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MacAulay-Brown has been awarded $12 million in subcontracts to provide engineering expertise for aircraft technology programs of the U.S. Air Force. MacB said Monday it will support the Air Force’s platform information technology certification and accreditation, analysis of alternatives and airworthiness measurement processes. The company will also provide subject matter expertise in the avionics, cybersecurity […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps has moved closer to the initial operating capability status for its fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighters, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for aviation at the Marine Corps, told reporters the military branch’s F-35s met combat readiness requirements during a review and that USMC Commandant […] More

Lockheed Martin and StemRad have started to study the potential application of StemRad’s radiation shielding technology to deep-space operations. The goal is to modify StemRad 360 Gamma into a radiation protection system that is intended to help protect astronauts during missions, Lockheed said Monday. Randy Sweet, business development director for civil space at Lockheed Martin, said the company […] More

A report commissioned by U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James urges the military service to adopt a flexible approach to evaluating and approving rockets for national security-related launches, SpaceNews reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Larry Welch, a former Air Force chief of staff and retired general, led the broad area review of military space […] More

A TechServe Alliance report indicates that employment in the fields of information technology and engineering has grown steadily at 4.4 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, since June 2014. The trade association said July 17 that IT grew by 208,200 workers and engineering added 18,600 workers in the past year as IT and engineering jobs are available […] More

MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that forecasts the analytics-as-a-service market to grow 40.3 percent year-over-year to $23.03 billion by 2020 from $4.23 billion in 2015, driven by low total cost of ownership and scalability. The report notes a growing adoption of analytics-as-a-service among large, small and medium businesses worldwide due to the increase in […] More

Boeing received initial on-orbit signals from its Wideband Global SATCOM 7 satellite following the spacecraft’s Wednesday launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company said Thursday it built WGS-7 to deliver 17 percent more communications bandwidth capacity to the U.S. military and allied forces. Dan Hart, vice president of Boeing’s government space […] More