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Andy Start, president of Inmarsat’s global government business, has said the company seeks to help the government perform its mission using a satellite network infrastructure that works to deliver what he calls a “digital edge.” Start wrote in a blog post published Thursday that Inmarsat designed its global satellite network to meet the security requirements of government […] More

The Australian subsidiaries of BAE Systems and Raytheon have partnered to bid for a $765 million contract to update a radar network that supports aerial and maritime surveillance efforts of the Australian military. Daronmont Technologies and RCR Resolve FM also joined the BAE-led team that will pursue Australia’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network modernization program, BAE said Sunday. Raytheon will provide systems integration expertise under […] More

Lockheed Martin and Poland-based Warsaw University of Technology have jointly demonstrated unmanned aerial vehicle optimization technologies through aerial command and control of multiple UAVs. Lockheed said Friday the demonstration builds on a joint applied research effort between the company and the university that seeks to modernize various aircraft fleets as well as identify C2 concepts for manned and unmanned airborne […] More

MBDA has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to build a coastal defense system that will work to help Qatar’s navy defend territorial waters against hostile ships. The system will be designed to deploy an extended-range Marte missile and an Exocet MM40 Block 3 missile as well as feature autonomous radar mode and data-linking to a higher level within a coastal surveillance network, MBDA said […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a full-scale component test for a rocket engine the company is developing with the U.S. Air Force as part of efforts to end the nation’s reliance on Russian technology for satellite launch missions. The Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator, a major component in the Air Force’s Oxygen Rich Staged Combustion engine development initiative, underwent its first full-scale test at 100-percent […] More

Whiting-Turner Contracting has won a $29.4 million contract to construct temporary modular medical or clinical facilities at a U.S. Navy base in Bethesda, Maryland. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will build the healthcare facilities at Naval Support Activity Bethesda to supplement space vacated by a demolition effort. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command received two offers for the […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has verified Worldwide Counter Threat Solutions, formerly known as Allen Vanguard Counter-Threat Solutions, as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business. WCTS said Thursday the verification makes the company eligible to utilize the Veterans First Contracting Program that works to prioritize SDVOSBs in VA contract awards. VA programs under the Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted a certificate of waiver that permits Intel to operate multiple small unmanned aircraft systems at night within special security notice flight restricted areas in the U.S. Intel said Thursday the Part 107 waiver extends a Section 333 exemption that the company obtained to fly 100 small UAS for its Drone 100 light show in Palms Springs, […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will obligate $36 million in annual  funds to 12 organizations to run Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers that will support small- and medium-sized manufacturers. NIST said Thursday the organizations will operate the MEP facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Puerto Rico under cooperative agreements that […] More

Cummins and Ceres Power will collaborate to develop fuel cell power generation technology for potential use in data centers under a $4.9 million contract awarded by the Energy Department. The partnership seeks to create a modular solid oxide fuel cell system in efforts to increase the efficiency of electrical systems by at least 60 percent and support distributed power applications up to 100 kilowatts, Ceres Power said Thursday. “This is […] More