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NASA has unveiled a new website to provide daily color images of Earth captured by the Lockheed Martin-built Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory. The space agency said Tuesday the website will show a sequence of images that show the sunlit side of the Earth as it rotates and will allow visitors to access […] More

Iridium Communications and Furuno Electric have inked an agreement to offer Iridium’s satellite services to customers in Japan. Furuno Electric will incorporate Iridium Pilot antennas, Iridium GO! smartphone access device, Iridium Extreme handset and the Iridium Short Burst Data service into the company’s satellite communications portfolio, Iridium said Monday. “Together, we’ll be enabling more ships […] More

The Defense Department plans to award Boeing a contract in the next few weeks to replace the current presidential aircraft with a new plane built on a Boeing 747-8 frame, the New York Times reported Sunday. Peter Baker writes the Air Force has requested $102 million in fiscal year 2016 and $3 billion in the […] More

General Dynamics has unveiled the first ECO tanker for American Petroleum Tankers during a christening ceremony at a shipyard in San Diego. The 50,000-deadweight ton Lone Star State tanker is under construction and will feature a ballast water treatment system, General Dynamics said Monday. “Incorporating new and innovative green ship technology, these tankers are the […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded a a five-year, $300 million contract to a Reliance Steel & Aluminum subsidiary to produce aluminum flat rolled materials for the F-35 fighter jet. Brentwood, Tennessee-based AMI Metals will supply aluminum plates to Lockheed partner and subcontractor facilities for F-35, Reliance Steel said Monday. AMI Metals will build the materials between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2021. “AMI […] More

Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have conducted flight tests on the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile inventory’s HARM Control Section Modification product on an F-16 aircraft. The company said Monday the HARM upgrade works to operate against electronic warfare systems such as enemy radars. Mike Jarrett, vice president of Raytheon’s air warfare systems unit, said the missile features updates that aim […] More

CACI International has received a two-year, $50 million task order to assist the U.S. Army in the service branch’s work to develop tools and applications for human and signals intelligence operations. The company said Monday it will perform end-to-end lifecycle management, training and maintenance under the Alliant contract vehicle for the Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate. Ken Asbury, […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has handed to TOTE Maritime the world’s first Marlin-class cargo ship that runs on liquefied natural gas two months ahead of schedule . General Dynamics said Friday General Dynamics NASSCO collaborated with TOTE, the U.S. Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping to design, build and commission the Isla Bella containership under a […] More

Lockheed Martin has selected Avcorp Industries to produce the outboard wing for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Avcorp will kick off production of the F-35 carrier variant outboard wing assembly in the second quarter of 2016 and deliver the products in the third quarter, Avcorp said Thursday. “The F-35 program is an important part […] More

Abt Associates will provide support to the U.S. Agency for International Development for the implementation of a malaria prevention and treatment program as part of the five-year, $20 million Zimbabwe Assistance Program in Malaria. The company said Thursday it will help the ministry of health and child care in Zimbabwe implement the program in 47 districts in support of efforts to […] More

Charles River Analytics will provide its Monitoring, Extracting and Decoding Indicators of Cognitive Load technology to help the U.S. Army train military medical personnel under a 30-month, $1 million contract. The company said Tuesday the MEDIC system utilizes physiological, neurophysiological and behavioral sensors to determine the cognitive performance of trainees beyond observable behaviors. “We have completed the initial design and testing of […] More

Amazon Web Services has introduced a fresh data transport tool for customers designed to transfer large volumes of data using secure appliances. AWS Import/Export Snowball works to transport up to 50 terabytes of data into and out of AWS and protect the transfer process with secure enclosures, 256-bit encryption and a trusted platform module, AWS […] More