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Boeing is in talks with the South Korean government on the company’s plan to build a new research center in the East Asian country. The research center will support the development of technologies that can be integrated into future aerospace products such as autonomy, artificial intelligence, avionics, analytics, smart cabin and smart factory, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More
A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has modernized a global network of systems that serves as the foundation of U.S. ballistic missile defense. Lockheed said Tuesday it worked with Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to update the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications system, which is installed at various locations worldwide. The C2BMC network is designed […] More
United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has collaborated with partners under the Joint Strike Fighter program to update and deploy a logistics management system at 12 F-35 fleet locations worldwide, American Machinist reported Monday. The Autonomic Logistics Information System is designed to automatically track F-35 propulsion components by gathering and analyzing condition-based data. Operational bases that house the […] More
Orbital ATK has agreed to reaffirm Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ exclusive rights to offer Oriole solid propellant rocket motors in suborbital research, sounding rocket and threat representative target market areas. Kratos said Tuesday its space and missile defense systems business unit will leverage the exclusive rights agreement with Orbital ATK’s missile products division to produce […] More
A Cubic business division will provide sustainment support for the U.S. Army’s instrumentation systems and live-fire ranges under a potential $185 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin. Cubic Global Defense will sustain the service’s training aids and simulators at 21 local and international locations in support of the Army’s readiness efforts and combat training centers, the company said […] More
Vivek Lall, vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin, told the Press Trust of India in an interview published Monday the company plans to establish a production line for F-16 fighter jets in India to support the country’s Make in India program and help meet its operational requirements. “We plan to introduce […] More
The U.S. Army plans to select a supplier of short-range air defense systems for Europe by the fourth quarter of 2018, Defense News reported Monday. Brig. Gen. Randy McIntire, head of the Army’s cross-functional team for air and missile defense, said that Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville has signed the directed requirement for […] More
Charles River Analytics has received a four-year, $4.4 million Defense Advanced Research Project Agency contract to develop an analytical tool to help study and address security threats occurring within the country and across the globe. The company said Monday it intends to design the Sensitivity Analysis of Uncertainty in Causal Environments technology as a tool to primarily address food insecurity […] More
Rockwell Collins has received a five-year, $40 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to provide repairs, engineering support and depot-level reparable items. Work under the contract will be done to support the Defense Department and foreign military sales efforts, the DoD said Monday. The DLA is financing the contract through funds intended for fiscal year 2018 through 2023 defense […] More
Cubic has released a new white paper that says public transit should be at the forefront of discussions on Mobility-as a-Service technologies. Matt Cole, president of Cubic’s transportation systems arm, authored the report titled “MaaS: Putting Transit Front and Center of the Conversation,” which was unveiled at the American Public Transportation Association’s three-day legislative conference that […] More
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a prize challenge for the research community to help IARPA restore and enhance imagery from sensors mounted on small unmanned aerial vehicles. The UG2 Prize Challenge is open to computational photography and image processing algorithm developers from industry and academia. Chris Boehnen, a program manager at IARPA, said in a statement […] More
Rolls-Royce has received a six-month, $69.4 million contract option to maintain and provide logistics support for the U.S. Navy‘s T-45 training aircraft engines. The company will perform intermediate and depot-level maintenance work on 209 F405-RR-401 Adour engines as part of the exercised option, the Defense Department said Monday. Forty-six percent of contract work will occur at Naval Air Station Kingsville in […] More
