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Emirates Airlines announced Tuesday that it has signed a $13 billion, 12-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for the maintenance and complete overhaul of the new line of GE9X engines powering its 150 Boeing 777X aircraft. The OnPoint solution contract is part of a larger arrangement announced at the 2013 Dubai Air Show, providing Emirates with 300 […] More
NASA has awarded a potential $145 million contract extension to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies for continued support of the agency’s engineering work on hardware and software for spaceflights and ground systems. The Mechanical Systems Engineering Services II/A Bridge contract extension includes $110 million in base funds and a $35 million option that covers four months of work. SGT […] More
The Huntington Ingalls-built amphibious assault ship “America” left the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi on its maiden voyage ahead of the scheduled Oct. 11 commissioning in San Francisco. “America” is built for a crew of between 1,200 and 1,900 sailors including space for Marine helicopters, F-35 jets and other aircraft, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “The sailors and Marines serving aboard […] More
General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions business has entered into Microsoft‘s Active Protections Program to get information on emerging cyber threats ahead of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletins to provide up-to-date protection to Fidelis XPS customers. Fidelis said Monday that joining the Microsoft program is intended to bolster mitigation of cyber attacks and system vulnerabilities during the entire threat life cycle. […] More
Verizon has partnered with Renfinity to offer Terremark enterprise cloud products with Renfinity’s Secure Grid service in a combined package in order to help businesses, utilities and federal agencies secure their cloud infrastructures. The companies said Sunday that they aim to help users adopt both infrastructure-as-a-service software-as-a-service platforms. “With Verizon we can deliver a much more robust security […] More
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will develop software systems for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to generate aeronautical charts for flight operations at airports and surrounding airspace. MDA will work to combine its AutoChart technology with NGA’s source databases and provide customized AutoChart products to NGA under the agency’s Geospatial Terminal Operations program, MDA said Monday. The […] More
Raytheon‘s Next-Generation Jammer has completed a system readiness review, with most of the component technologies at Technology Readiness Level 6 or above, and is preparing for initial flight testing in September, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Rick Yuse, program manager for the electronic warfare system at Raytheon, has confirmed the program’s status as the company aims […] More
An industry team comprising of Boeing and Saab plans to build a customized military training aircraft in pursuit of the Air Force‘s T-X contract, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes that Chris Chadwick, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense business, said the alliance is designing a trainer that would look different from the Saab […] More
Raytheon expects to obtain approval from a U.S. military client by the end of 2014 after the company completes developmental testing on its helicopter-mounted shooter detection system, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes Raytheon developed the Boomerang Air system based on its Boomerang and Warrior X ground-based technologies. Roy Azevedo, Raytheon’s vice president for advanced concepts and technology, […] More
Terrence Blair oversees technology strategy and technology-related consulting work for federal agencies as chief technology officer at Tetra Tech AMT – the information technology, aerospace and safety management arm of Tetra Tech. Blair, a more-than 25-year GovCon veteran, joined Tetra Tech after spending eight-and-a-half years at Sapient as technical lead for that company’s federal government consulting business unit […] More
An Orbital Sciences-built spacecraft took off Sunday from Wallops Island, Virginia for the International Space Station, carrying nearly 3,300 pounds of technology and scientific cargo. Orbital and NASA launched a Cygnus cargo capsule aboard an Antares rocket at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility at 12:52 p.m. Eastern time, NASA said Sunday. The Sunday launch marks […] More
Raytheon will update radio systems on U.S. Army helicopters with the RT-1987, a software-defined radio that is part of the company’s SkyFire product line and features both cryptography tools and Mobile User Objective System support. Raytheon said Sunday that it demonstrated the features of what the company says would be the first major upgrade of a radio system in nine years. Scott Whatmough, vice president […] More
