Products & Service

Ballard Power Systems’ Protonex subsidiary has handed prototypes of fuel cell propulsion modules to Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary for integration with an unmanned aerial vehicle. Protonex’s fuel cell-based proton exchange membrane modules will work to provide propulsion functions for the Insitu-built ScanEagle UAV, Ballard Power Systems said Monday. Insitu plans to begin flight demonstrations of ScanEagle with […] More

Erickson has received a five-year, $13 million contract with U.S. Special Operations Command Africa to provide fixed wing aerial services to the Defense Department. The aviation services company will work to help transport personnel and equipment in the North and Western regions of Africa under the blanket purchase agreement, Erickson said Monday. Brian Pierson, vice president and […] More

A Lockheed Martin business unit has landed a $21.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for logistics maintenance and support services for as many as 400 Consolidated Automated Support System stations. Lockheed’s mission systems and training business will also provide support for 150 reconfigurable, transportable CASS stations, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD added that the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division […] More

ICF International has landed a $9.2 million contract from Wisconsin utilities to serve as a program implementer for the state’s Focus on Energy program geared to support renewable resources. Under the three-year contract, ICF will help implement Focus on Energy’s residential retailer lighting and appliance activities, the company said Monday. “Focus on Energy must now meet the challenge faced by many […] More

General Dynamics has received a $9.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce five Common Aviation Command and Control System. The company will provide limited deployment units of the aviation command-and-control system, with work performed in Arizona, Maryland, Alabama and California through September 2017, the Defense Department said Monday. The award exercises a contract […] More

SRI International has been awarded a one-year, $7.8 million contract by the U.S. Navy to research methods for the development of surveillance, tracking, security and access control systems. The company aims to help develop a modular and open architecture approach for the military service to build sensors and aviation platform systems, the Defense Department said Monday. SRI will […] More

Louis Berger and New Jersey’s department of environmental protection have teamed up with industry partners to develop a resiliency plan to aid communities across 15 municipalities in Monmouth County as part of a regional coastal resilience grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NJDEP, Louis Berger, the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Rutgers Climate Institute and local […] More

San Francisco, Calif.-based construction company Bechtel and its partners have commenced the development of the Edmonton Valley Line Light Rail Transit – Stage 1 project that looks to address a projected population increase in the Canadian city. The company will work with Bombardier, EllisDon and Fengate Capital Management as part of a consortium called TransEd Partners to build and eventually operate […] More

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has started to test a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather prediction and environmental monitoring satellite in a simulated setting. The Joint Polar Satellite System satellite will undergo a series of acoustic, vibration, and electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility tests at a facility Boulder, Colorado where the company built the spacecraft, Ball Aerospace said Friday. […] More

SRI International has unveiled a new spin-off venture named Superflex that will develop wearable robotics in an effort to help humans apply their musculoskeletal systems for multiple uses. SRI said Thursday the technology was originally created under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded Warrior Web project that aimed to maximize soldier performance, minimize injury risk and help soldiers carry heavier load. Rich Mahoney will oversee Superflex operations as […] More