Industry News

Northrop Grumman has conducted the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye  jet fitted with a new aerial refueling system that company designed to extend the aircraft’s mission time capacity. The company said Thursday the updated E-2D airborne early warning aircraft includes new electrical and lighting, endurance seats, probe and associated piping to support aerial refueling capacity as well […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has secured a $51 million contract modification to provide life cycle engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding business will also provide post-delivery planning, integration, research, material support, supply chain management, maintenance and training support for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More

Vector Space Systems has tested a first stage engine that features an injector the company produced with NASA‘s science, technology and mission directorate using three-dimensional printing technology. The engine test occurred Dec. 8 in Mojave, California, and was a key step towards Vector Space Systems’ goal to help startups gain access to space through the Vector-R rocket, the company said Thursday. “Our […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a five-year, $11.8 million contract to support and sustain weapon systems of the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Friday the Naval Surface Warfare Center will obligate $100,000 in fiscal 2017 working capital funds at the time of award for support and sustainment work on MH-60R […] More

Veris Group‘s adaptive threat division will use Endgame‘s endpoint detection and response platform in a push to boost detection, response and threat hunting capacity for customers and help them address security threats at a faster rate. Endgame said Thursday the partnership builds on its previous platform updates such as the In-Memory Attack Detection and Malicious Persistence […] More

BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has unveiled the first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle prototype that will work to provide mobility, survivability, force protection and combat capacities to the Army. BAE Systems Inc. built the vehicle to address the Army’s force protection and all-terrain mobility requirements and support operations with the Armored Brigade Combat Team, the subsidiary said Thursday. BAE added […] More

BAE Systems plans to recruit 235 graduates to work in various businesses across the defense contractor’s U.K.-based operations in 2017. BAE said Thursday 80 graduates will join the applied intelligence business to help deliver cybersecurity services for government and commercial customers. The company added it will hire 77 graduates for maritime businesses, 54 graduates for the military air […] More

A NASA satellite system designed to collect weather data for use in tropical cyclone forecasting lifted off Thursday aboard the Orbital ATK-built Pegasus rocket. Pegasus carried the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System into low-Earth orbit after the rocket was deployed at approximately 39,000 feet from Orbital ATK’s Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft that took off from Cape Canaveral in […] More

A new Deltek report predicts that federal spending on information security will reach $12.0 billion in fiscal 2021, up from $9.3 billion during fiscal 2016, as cybersecurity continues to be a priority for many agencies. The federal information security spend projection represents a 5.3 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years, Deltek said Thursday. […] More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants information on small businesses that can assist USACE’s Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center in U.S. foreign transportation data collection efforts. USACE is interested in working with a contractor to collect and deliver comprehensive information  similar to manifest data gathered by the Customs Border and Protection or the bills of lading filed by shipping companies to CBP, the […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a four-year contract from London’s Heathrow Airport for engineering and planning services to aid the airport’s expansion efforts. Jacobs said Tuesday it will oversee design activities for the airfield, earthworks and highways along with support to the Heathrow Integrated Design Team composed of seven aviation design and planning organizations selected for […] More