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Lockheed Martin has introduced a firefighting airtanker variant of the C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow. FireHerc is an updated version of Lockheed’s legacy L-11 Hercules commercial tanker and designed to help operators contain and control fires in difficult terrain and tough conditions, the company said Tuesday. The airtanker works to disperse retardants through either its […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps sampled a Raytheon-built approach and landing guidance system for the deployment of fighter jets from an amphibious assault ship in the Pacific. The service branch guided its F-35B Lightning II aircraft onto the USS Wasp through the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, the company […] More

The U.S. Navy has brought an aircraft carrier at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division Saturday for a 12-month maintenance and repair phase after completing an 81-day post-delivery test and evaluation period. The post-shakedown availability or selected restricted availability for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) follows almost 750 aircraft launches and recoveries […] More

Raytheon plans to develop over the next decade an architecture meant to connect radar systems and allow simultaneous detection, tracking, definition, communication and analysis operations. The company said Friday it plans to use unified software and architecture to generate multiple perspectives from the visual coverage of various radars, and machine learning to aid future U.S. […] More

A team from Riptide Software is set to assist the U.S. Marine Corps in the modernization of a simulator for support arms training. The company said Thursday it will provide hardware and software update design, lifecycle sustainment and support services to the Program Manager for Training Systems for the Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer system. Philip Loeffel, CEO […] More

The U.S. Navy has concluded acceptance trials of its seventh Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Wichita (LCS 13), built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Joe DePietro, vice president of small combatants and ship systems at Lockheed, said in a statement released Friday the completion of trials marked a key step forward for the […] More

Parsons‘ government services business has received a potential $24 million U.S. Army contract for architect-engineer services. Work under the firm-fixed-price contract is expected to run until July 10, 2023, with each order determining funding and work locations, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received five bids through an online solicitation. Parsons […] More

Vic Torla, director of business development training and logistics solutions at Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, said in a Shepard Media report published Wednesday the company expects the certification for the Hercules Full Mission Simulator to be completed by September. The Hercules Training Center co-located with the aircraft production and collection facility in Marietta, Ga. […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a five-year, $43 million task order to provide the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center with assistance in developing, testing and evaluating protective combat gear. Under the task order, awarded in March through the Air Force Installation Contract Agency, Booz Allen will provide technical input on the […] More

BAE Systems will transition its Compass Call electronic warfare system from the EC-130H to the EC-37B aircraft platform as part of the U.S. Air Force Cross Deck initiative. Working with L3 Technologies, BAE completed the initial design review for the EW system in 2017 and intends to conduct the final review by fall, BAE said Monday. Pamela Potter, […] More

Boeing will produce new avionics and update existing systems for the F/A-18 Super Hornet platform to address the procurement needs of the U.S. Navy, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. The Navy intends to deliver Kuwait’s request of 28 Super Hornets and has placed an order for the service branch’s 110 block III F/A-18 aircraft scheduled for […] More