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Boeing has ordered small tactical terminals from ViaSat for the Apache Guardian attack helicopter production line. ViaSat will produce 90 link 16 tactical terminals for the fifth and sixth lots of Apache set for production over the next two years, ViaSat said Thursday. “The AH-64E Apache award is a significant milestone for ViaSat in that […] More

Lockheed Martin will provide Naval Vigilance Radar software to the U.K. defense ministry under a $62.9 million contract. The company said Thursday it has collaborated with Kelvin Hughes to produce the navigation software, which includes a collision avoidance system and a common maritime data processing environment. Peter Ruddock, chief executive of Lockheed Martin UK, said the Naval […] More

Lockheed Martin has transported an 11th Littoral Combat Ship the company built for the U.S. Navy to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. USS Sioux City will be outfitted and tested at the shipyard prior to its scheduled delivery to the Navy in 2017, Lockheed said Saturday. “The future USS Sioux City’s interchangeable mission modules will […] More

A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary has received a potential six-year, $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply spares for the Kratos-built BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target system. Composite Engineering will also provide repairs and logistics support services for the AFSAT platform during operations at a test and training range in Utah and Tyndall […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has tasked OPSWAT to deploy the company’s Metascan multi-scanning tool in the Joint Regional Security Stack to bolster the security of Defense Department networks. OPSWAT said Thursday Metascan will support InQuest‘s network session inspection and analysis technology to build up JRSS’ malware detection capability. InQuest CTO Pedram Amini noted that the file analysis tool features a […] More

Lockheed Martin has selected ASRC Federal’s mission solutions business to help test and develop the Long Range Discrimination Radar system for the Missile Defense Agency. ASRC Federal said Tuesday the LRDR system works to support the ballistic missile defense system in missile threat detection, interception and elimination. Lockheed currently develops the LRDR platform under a […] More

Raytheon has tested the in-flight performance of the company’s Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle during a Missile Defense Agency demonstration intended to gather data on the capability of the vehicle’s thrusters. The redesigned EKV’s thrusters have been modified to control the impact with incoming threats while outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, Raytheon said Thursday. “Testing is critically important to […] More

NATS has chosen Lockheed Martin as a systems integration partner as the companies seek to explore new air traffic management technology services for the British aviation market. Lockheed said Thursday it will help the British company to identify, integrate and implement service offerings based on concepts from the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative. “The program to deploy […] More

Smiths Detection has been awarded a five-year, $1.27 million contract to supply a radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security. The company will deliver its RadSeeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Smiths Detection said Wednesday. “Under a competitively-awarded contract RadSeeker was developed in cooperation with the […] More

Strategy and Management Services has been awarded a contract to provide support to the Agriculture Department’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Programs. The company said Wednesday the contract includes the development and execution of a strategic plan to augment the marketing of milk and dairy products in the country. SAMS will conduct a comparative analysis of the […] More

Inmarsat has obtained a license from a United Arab Emirates-based telecommunications regulator to market the company’s mobile communication satellite service offering to the region’s public and private sectors. The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector granted the public satellite service license to Inmarsat, the company said Wednesday. A license signing ceremony occurred at the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. […] More