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A Lockheed Martin-led industry group has wrapped up a series of acceptance trials of the U.S. Navy‘s eighth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in Lake Michigan. USS Billings (LCS-15) underwent maneuverability tests and demonstrations of the ship’s combat systems against surface and aerial threats as well as aviation support and small boat launch-and-recovery capabilities, Lockheed said Monday. “LCS […] More

United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has established an aerospace engineering center in Puerto Rico through a partnership with the island’s government-owned industrial development company. Pratt & Whitney said Monday it opened the 104K-square-foot facility during a ceremony held Monday and attended by Gov. Ricardo Rosello and PRIDCO representatives. The building is designed to comply with LEED Silver standards […] More

Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has celebrated his 25th anniversary at the nonprofit scientific research and development services contractor. CTC said Monday it awarded plaques to Sheehan and 33 other employees who have worked at the company for more than a quarter century. He joined the nonprofit in 1993 and served as chief […] More

A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says sales of military services and weapons systems worldwide reached $398.2B in 2017, a figure that reflects a 2.5 percent increase from 2016. SIPRI said Monday the U.S. arms industry landed the top spot in the 2017 Top 100 for posting a 2 percent rise in weapons sales […] More

PAE will continue to help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division engineer, operate and maintain the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic test range under a $72M contract modification. The modification exercises an option in a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and will include range sustainability, testing and data reduction services to NAWCAD’s marine operations division, the Department of Defense said Monday. […] More

Northrop Grumman will obtain long-lead parts and support the full rate production of two lot 7 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under a $49.9M contract modification from the U.S. Navy. The company will perform work through December 2023 and receive full amount of the modification at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Monday. The […] More

The government group of AAR‘s original equipment manufacturer services business has received the 2018 Distributor of the Year award from global technology and manufacturing company Lord. AAR said Monday it distributes Lord-built engine and auxiliary power system mounts and equipment isolators designed for use on fixed-wing and rotary platforms. The recognition was announced at a distributor sales meeting. […] More

NASA‘s Ames Research Center has issued a request for information on potential providers of financial support services. The agency said Friday on a FedBizOpps notice it plans to award the potential five-year Financial Support Services II contract as part of the Mission Support Future Architecture Program that seeks to standardize activities across its centers to […] More