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The U.S. Navy has approved the proceeding of a Small Business Innovation Research program which will further the development of an RDRTec-built airborne collision and avoidance system designed to support the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. RDRTec said Wednesday the Common Radar Airborne Collision Avoidance System is a C-band radar built to offer sense and avoid along […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has wrapped up a critical design review of the training systems for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program designed to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s completion will pave the way for the HH-60W helicopter’s training systems to enter the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Wednesday. HH-60W […] More

U.S., Canadian and European aviation regulatory agencies have approved Honeywell‘s  satellite communication system and cabin connectivity service to facilitate Wi-Fi access onboard multiple helicopter models. Honeywell said Wednesday it received a Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for the use of Aspire 200 satcom technolology on Airbus AS350 and Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency […] More

The General Services Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can provide entity validation support services. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 19 it wants potential sources to provide a unique entity identifier system and validate certain data in support of the Integrated Award Environment/System for Award Management program. IAE/SAM seeks to provide […] More

Sierra Nevada Corporation and Embraer Defense & Security have received orders from the U.S. Air Force to deliver six additional A-29 Super Tucano aircraft in support of the A-29 Afghanistan Program. Embraer said Wednesday the aircraft units will be manufactured in  Jacksonville, Florida. The addition brings the program’s total aircraft count to 26. The A-29 is a light attack aircraft that employs electronic, […] More

Triumph Group has received a two-year $22.9 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver spare rotary actuators to be used on the main landing gear of the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The company said Tuesday its Park City facility will take charge of producing and providing the actuators to DLA Aviation in Robins Air Force Base. Triumph’s […] More

Primer has entered a strategic investment agreement with In-Q-Tel as both companies aim to provide artificial intelligence tools to government analysts. In-Q-Tel said Tuesday Primer develops machine learning systems designed to help analysts from government agencies, financial institutions and retail companies address the limits of human comprehension when analyzing large volumes of information. The systems […] More

UP Aerospace and Cesaroni Aerospace have teamed up to establish a solid rocket motor manufacturing and test facility at the Spaceport America hub in New Mexico. The Space Propulsion Center was built to manufacture military-grade rocket motors for U.S. government clients as well as aid propulsion development efforts for UP Aerospace’s Spyder orbital launch vehicle, the company […] More

QTS Realty Trust has begun to build a 52-acre data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia, in a push to grow the company’s Tier 1 data center offerings. QTS said Tuesday it bought a 24-acre land parcel and a 28-acre lot for $53 million in total to establish the mega facility. The company expects the new site to support […] More

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company’s 2018 orders and backlog levels could take a hit if Congress passes another stopgap measure to fund U.S. government operations, CNBC reported Tuesday. Hewson, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, stated at Lockheed’s third-quarter earnings conference call that the company expects its 2017 financials to remain unaffected by the […] More