Products & Service

IRobot Corp. has been awarded a $4 million contract to produce robots and accessories for the U.S. Navy. The Navy ordered iRobot’s model 110 FirstLook robots and the company will deliver the products through February 2016, iRobot said Wednesday. “iRobot is pleased to provide these state-of-the-art robots to the U.S. Navy as they will help […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded Cobham a subcontract to produce antenna array panel assemblies for integration with the U.S. Navy’s shipboard electronic warfare platforms. Cobham said Thursday the order for AAPAs is part of the service branch’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block II configuration initiative. The SEWIP Block II program seeks to introduce new combat-based system […] More

The U.S. Defense Forensic Science Center has selected Battelle to aid investigators in work to determine the genetic makeup of persons of interest. Investigators will use Battelle’s ExactID genomics software to identify the traits of an individual from an unmatched DNA sample, Battelle said Wednesday. “DNA has long been considered as objective evidence and ExactID greatly […] More

Denmark’s Meteorological Institute has moved to run its climate and weather models on Cray’s supercomputers and storage system under a $6 million contract. Cray said Tuesday that DMI will install the Cray XC supercomputer and Sonexion 2000 storage system at the Icelandic Meteorological Office datacenter in Reykjavik, Iceland. The company is on schedule to deliver the […] More

BAE Systems has received a $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue its support for the operations and maintenance of the Solid State Phased Radar System through 2018. The company said Wednesday the modification adds another year to its 2006 contract and brings the estimated total deal value to $550 million. “Providing missile defense […] More

Lockheed Martin has ordered a set of air combat training systems for the F-35 fighter jet from Cubic under a new low rate initial production contract. Cubic will deliver additional 250 JSF P5 systems to Lockheed under the contract, Cubic said Wednesday. The company will perform engineering work for the training systems in San Diego and Fort Walton Beach, […] More

Capstone Corp. has been awarded a task order to continue its analysis work on the U.S. Navy’s air and port operations mission requirements. The company will use operations research modeling, simulation and group decision conferencing techniques to carry out the task, Capstone said Monday. “Selection to continue supporting this task reflects the confidence and trust of […] More

Materion Beryllium & Composites has handed over an initial batch of aluminum-beryllium casting products to Lockheed Martin after the Materion Corp. subsidiary secured first-article inspection approval. Lockheed will integrate the Materion-made AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium components with its Electro-Optical Targeting System onboard F-35 fighter jets, Materion said Tuesday. Lockheed’s EOTS has infrared sensors designed to help F-35 pilots carry out reconnaissance operations […] More

CorMatrix Cardiovascular has secured a contract to supply medical devices and related supplies to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies through the company’s distribution partnership with Lovell Government Services. CorMatrix said Tuesday it will offer its CorMatrix CanGaroo extracellular matrix platform and medical supplies to the Veterans Health Administration and other military health […] More

HEBCO has ordered a new multi-purpose display from IEE for the U.S. Air Force’s F15E Strike Eagle program. IEE will produce a 6×6 display system to replace the cathode ray tube in F15 cockpit displays, IEE said Tuesday. “We choose IEE because they have been qualified and fielded on a military fighter aircraft and have […] More

BAE Systems will provide support and training on the Falcon secure communications system to U.K. military personnel over the next four and a half years under a $10 million contract with the U.K. defense ministry. The company said Monday the new contract follows the initial training program for the conversion of the U.K. army and air force’s […] More