Products & Service

Raytheon will support technology development for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Arrays at Commercial Timescales program under two contract modifications worth a total of $5 million. The company said Tuesday it will contribute its Rapid Array Performance Improvement and Deployment technology concepts to the program. RAPID works to address cost and time concerns with performance upgrades and phased […] More

A joint venture of Tetra Tech and Mason & Hangar Group has received a five-year, $45 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Mobile District with architectural and engineering design services. Tetra Tech said Tuesday the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery contract is in support of USACE’s master planning and facility design activities and value engineering studies. The company will also […] More

IBM’s security business and If Property and Casualty Insurance have partnered to help If’s business area commercial clients in risk management using IBM’s cyber insurance offering. If’s claim agents will collaborate with IBM personnel to evaluate the security status of a company following detection of malware, virus, distributed denial of service and hacking attacks, IBM said Monday. “Awareness about […] More

Morgan County in Ohio has selected Oracle to deploy its communication service for the  9-1-1 emergency system with the goal of helping the local government secure its Internet protocol-based infrastructure. Morgan County implemented the Oracle communications session border controller to protect the 9-1-1 service against denial-of-service attacks, service overloads and failures, Oracle said Monday. Steve Aulds, vice president of […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for companies to develop a military wireless data link under a $27 million project, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes the agency issued a solicitation for the second and third phases of the 100-gigabit-per-second RF backbone project intended to transmit data within a single RF and microwave […] More

TeleCommunication Systems has introduced a new tracking antenna system intended for low-Earth orbit and medium-Earth orbit satellite missions. The deployable X/Y antenna system is built to support Earth observation, remote sensing, telemetry, tracking and control operations for tactical applications, TCS said Monday. Michael Bristol, TCS government solutions group president, said the company incorporated lessons learned from TCS’ […] More

Lockheed Martin is developing a new spaceflight system consisting of the Jupiter space tug and Exoliner disposable supply module that the company hopes will support future cargo missions beyond low Earth orbit, Space.com reported Thursday. Mike Wall writes that Lockheed presented a concept video of the new system to show how it could be used for NASA missions to the International […] More

The Solar Impulse 2 electric aircraft has incorporated Inmarsat-developed satellite connectivity system as it began its solar-powered round-the-world flight. Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi on March 9 and will make stops in Oman, India, Myanmar and China throughout its route, Inmarsat said Friday. Inmarsat partner Cobham SATCOM developed the Aviator 300SP (special […] More

Orbital ATK will provide aircraft modification services and logistics support for the Lebanese air force’s Cessna C-208B Caravan Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance fleet under a foreign military sale contract through the Defense Department. The company said Thursday the contract covers the addition of Hellfire missiles to provide the aircraft with strike functions. Bill Kasting, vice president and general manager of […] More

Lockheed Martin will purchase commercial three-dimensional printers from Vader Systems worth up to $400,000 each, Buffalo Business First reported Tuesday. Dan Miner writes Lockheed will also give feedback on the 3-D printer’s performance as a development customer of Vader Systems. Scott Vader, president of Vader Systems, told the publication the company intends to get its technology started with […] More

The Australian subsidiaries of General Dynamics‘ land systems business and Thales have teamed up to submit a joint bid on the Australian army’s Land 400 Phase 2 – Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability program. General Dynamics said Tuesday the new memorandum of understanding expands the existing partnership between the two companies in military vehicle design and manufacturing, life-cycle support and systems integration services. […] More