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A joint venture of Sparton and Ultra Electronics Holdings has received a five-year, $20 million, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply sonobuoys to the U.S. Navy. The ERAPSCO JV will tap the Ultra Electronics USSI and Sparton De Leon Springs business units for sonobuoy production requirements under the contract, Sparton said Monday. The companies will manufacture the sonobuoys at Ultra […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed the keel laying for the 15th U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. Ship sponsor Sharla Tester welded her initials on a sheet of steel that will be fixed on USS Billings during the ceremony, Lockheed said Monday. “The LCS platform is proving the Navy’s concept of operations […] More

General Dynamics has christened a new guided-missile destroyer at the company’s Bath, Maine-based shipyard. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works started to fabricate the USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) in November 2011 and is set to deliver the destroyer to the U.S. Navy in 2016, General Dynamics said Monday. “We all understand the importance of what we […] More

MCR Federal has received a three-year, $50 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform communications and information services for NATO. The company said Monday it will work to design processes, manage quality, handle risks, provide change management and perform other general business services for NATO’s Communications and Information Agency. NATO’s NCI Agency provides communications and information systems for the alliance’s […] More

NASA has awarded approximately $17.1 million in contracts to Firefly Space Systems, Rocket Lab USA and Virgin Galactic to launch small satellites — or CubeSats — to low-Earth orbit. Jim Norman, director of launch services at NASA, said Oct. 14 the space agency’s launch services program aims to help transport smaller payloads into orbit through commercial […] More

Morpho has been awarded a nearly $1 million contract to produce explosives trace detector for the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate. Morpho Detection will develop the company’s Itemiser DX Air Cargo detector kit meant to update the threat library for new explosives, Morpho said Wednesday. The prototype kits are scheduled for delivery […] More

BAE Systems Plc has forged a partnership with Reaction Engines to inject $31.85 million into the latter company’s development work for a new class of aerospace engine. BAE said Monday it will purchase 20 percent of Reaction Engines’ share capital and Reaction Engines will have access to BAE’s industrial, technical and capital resources in order to demonstrate […] More

Engineering Services Network Inc. has received a $1 million task order to perform information technology support for the U.S. Army’s Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri-based maneuver support battle laboratory. CEO Douglas Lopez said Thursday the company will work to administer, operate, maintain and repair IT systems for the lab. MSBL performs simulations and analysis as part of […] More

DRS Technologies’ Canadian arm has been awarded a contract to provide integrated communications platforms for installation aboard the Canadian navy’s Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship. DRS Technologies Canada will supply SHINCOM 3100 shipboard communications systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s AOR program under a contract with shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada and Project Resolve, DRS said Wednesday. […] More

CGI and DB Schenker have inked a four-year, $7.6 million outsourcing agreement to develop and manage applications for DB Schenker’s transport and logistics business. CGI will build applications intended to handle DB Schenker’s package and freight, CGI said Wednesday. “We see this new agreement as confirmation of the value we are delivering, and we look […] More

Alexium International Group has been tapped by the Defense Department to develop and supply fire retardant treatments for use on nylon-cotton uniforms of U.S. Army personnel. DoD will finance the final development phase of Alexium-made Alexiflam FR treatment and expects the chemicals development firm to complete work on the product by the first half of next year, […] More