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A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has delivered the test model of the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module to NASA’s testing facility in Ohio for further structural design tests. Thales Alenia Space performed initial tests on the structural test model of ESM at its facility in Turin, Italy, prior to the shipment, Thales […] More

General Atomics has moved to expand the company’s presence in the Middle East and North Africa region with a newly opened office in Abu Dhabi. Frank Pace, president of aircraft systems at General Atomics aeronautical systems, said Sunday the company intends for the new office to support the MENA markets with the Predator remotely piloted […] More

MarketsandMarkets has reported that worldwide governmental efforts to keep citizens, infrastructure and organizations safe from multiple threats drive growth in the public safety and security market. The market’s value to grow from almost $221 billion this year to about $371 billion by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of 10.9 percent over the five-year period, […] More

Raytheon will kick off the low-rate initial production of communications terminals under the U.S. Air Force’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminal program after obtaining clearance from the service branch. The company will manufacture airborne and ground terminal variants and spares, and perform training, installation and logistics support, Raytheon said Thursday. The production of the […] More

Kuwait will purchase $115 million in Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods and other tools built by Lockheed Martin under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the State Department has approved the sale of 14 AN/AAQ-33 targeting pods, spares and accessories to Kuwait The sale also includes systems integration, tests, software development, maintenance, pilot training […] More

PAE has won task orders from the State Department to provide mission support services for the U.S. government’s partner countries in Africa through two contract vehicles. The company said Thursday it secured the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance and Africa Peacekeeping Program II task orders in September. “PAE has supported Department of State initiatives in Africa since 1995,” […] More

Sikorsky Aircraft has completed the preliminary design review and mission communication system integration on the first S-92A helicopter under a potential $1.2 billion contract awarded by the U.S. Navy for a new presidential helicopter fleet. The Lockheed Martin-owned business said Wednesday it finished the PDR phase and MCS testing for the first S-92A aircraft in August. The engineering […] More

Hughes Network Systems and Level 3 Communications have partnered to offer federal agencies a suite of managed network service offerings through a U.S. General Services Administration-run enterprise telecommunications contract vehicle. Level 3 added the HughesON digital media and network management services portfolio to the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, Hughes said Wednesday. HughesON works to help organizations receive high-speed […] More

A subsidiary of ASRC Federal has been awarded a potential 45-month, $48.9 million contract to provide support services for NASA’s space communication and navigation program office. NASA said Thursday Arctic Slope Technical Services will provide spectrum management, programmatic accounting management tools, applications, public outreach and education, Web presence and regulatory services for the program office. […] More

The National Institutes of Health’s Office of Strategic Coordination has selected LCG to manage the main IT systems of NIH’s Common Fund in an effort to help the agency meet its collaboration and content management needs. LCG will handle the SharePoint Common Fund site and the Strategic Initiatives Database of the NIH Common Fund under […] More

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has started to operate a Raytheon-built system designed for air traffic management. Raytheon said Wednesday it installed the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System at the airport’s terminal radar approach control building as part of the Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. “Creating an effective, advanced and streamlined […] More

Versar Inc. has received $17.1 million in task orders to assist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the oversight of construction projects in Afghanistan. The company will provide Afghan engineering and technical personnel to support USACE staff under the new task orders, Versar said Tuesday. The task orders are part of Versar’s four-year personal […] More