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Utah State University Research Foundation’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has been awarded a $49 million contract to research and develop dynamic sensors for the U.S. Air Force. The lab will work to assist in the sensor development, image processing and data analysis efforts of the service under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Space […] More

Raytheon will design a new missile for a U.S. Army program to acquire new tactical missile system weapons for the service branch. The company said Wednesday its Long-Range Precision Fires design will be built to integrate into the M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS rocket launchers. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon vice president for advanced missile systems, said the new missile […] More

AAR Mobility Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $49 million contract to design, produce and test two types of 20-foot shelters for the U.S. Army. The company will also make a set of Automatic Test Equipment maintenance shelters to contain the test systems as well as Next Generation Automatic Test System storage shelters for system-specific tools required in tests on systems […] More

Symantec has rolled out a new data encryption portfolio that the company developed to help organizations secure their websites. The Encryption Everywhere package is designed to allow web hosting providers to encrypt online portals for enterprise clients, Symantec said Tuesday. “There are almost a billion websites today, yet only about 3 percent of those sites are encrypted, which means cybercriminals have been […] More

A subsidiary of Integrity Applications has been awarded two task orders worth $27.8 million combined for research and development services to the U.S. Air Force. Pacific Defense Solutions will work to develop electro-optical space situational awareness systems and also integrate and produce components under the first task order, Defense Department said Monday. The second task order covers R&D services for […] More

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $11.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s microsystems technology office to develop a miniaturized inertial measurement unit for navigational use. The company said Monday it aims to build a microelectromechanical system-based sensor IMU technology for the detection of angular motion and acceleration under DARPA’s Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions Navigation-Grade Inertial Measurement Unit project. Alex Fax, program director […] More

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has been awarded a five-year, $25.2 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support the controlled technical services work of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren division. Under the program, Draper will aid in the development of miniature multichip processors and other related technologies, the Defense Department said Monday. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based […] More

Lockheed Martin has handed two KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refuelers to Saudi Arabia’s air force under a foreign military sales agreement that country holds with the U.S. government. Saudi will be the 16th country to use the Super Hercules that is designed to refuel tactical aircraft, helicopters and tilt-rotors for airlift and ground refueling of expeditionary forces during missions, Lockheed said […] More

BAE Systems plans to upgrade parts of Australia’s Jindalee operational radar network (JORN) after the government approved the technology’s phase 6 upgrade in December 2015. BAE Systems will submit its tender as a prime contractor for Project Air 2025 which will begin the upgrade in 2018, the company said Friday. “We are currently working closely […] More

Raytheon will display its new gallium nitride-based Active Electronically Scanned Array main antenna designed to work with the Patriot air and missile defense system at the Association of the U.S. Army‘s Global Force Symposium and Exposition Tuesday through Thursday in Huntsville, Alabama. Raytheon said Monday the AESA main array is designed to provide 360-degree coverage enabled by smaller transmitters and replace the current […] More

A subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions‘ defense and rocket support subsidiary has landed a $5.49 million contract from the U.S. Navy to install new thrust vector control systems for the service branch’s Oriole rocket motors. Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services will deliver the Oriole Thrust Vector Control systems for the Navy in efforts to reduce both flight duration and fuel […] More

Cole Engineering Services has landed a $67.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide a simulation software featuring theater-level air warfare environment for the Air Force Modeling and Simulation Training Toolkit program. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was competitively procured with six proposals received. Work will occur in Orlando, Florida through Mar. 10, 2021 […] More