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A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has begun construction of the company’s fifth national security cutter ship for the U.S. Coast Guard. Ingalls Shipbuilding plans to deliver the James cutter to the Coast Guard in 2015, Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday. “Now we look forward to completing the construction so we can take her to sea next year,” said Jim McKinney, […] More

BAE Systems plc CEO Ian King has expressed optimism that the U.S. government’s forthcoming defense budget could spell greater stability for the company and the industry over the next few years, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. “In the U.S., the announced defense budget, while not yet finally agreed in detail, indicates spending reductions much as we had […] More

Australia’s defense department has selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred tenderer for a project to consolidate the agency’s 280 data centers worldwide into 11 locations. Lockheed and Australian defense officials aim to finalize the Centralized Processing Project contract in the third quarter of 2014, the defense department said Thursday. The department intends to integrate military […] More

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded 13 patents to TeleCommunication Systems for a range of public safety, messaging and location-based services during the first quarter of 2014. TCS holds 355 patents globally, has more than 300 pending patent applications and applied for 17 patents in the U.S. this year, the company said Wednesday. USPTO granted […] More

ICF International will help the U.S. Trade and Development Agency plan energy sector projects in areas such as power generation and energy efficiency under a potential five-year, $50 million contract. USTDA intends to respond to U.S. and global business interests and needs in the energy sector through the IDIQ, ICF said Thursday. “We are excited to be part […] More

Fluor Corp. and Empresas ICA‘s joint venture ICA Fluor has announced a pipeline contract worth $743 million with TAG Pipelines Sur S. de R.L. de C.V., Fluor said Wednesday. The pipeline will funnel gas through the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato, Fluor said. The projects is part of the Los Ramones transportation system and is […] More

ATK has developed and tested a photovoltaic array for solar electric propulsion systems that NASA intends to use to power future robotic and manned spacecraft. The company’s MegaFlex solar array wing has a diameter of 32 feet and is designed to generate up to 400 kilowatts of electric power, ATK said Wednesday. “The completion of […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has partnered with rapid prototyping firm RedEye to build two fuel tanks for a satellite simulation project with a three-dimensional printing technology tool. The companies used RedEye’s fused deposition modeling system to develop large satellite fuel tank simulators within a compressed time frame, RedEye said Wednesday. “With RedEye’s machine capacity […] More

CGI will build an information technology services delivery center in Lafayette, La. with the goal of creating up to new jobs in the region and generating more than $90 million in economic impact for the city in five years. The company will open the hub at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 143-acre research hub and occupy […] More

Iridium Communications has modernized its ground network months prior to its scheduled launch of a new satellite into low-Earth orbit in 2015. The company replaced the hardware and software systems of five ground stations and 21 antennas worldwide in order for the network to connect with the NEXT satellite constellation, Iridium said Monday. Scott Smith, chief […] More