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A new ReportsnReports study has forecast a smart grid analytics market that is set for a 25 percent year-over-year growth from 2014 to 2019. The report presents future market trends, analysis, sizing, growth potential, drivers, challenges, opportunities, future ecosystem and emerging technologies, ReportsnReports said Sunday. The organization noted the small and medium businesses’ focus on gaining insights into […] More

Northrop Grumman is looking to convert an unused space at the Palmdale, California-based F-35 facility into a production area for a new aircraft, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes the government-owned, contractor-operated Air Force Plant 42 site has a one-million-square-foot vacant area. Tom Vice, Northrop’s president of aerospace systems, told reporters “this site has very […] More

Raytheon has awarded Alfalight a potential 18-month, $3.1 million contract to produce semiconductor laser subsystems for a Raytheon aerospace system. Alfalight said Thursday it also received a Supplier Excellence Award for work to deliver rugged laser diode modules to Raytheon. Mohan Warrior, president and CEO of Alfalight, said the company is committed to providing defense […] More

ATK has installed NASA’s solid rocket motor in a test stand in preparation for the system’s static-fire test scheduled on March 11. The space launch system booster qualification motor will undergo ground testing in Utah at higher temperature to qualify the five-segment motor’s capability to carry humans and cargo across the solar system, ATK said […] More

Microsoft has partnered with NASA to develop a software technology for scientists to work on Mars in a virtual environment. Scientists will work to conduct science operations on Mars along with the Curiosity rover with Microsoft’s HoloLens wearable technology that runs the OnSight software, NASA said Wednesday. “OnSight gives our rover scientists the ability to walk around […] More

Nonprofit science and technology organization Noblis has selected Reston, Va. as the location of its next headquarters site and plans to complete the move by Fall 2016. The Falls Church, Va.-based organization said Thursday it has signed a full-building lease to occupy 160,000 square feet of space at a building on Edmund Hally Drive that is […] More

The U.S. Navy has granted Lockheed Martin approval to start producing infrared search and track sensors for the branch’s Super Hornet aircraft. Lockheed said Thursday it collaborated with Boeing to develop and integrate the F/A-18 IRST technology and received the green light to move forward with low-rate initial production work. The system is comprised of […] More

Northrop Grumman has formed two internal teams to design and build a “sixth-generation” fighter in anticipation of future aircraft requirements at the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes Tom Vice, vice president at Northrop’s aerospace business, said the company also named a program manager to lead new fighter […] More

Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush has said the company remains focused on expanding its services in targeted growth areas, Reuters reported Wednesday. “I’m excited about growing our company with what we have. We get the biggest return on the things we do inside the company,” Bush told the news agency. He noted the Defense Department’s reluctance to support […] More

SRA International Chairman Ernst Volgenau has recounted his experience and concerns during the time when the company would be taken private through an acquisition deal, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “When we were a public company, we were having some problems,” Volgenau told WBJ reporter Jill Aitoro in an interview. “I made many, many […] More

Australian engineering firm Varley Group aims to expand its presence in the U.S. aerospace and defense market by acquiring and partnering with U.S.-based companies. Varley is seeking a strategic partnership that would leverage synergies and help the parties market offerings across the U.S. and Pacific Rim, the company said Wednesday. The Australian firm says it […] More

Software AG predicts that the digital energy industry will see increased merger activity and adoption of Internet of Things technologies in 2015 due to continually changing oil prices. “Oil prices will be the overriding concern next year and may dictate everything we see going forward,” Donald Fisher, senior director of energy solutions at Software AG, said Wednesday. He […] More