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NASA is poised to test an engine for the Space Launch System, a rocket the agency and Boeing are building to send the Orion manned spacecraft into deep space. Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi positioned the RS-25 rocket engine on a testing platform Thursday for developmental and certification flight tests, the agency […] More
Airbus Defense and Space will offer its channel partners and customers in the U.S. government and military sectors access to Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband satellite service under a new reseller agreement between both companies. The companies said Wednesday that the agreement will continue Airbus Defense and Space’ 25 years of work with federal agencies in the U.S. […] More
MBDA has started to produce Brimstone 2 missile for the British air force to use on its fleet of Tornado GR4 aircraft. The Brimstone 2 missile is built to help the Tornado in guidance against targets and work through both safety methods and potential logistical issues, MBDA said Brimstone 2 enters the series production phase after a qualification of the Brimstone 2 IM rocket […] More
Richard Breakiron, formerly executive program director for the Joint Regional Security Stack at Defense Information Systems Agency, has joined ViON Corp. as senior director of cyber solutions. Breakiron will work to help ViON further its market presence in cloud services and information technology infrastructure for the U.S. military, DISA and U.S. security agencies, ViON said Thursday. […] More
Citrix has named Mike Singer to lead its defense team out of the company’s regional headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. As new senior director for the Defense Department business, Singer will strive to help the company bring its products in line with market needs with his experience in the federal information technology industry, Citrix said Wednesday. Prior to […] More
Orbital Sciences‘ Cygnus cargo spacecraft has delivered science, supplies and spacewalking payloads to the International Space Station under a $1.9 billion NASA resupply services contract. SS Janice Voss was launched aboard an Orbital Sciences-built rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and the Expedition 40 crew received the nearly 3,300 pounds of supplies at […] More
Verizon Enterprise Solutions plans to expand its channel program into Europe in tandem with an initiative to grow its U.S. program in order to help channel members offer the company’s products to a wider range of customers. The telecommunications company said Wednesday that this is the first time that channel partners in Europe can team up with Verizon to […] More
L-3 Communications will host an international cybersecurity training and certification program on a company-operated, private cloud computing environment environment that will include introductory cyber defense practices, strategies and plans. The company’s national security solutions business will work with the Cyber Security Forum Initiative to carry out the program, L-3 said Tuesday. Paul de Souza, president […] More
A joint venture of Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems has handed a helmet-mounted display system to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 aircraft. Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems LLC developed the Gen III HMDS for F-35 Lightning II pilots to gain situational awareness of the battlefield during operations, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. “Providing an accurate […] More
Jeanne Johns, head of safety and operational risk at BP‘s refining and marketing businesses, has been appointed to the board of directors at Parsons Corp. The 25-year BP veteran also has chaired a joint venture between BP and two China-based energy companies and holds a background in international business development, Parsons said Tuesday. “As we continue […] More
Exelis has licensed patented manufacturing technology from Belgium-based Bodair S.A. to produce a new product line and expand upon the company’s aerostructures offerings in the aerospace industry, Exelis said Tuesday. The new Exelis STaR product line is a selection of technologies that are intended to help with development and reconfigurations of product design that can achieve […] More
Northrop Grumman has broken ground on its new $20 million Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility, which is based on the company’s Baltimore campus that is next to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The company said Thursday that officials who attended the opening of the 25,000-square-foot building were Sen. Ben Cardin, Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes and Gloria Flach, […] More
