Products & Service

AeroVironment has been awarded a one-year, $22.8 million contract to produce loitering aerial munitions for the U.S. Army in an effort to help warfighters conduct precision strike missions. The company said Monday it will provide Block 10C Switchblade lethal miniature aerial missile systems and support services under the contract with the Army’s Close Combat Weapons Systems Project Office. The Army procured the […] More

Airbus‘ defense and space business segment has launched an online basemap that works to provide customers access to homogeneous imagery of the Earth’s landmasses. The One Atlas basemap is designed to facilitate data sharing across teams or partner organizations and help users plan, map and locate personnel, assets or areas of interest, Airbus said Thursday. Bernhard Brenner, head of intelligence […] More

A contractor team of Summit Consulting and BlueLabs will provide data science support to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under a new five-year blanket purchase agreement. Summit said Thursday it created multiple economic models to analyze the significance of race on lending decisions based on bank underwriting and pricing criteria in an effort to identify banks that employ lending […] More

QinetiQ North America and Milrem have introduced a modular, hybrid unmanned ground vehicle the companies designed to help soldiers perform their missions on the battlefield. Titan is built to incorporate Milrem’s Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System for military applications along with QinetiQ’s tactical robot controller and robotic applique kit, Milrem said Monday. The vehicle is built to comply […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded a Huntington Ingalls Industries division a $12 million contract to perform planning work on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) aircraft carrier. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division will conduct fabrication, material procurement and planning work at its facility in Newport News, Virginia, through Sept. 17, 2017, HII said Friday. “Maintaining the […] More

Singapore is eyeing a potential procurement of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft somewhere in the 2030 timeframe, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta quoted Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen as saying that the F-35 is “a good plane, but our needs aren’t so urgent at this point and time.” Ng added that he predicts the country’s current F-15 and F-16 fighter jets could remain well […] More

An MBDA subsidiary has submitted its bid to Germany’s government in pursuit of a contract to develop that country’s future ground-based air defense system. MBDA Deutschland GmbH said Thursday TLVS will be based on the Medium Extended Air Defence System and equipped with 360-degree coverage, open system architecture and a plug and flight function to support civilians and warfighters during local and international missions. “The […] More

Telomere diagnostics firm Life Length has received an estimated $3.5 million grant from the European Union under the Horizon 2020 program to support the company’s clinical studies on a potential biomarker for cancer treatment. The Telomere Analysis Technology cellular health biomarker works to identify the biological health of cells, measure the effects of lifestyle programs and detect the risk and early onset of […] More

Boeing has outfitted NASA‘s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, with new simulation training equipment to support the crew of the company-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The company’s Crew Part-Task Trainers are designed to simulate various Starliner mission aspects, NASA said in a blog post published Wednesday. JSC engineers will manage the simulations as astronauts rehearse Starliner missions, the space agency added. Suni Williams and Bob […] More

PacStar has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide a software platform for the military service to manage the security of wireless command posts. The Army chose PacStar’s IQ-Core Software with Commercial Solutions for Classified  Plug-In to help secure classified information as part of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 program, the company said Thursday. PacStar noted the plug-in will work to address setup, […] More

TEGAM has secured $900,000 in orders from the U.S. Navy to supply portable micro-ohm and bond test equipment to help address the aircraft and ship maintenance requirements of the service branch and U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Wednesday it expects to complete deliveries of the R1L-E2A electrical bonding meter system to the Navy by the end of this year. R1L-E2A is designed to comply with ATEX, UL and CSA […] More