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Orbital ATK and NASA are set to launch a company-built Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday to transport approximately 7,900 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The cargo spaceship, nicknamed S.S. Rick Husband, is scheduled to take off Tuesday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA said […] More
The U.S. Army has kicked off its search for industry input on the design of secure and no-secure facilities for the Army Intelligence Command and other Defense Department agencies. The Army said in a notice posted Saturday it plans to award a five-year multi-discipline indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract based on the market research. Work under the planned contract […] More
Andover, Massachusetts-based security system supplier Minuteman Security Solutions has landed a potential six-year, $24 million contract with options from the U.S. Army to deliver the Integrated Commercial Intrusion Detection System. The Army Contracting Command received three bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an Internet solicitation process, the Defense Department said Friday. TICIDS is a standardized intrusion detection system designed to […] More
Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, believes that the Defense Department should explore strategies to accelerate the pace of upgrades to the U.S. military’s F-22 and F-35 fleets, Flightglobal reported Friday. James Drew writes Weiss made the remarks as the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy eye a next-generation air dominance program. “As we look at F-22s and […] More
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to hold an industry day event on April 6 to examine and discuss commercial contract writing systems with companies. HHS and industry will jointly explore contract writing products focused on purchase requests, solicitations, awards, modifications, invoices and receipts during the event to be held at the National […] More
Research and Markets has predicted a 50-percent compound annual growth rate for the global exoskeleton robots market over a four-year period ending 2020. The market research firm said Friday the market has seen increased commercial sale of exoskeleton robots built for the military and industry beyond the use of the technology for physical rehabilitation. A new Research and Markets report indicated that the […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat‘s U.S. government segment, has said she believes partnerships could help usher in a new model for the Defense Department to procure satellite communications technology from industry. She wrote in a blog article published Friday that some government and industry executives provided their insights on […] More
Lockheed Martin-built ballistic missiles with 3D-printed components have completed U.S. Navy-led test flights in support of efforts to accelerate the missile manufacturing process. Lockheed Martin engineers built the connector backshell component with an aluminum alloy that works to protect cable connectors in the Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles, Lockheed said Friday. Eric Scherff, vice president of fleet […] More
Spyrus will launch a new product line the company designed to incorporate what it calls “military strength cryptography” to the Internet of Things and related applications. The company said Monday it will roll out a family of hardware, software, and supporting development kits that include the Rosetta microSDHC, a self-encrypting storage device with public key infrastructure functionality, and the Rosetta Micro, […] More
Carahsoft Technology has been awarded a potential three-year, $43 million blanket purchase agreement to continue to provide VMware virtualization products and maintenance services to the Department of the Navy. The BPA carries an initial value of $14.2 million and work under the base period will occur through March 17, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. Carahsoft has […] More
Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky has completed the flight test of its second CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift rotorcraft program. Lockheed said March 14 the second helicopter first flew on Jan. 22 while the initial CH-53K carried out its flight on Oct. 27 to account for 35 flight hours combined. Sikorsky will add two more CH-53K units during the projected three-year flight test program in […] More
Live video services provider LiveU and drone technology company FlyMotion Unmanned Systems have collaborated to create a UAS that features live video transmission. The TRIDENT system works to capture and transmit live video via wireless networks to any location worldwide through LiveU’s cellular technology and FlyMotion’s FAA 333-approved drone technology, LiveU said Jan. 26. The company added TRIDENT is […] More
