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The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin and the University of Colorado at Boulder have partnered to add a research and development environment to the Tools, Applications and Processing Laboratory. The Colorado Business Roundtable said Monday the new Tap Lab environment will offer remote sensing data analysis and archiving tools, shared cloud computing resources and computing infrastructure and services. […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed the delivery of two S-70i Black Hawk helicopters that will be modified into a specialized configuration for the use of the Los Angeles county’s fire department. The turnover ceremony for the future Firehawk-configuration aircraft occurred in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Lockheed said Wednesday. Thomas Ewald, deputy fire chief of the L.A. County Fire Department’s air […] More

Lockheed Martin has secured a $22.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture laser-guided bomb kits and associated components for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it will produce Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb kits, including guidance kits and air foil groups or tail kits, for the 500-pound GBU-12 configuration for delivery to the Navy by late […] More

A-P-T Research has secured a potential five-year, $52 million contract to provide safety and mission assurance support services to NASA‘s Washington headquarters. The company will also provide similar services to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center and other facilities that host KSC-backed programs and projects, NASA said Wednesday. SMASS III tasks also include risk assessments, inspections, investigations, engineering analyses […] More

Kai Tang, vice president for commercial strategy and operations at Inmarsat‘s U.S. government business unit, has said Inmarsat’s Global Xpress commercial satellite network is designed to address the growing connectivity needs of mobile government users. Tang wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that Global Xpress works to eliminate complex tasks associated with the use of […] More

LifePort, a business unit of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, has received supplemental type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate ballistic protection technology into a Bell Helicopter aircraft platform. Lockheed said Monday the certification allows LifePort to equip Bell 412EP combat utility helicopters with the Ballistic Protection System. BPS operators can configure the system to address ballistic threat […] More

IBM has unveiled a new server platform designed to help enterprise customers process and manage data-intensive artificial intelligence and cognitive computing workloads. AC922 Power Systems are built with IBM’s POWER9 processor and designed to accelerate training on deep learning processes by approximately four times, the company said Dec. 5. The processor currently powers the Energy Department‘s high-performance […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding arm in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has conducted a christening ceremony Saturday for a U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class vessel. Ingalls Shipbuilding held the ceremony at the Mississippi shipyard to transfer the National Security Cutter Midgett or WMSL 757 to the water, the company said Saturday. The event featured Adm. Charles Michel, vice commandant of the Coast Guard, […] More

The government of Japan is looking to purchase long-range missiles for the first time as part of next year’s budget to address national security concerns, CNN reported Friday. The report said a spokesperson from Japan’s defense ministry indicated it will request additional funds in 2018 to procure Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and Joint Air-to-Surface […] More

A QinetiQ subsidiary has helped the Canadian navy conduct a live demonstration to simulate potential threats multi-rotor drones could pose to naval vessels. QinetiQ Target Systems demonstrated a rotary-wing target onboard a Halifax-class frigate for the military branch in November as part of a $6.6 million Unmanned Targets Repair, Overhaul and Engineering contract awarded in […] More

Germany-based sensor provider Hensoldt has tested its counter unmanned aerial vehicle system designed to defend airports and other infrastructure from potential threats. The company said Wednesday its Xpeller counter-UAV system was demonstrated at the Airbus airfield in Hamburg, Germany for spectators that included airport operators and representatives from armed forces, industrial companies and police forces. […] More

Boeing has subjected an aerial refueling aircraft under primary in-flight tests in preparation for its scheduled delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2018. The company said Tuesday its first operational KC-46A tanker completed its initial flight and airborne tests over 210 minutes at a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet. Tests included engine, flight control and environmental systems operational checks […] More