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NASA plans to test the accuracy of its instrument that is designed to support deep space navigation aboard a General Atomics spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday its Deep Space Atomic Clock will be launched later this year as a hosted payload on General Atomic’s Orbital Test Bed spacecraft as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Technology […] More

Atlanta-based Scientific Research Center has won a $10.9 million contract to support the integration and installation of AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver technology on the U.S. Air Force‘s C-130H aircraft. Five offers were submitted to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the firm-fixed-price contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Defense Department said Wednesday. SRC will perform work at […] More

Raytheon has received a $44.6 million delivery order to provide advanced technology insertion and integration services for multiple U.S. Navy weapons systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will conduct one lot of research and development design, development studies and technology demonstration efforts under the sole-source order. Work will occur in Tucson, Arizona, through December 2022. […] More

A Valiant Integrated Services subsidiary has won a one-year, $13.1 million contract to help operate and maintain the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Under the contract, Valiant Government Services will also help manage the National Museum of Health and Medicine as well as the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Service, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Corps of Engineers received […] More

An instrument module of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at Northrop Grumman‘s Redondo Beach, California-based facility Friday ahead of scheduled tests. NASA shipped the combined Optical Telescope and Integrated Science instrument module from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, after the agency completed cryogenic tests on the hardware, Northrop said Monday. OTIS was encased in a […] More

A new Deloitte report has identified eight technology trends that could help government agencies develop and adopt an enterprise-centered approach to information technology. Deloitte said Monday its annual report A Government Perspective: Tech Trends 2018 scored each trend based on its relevancy to agencies and the government’s readiness to implement such trends and found that “reengineering […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has installed a more than 80-foot caisson fixture inside the Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility located in Virginia. The 400-metric-ton structure is scheduled to reach full operational status later this year to support the construction of Virginia-class submarine Utah‘s bow module, HII said Thursday. HII opened JMAF last year to serve as a venue […] More

The Defense Department has asked industry to submit concept papers on exoskeleton-based approaches to increase warfighters’ performance when they perform missions. DoD is interested in multiple exoskeleton types such as infantry or high mobility, logistics/sustainment/mission support and specialized capability platform, the U.S. Army said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Jan. 29. Light support, medium lift and heavy […] More

A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has secured a contract to provide and install environmental control systems aboard the Korea Aerospace Industries-built KF-X fighter aircraft. UTC Aerospace Systems said Tuesday its environmental control platform is an integrated system consists of air conditioning, liquid cooling, cabin pressurization and bleed air control components. UTC will also supply flow […] More

Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have agreed to team up for a potential $4.9 billion contract to provide the German military with new heavy-lift helicopters designed to replace its current fleet of CH-53G aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. The partnership came nearly two months after Germany cleared a plan to begin the competition for the contract that seeks to buy […] More

Boeing is in discussions to sell its F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft to the Indian navy, Bloomberg reported Monday. Gene Cunningham, vice president of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, told reporters at the Singapore Airshow that Boeing and India have yet to conduct technical evaluations to advance the potential sale. Cunningham added that the defense contractor also eyes opportunities for […] More