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A proposal by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to manufacture CH-53K King Stallion helicopters at a company facility in Stratford, Connecticut for the U.S. Navy was approved by local union members through a 2,104-140 vote, CTPost reported Monday. Amanda Cuda writes Teamsters Local 1150 stated that the Navy contract will become null and void if another production facility was selected since the contract […] More

BAE Systems has signed a contract to extend the company’s combat systems integration services for the U.K. Royal Navy’s in-service and future platforms for an additional 10.5 years. BAE said Monday its engineering team will work to integrate the Royal Naval ships such as Type 45 destroyers, Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and Type 26 global combat ships. The contract extension follows the […] More

Veris Group will offer penetration testing, cyber hunting and risk and vulnerability assessment services to government agencies through the General Services Administration‘s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number. The company said Friday its adaptive threat division that offers red teaming, hunt operations and application security assessment services will act as a primary provider of services […] More

The State Department has cleared a potential $65.3 million foreign military sale of Cessna AC-208 aircraft, associated equipment and support services to Iraq. Orbital ATK will be the prime contractor for the sale that covers two AC-208 aircraft with LAU-131 Hellfire launchers, AN/ALE-47 electronic countermeasure dispenser, AN/AAR-60 missile launch warning system and AN/AAQ-35 electro-optical infrared imaging system, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency […] More

NASA has conducted a series of tests with Orbital ATK, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne to evaluate the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket that the agency plans to launch in 2018 as part of an unmanned space exploration mission. Lockheed’s engineering teams have completed proof pressure tests on the Orion crew […] More