Armyâ€™s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate in support of its critical Commercial Based Technology Analysis […] More

by Jane Edwards April 11, 2018, 5:15 am
in Industry News, News

NGA plans historical imagery scanning tech acquisition via OTA process

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has begun its search for a commercial provider to develop a scanner prototype that NGA can implement to digitize historical images. NGA said Tuesday it will use “other transaction authority” to acquire technology designed toÂ catalog imagery from aerial and satellite film missions conducted over the past 83 years. â€œWeâ€™ve never had […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 11, 2018, 3:54 am
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Col. Eric Ropella: Navy plans to buy 17 presidential helicopters under new proposal

The U.S. Navy intends to procure 17 presidential helicopters to replace the serviceâ€™s fleet of 11 VH-3D and eight of H-60N aircraft, the Naval Air Systems Command reported Monday. â€œThe proposal that we have is for a total of 17 aircraft to be purchased in three years,â€Â Col. Eric Ropella, Marine Corps program manager for VH-92, […] More

by Jane Edwards April 10, 2018, 11:15 am
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Sikorsky to demo CH-53K helicopter platform to potential international buyers

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will showcase its CH-53K King StallionÂ during a Berlin air show later this month as the manufacturer eyes future international buyers for the heavy-lift helicopter platform, USNI News reported Monday. Col. Hank Vanderborght, CH-53K program manager at the U.S. Marine Corps, told the publication that Germany and Israel have expressed interest in […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 10, 2018, 11:08 am