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  • Space Systems Loral-Busek Team to Further Solar Electric Propulsion Aircraft Development; Matteo Genna Comments
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    Space Systems Loral-Busek Team to Further Solar Electric Propulsion Aircraft Development; Matteo Genna Comments

    Space Systems Loral and Busek Co. have agreed to further the development work for a solar electric propulsion aircraft in an effort to help meet future requirements of NASA and other government agencies. Matteo Genna, chief technology officer of SSL, said Monday the collaboration with Busek will help to advance the development of a thruster […] More

  • Lockheed-Built F-35 Fleet Hits 50K Flight Hours
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    Lockheed-Built F-35 Fleet Hits 50K Flight Hours

    A fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft that the U.S. service branches and other countries operate worldwide has reached the mark of 50,000 flight hours. Lockheed said Wednesday 155 operational fighter jets deployed to six countries reached approximately 37,950 flight hours, while 18 F-35 planes intended for system development and demonstration operations reached 12,050 flight […] More

  • NGA Eyes Cloud Transition Contract Award to Ball Aerospace
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    NGA Eyes Cloud Transition Contract Award to Ball Aerospace

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to award Ball Aerospace & Technologies a one-year, sole-source contract to provide design and development support for NGA’s Accelerated Cloud Transition program. NGA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday the contract covers data tagging support for the Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise’s GovCloud platform and commercial cloud services. Contract […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Demos Steam Catapult Tech on Navy’s Lincoln Carrier
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    Huntington Ingalls Demos Steam Catapult Tech on Navy’s Lincoln Carrier

    A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has updated and tested a catapult system aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as part of a ship modernization and maintenance initiative. The U.S. Navy and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding crew launched steam-powered catapults on the aircraft carrier approximately 20 times during the system’s “no-load” test, the company said Wednesday. “The test reminds us that this is […] More

  • Spaceflight Added to GSA’s Consolidated Professional Services Schedule
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    Spaceflight Added to GSA’s Consolidated Professional Services Schedule

    The General Services Administration has awarded Spaceflight a spot on the agency’s consolidated professional services contract vehicle, allowing the company to offer small-satellite launch services to the federal government. Spaceflight said Wednesday agencies can request for quotations for microsat or cubesat launch service offerings from the company and place orders electronically via the GSA Advantage‘s eBuy online platform. […] More

  • Patrick Gallagher: Carahsoft, HPE Form Info Governance Partnership for Big Data Clients
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    Patrick Gallagher: Carahsoft, HPE Form Info Governance Partnership for Big Data Clients

    Carahsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have partnered in a bid to help government clients manage risks associated with big data through the companies’ information governance strategy. Patrick Gallagher, a vice president at Carahsoft, wrote in an article published Wednesday that information governance refers to technologies and functions that organizations implement in order to obtain value from […] More

  • ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission
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    ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission

    A National Reconnaissance Office payload lifted off Wednesday onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket as part of the NROL-45 mission in support of national defense. The payload’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California marks the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s second launch this year, ULA said Wednesday. The Delta IV rocket used in the mission consists of a composite […] More

  • ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments
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    ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has selected Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to serve as an auxiliary payload customer on ULA’s CubeSat rideshare program under a memorandum of understanding between the two companies. Tyvak will be able to provide commercial and U.S. government CubeSat customers, as well as science, technology, engineering and math CubeSat customers access to ULA’s Atlas V […] More

  • ManTech Receives Navy Sub, Surface Ship Acoustic Test Contract; Daniel Keefe Comments
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    ManTech Receives Navy Sub, Surface Ship Acoustic Test Contract; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has received a $47 million task order from the U.S. Navy to support its submarine and surface ship acoustical tests. The company will assist in the Navy’s work to collect, analyze and report acoustics trials data, ManTech said Wednesday. The contract contains a 12-month base period of performance, two 12-month options and two 12-month […] More

  • Cubic Awarded Army Europe Simulation Training Support Contract; Bill Toti Comments
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    Cubic Awarded Army Europe Simulation Training Support Contract; Bill Toti Comments

    Cubic’s global defense unit will continue to provide simulation training support to two U.S. Army Europe centers in Germany under a potential five-year, $33.7 million contract. Cubic said Wednesday it will work to help USAREUR’s joint multinational simulation center and joint multinational readiness center perform mission rehearsal exercises through the integration of live, virtual, constructive and gaming simulation systems and mission […] More

  • Army Contest Seeks Micro-Cloud Mgmt Tech for Defensive Cyber Ops
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    Army Contest Seeks Micro-Cloud Mgmt Tech for Defensive Cyber Ops

    The U.S. Army plans to launch a third iteration of its Cyber Innovation Challenge to identify micro-cloud management technology that can support the military branch’s cyber threat defense missions. The competition will be open to commercial and academic organizations and calls for the development of software-based prototypes that will work to manage disparate cloud computing architectures for […] More

  • Jeffrey Cohen Named WBB Capture & Proposals VP; Robert Olsen Comments
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    Jeffrey Cohen Named WBB Capture & Proposals VP; Robert Olsen Comments

    Jeffrey Cohen, a 26-year U.S. Air Force veteran, has been appointed vice president of capture and proposals at government services contractor Whitney, Bradley & Brown. Cohen has over three decades of proposal management and business development experience in both public and commercial sectors, WBB said Tuesday. “We are proud to have [Cohen] on the team […] More