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Orbital ATK has received the green light to begin development work on NASA’s land remote sensing satellite designed to gather space-based images and data that can support agriculture, disaster relief and land use mapping research efforts. The company said Thursday the approval came after it completed a critical design review, which showed that the Landsat […] More

A Boeing subsidiary has partnered with Accenture, Oracle and Mannai to build an enterprise resource planning and logistics management information system for Qatar’s armed forces under a five-year contract. Boeing said Wednesday its Tapestry Solutions business will provide the GOLDesp maintenance, repair and overhaul software platform while Oracle will supply its E-Business suite for integration into the ERP/LMIS platform. GOLDesp is designed […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has won a five-year,  $37.4 million contract from the Defense Human Resources Activity to help administer key functions of the National Language Service Corps. The Defense Department said Wednesday Booz Allen will help NLSC recruit potential members; gather and retain member data; provide information to government organizations that are part of NLSC or […] More

CenturyLink has received approval from the Justice Department to sell Level 3 Communications’ fiber network assets in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Unite Private Networks for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to the Federal Communications Commission’s approval and other customary closing conditions, CenturyLink said Wednesday. “Once the transaction is approved, we will quickly work […] More

Saab has flown a new surveillance jet platform from the company’s airfield in Linkoping, Sweden to gather verification data on performance and modelling. The GlobalEye, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft, underwent a test that lasted one hour and 46 minutes, following a wave of ground trials, Saab said Wednesday. The aircraft’s modifications include a combination of surveillance equipment […] More

General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit will expand its existing facilities in Shannon, Mississippi under a $20 million project. The Mississippi Development Authority said Wednesday the expansion will create 48 jobs; address demands for airborne, maritime and ground-based military lasers; and meet increased fabrication needs. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will add 128,000 square feet of space to an […] More

The Indian government has called on the air force to consider both single- and twin-engine fighter jets for a potential $15 billion program to replace its fleet of combat aircraft, Reuters reported Thursday. A defense ministry source told Reuters the government also asked the air force to assess the Boeing-built F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft for […] More

Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary have begun testing the SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter in preparation for its initial flight as part of the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role program, Defense News reported Wednesday. The service has started to evaluate two flight demonstrator aircraft – Defiant and Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor – through the JMR initiative […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $67.6 million contract to manufacture an 11th batch of GQM-163A Coyote sea skimming target base vehicles. Orbital ATK will provide 24 full-rate production base vehicles and spares foreign military sales to USN and Qatar as well as deliver D6AC long lead steel to Japan, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will receive […] More

The Justice Department has given CenturyLink the green light to sell certain metro network assets of Level 3 Communications in Boise, Idaho, to fiber-optic networking services provider Syringa Networks. Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink said Tuesday the sale is still subject to other customary closing conditions and comes nearly five months after the telecommunications firm completed its $34 billion acquisition of […] More

The U.S. Department of the Interior has selected Birdseyeview Aerobotics to produce 50 fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems built for vertical take off and landing in support of land stewardship operations. The DOI said Tuesday it intends to use the UAS with technologies designed to aid in resource management and emergency response. The aircraft is expected to weigh […] More