Products & Service

The U.S. Air Force has awarded DynCorp International three task orders to provide transient aircraft support and base operation services under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV contract. DynCorp will provide personnel, supervisory support and other transient aircraft services to run the service branch’s fixed- and rotary-wing planes in Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait and other […] More

BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has chosen Pittsburgh-based Evoqua Water Technologies to design and produce seawater electrochlorination technology for Australia’s warships. Evoqua said Thursday it expects to deliver Chloropac systems to BAE during the next six years for installation onboard eight ANZAC-class frigates of the Australian navy. The system will work to prevent marine growth in the ships’ seawater cooling systems, according to […] More

The U.S. Air Force plans to award a sole-source contract to Boeing to update and sustain the service branch’s F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Monday the proposed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover software and hardware design, installation of updated kits, product support, structural and subsystem component production, development […] More

DigitalGlobe has entered into separate letters of intent with two international defense and intelligence agencies to provide the organizations access to imagery from the company’s WorldView-4 satellite. One agency is slated to become the company’s 12th Direct Access Program client under a multi-year commitment to task and receive imagery from all WorldView satellites, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. The company noted the second agency expressed interest for WorldView-4 […] More

A United Technologies Corp. unit has begun flight trials of a vehicle health monitoring platform to assess the airworthiness of sensors onboard the U.S. Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The flight tests on the UTC Aerospace Systems-built Pulse Health Monitoring System are part of a contract awarded by the service branch to Metis Design, UTC said […] More

Curtiss-Wright has released a new compact switch technology the company’s defense solutions unit designed to transmit video camera data to multiple displays. The RVG-SDI Crossbar Video Switch consists of eight external miniBNC connectors and works to route 3G, high-definition and standard definition serial digital interface video sources, Curtiss-Wright said June 13. “A growing challenge for system integrators is how to get the most effective use out […] More

DFNDR Armor has selected Honeywell‘s Spectra Shield ballistic composite materials to produce body armor plates for potential use in the U.S. public sector. The companies said Wednesday Honeywell’s Spectra fiber-based materials will also support DFNDR Armor’s research-and-development work on “next generation” body armor technology for U.S. military, law enforcement and civilians. DFNDR Armor CEO Dave Fernandez said the body armor manufacturer uses Honeywell Spectra exclusively […] More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected FDH Velocitel to carry out architectural and engineering services in support of tension tests on the Tainter gate trunnion girder anchor rods within dams managed by the service branch. FDH Velocitel said Tuesday it will apply its proprietary nondestructive test method to help USACE manage an inventory of post-tensioned anchor rods, which make up part […] More

United Technologies Corp. has received a two-year, $41.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to remanufacture F-100-PW-220/229 rear compressor stators and F100-PW-229 compressor stators, duct segments and variable vanes. The Defense Department said Wednesday the sole-source contract includes foreign military sales and work will occur in Oklahoma through July 27, 2018. DoD noted the Air Force has not obligated […] More

Raytheon has received a five-year, $40 million contract to support the activities of the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint System Engineering and Integration Office. The company will execute the task at its Arlington, Virginia-based facility from Aug. 1, 2016 through July 31, 2021, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains firm-fixed-price and cost […] More

L-3 Communications‘ link simulation and training division has won a $38.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a flight crew training system for the service branch’s airborne warning-and-control system aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform work on the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation program in […] More

Sakor Technologies will deliver two AC motoring dynamometers to Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business to support the research, development, quality control and design validation of Lockheed’s aerospace projects. Sakor said Wednesday its Accudyne dynamometers are designed to test components for deep space missions, serve as independent test systems or work in a group of up to four dynamometers to test different components […] More