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Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and Space Vector have teamed up to design, manufacture and integrate a suborbital launch vehicle under the U.S. Air Force’s Sounding Rocket Program-4. The industry team will build the rocket to support tests of prototype weapons and missile defense systems, Kratos said Wednesday. Space Vector and Northrop Grumman‘s innovation systems segment won positions […] More

Omega Aerial Refueling Services intends to purchase new aircraft and take out from storage its Boeing-built KC-707 and KDC-10 tankers as the U.S. Air Force looks to industry for additional tanker services, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. “We are very much interested in bringing our expertise to that problem, and expect to go ahead and either bid or […] More

The Department of Energy plans to award a five-year, $100M contract to fund the establishment of a research and development center that will focus on developing systems designed to remove salts from water. DOE said Thursday its Energy-Water Desalination Hub will conduct early-stage studies to determine manufacturing challenges and approaches to treat non-traditional water sources. “Technological achievements generated through the […] More

CRL Technologies has won a potential five-year, $84M contract from the U.S. Navy to engineer systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s AIRWorks organization. The company will provide technical, project management and engineering services for multiple programs and platforms under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. NAWCAD received five offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee […] More

Woolpert has received a contract to provide airfield planning and conceptual design services for a Department of Defense program that aims to help U.S. air forces, regional partners and allies establish operational presence in Eastern Europe. The company said Thursday it will collaborate with Louis Berger as a subconsultant and help design military airfield structures throughout the region. Rebecca Knolle, project manager […] More

A joint venture of Fluor and Walsh Construction Co. has received a contact to deisgn and build railway infrastructure under the first phase of the Chicago Transit Authority’s $2.1B Red and Purple Line Modernization Program. The project is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2019 and be completed by early 2025, Fluor said Wednesday. The industry team — […] More

Harris has received a $108M contract from the state of Nevada to provide communications systems for a statewide digital network that will support 90 agencies comprising more than 16K users. The Nevada Shared Radio System effort aims to transfer operations from a Harris EDACS system to a P25 Phase 2 network that will aid communication between […] More

Peraton has joined the Washington, D.C-based Satellite Industry Association, which aims to promote the use of commercial satellite technology in global missions. David Myers, president of Peraton’s communications sector, said in a statement released Wednesday the company seeks to engage with industry leaders in efforts to support applications of satellite platforms to national security and information infrastructure […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s innovation systems sector has completed the expansion of a Mesa, Ariz., facility built to manufacture Bushmaster medium-caliber cannons for the military sector. The company said Wednesday it will hire up to 60 new employees to support manufacturing, program management and engineering efforts at the 36K-square-foot facility. The expansion project almost doubled the site’s production capacity. Lisa […] More

NASA has released a draft funding opportunity that seeks new planetary studies to support the space agency’s Discovery Program. The agency said Wednesday it plans to allocate $500M for up to five projects in fiscal year 2019. The Discovery Program offers flight opportunities to science investigations that could help expand the agency’s understanding of planetary […] More

George Korch, former commander at the U.S. Army‘s Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, has joined Battelle as lab director for the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center. Battelle said Tuesday Korch succeeds Patrick Fitch, who will transition to a new role as associate lab director for chemical, earth and life sciences at the Triad National Security-managed Los […] More