Products & Service

General Dynamics has been awarded a $40.8 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to supply two foreign countries with missile fire control system equipment and engineering services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification combines purchases from South Korea and Japan under separate foreign military sales deals with the U.S. government. General Dynamics’ ordinance and tactical systems business will produce MK 82 director […] More

Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a software-defined wide area network offering designed to help public sector customers address cloud readiness, network flexibility and application availability challenges. The company said Monday it developed the Managed SD-WAN platform as part of its portfolio of HughesON managed network and digital media products. “With organizations continuing to adopt new cloud-based and rich media applications, networks are facing […] More

Gentex has won a potential five-year, $51.4 million contract to provide 84,376 updated combat helmets and data reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Systems Command received three proposals for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and obligated nearly $10 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds.to cover the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has received a potential four-year contract to provide data from the company’s synthetic aperture radar satellite to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA will use data collected by the RADARSAT-2 satellite to aid snow and ice forecasting monitoring activities, MDA said Wednesday. RADARSAT-2 is built to gather all-weather imagery and surveillance information in near-real time for use in the agriculture, aviation, defense, […] More

Information technology company ViON and all-flash storage provider Kaminario have forged a partnership to offer flash storage to federal agencies. ViON said Wednesday it will implement the Kaminario K2 all-flash storage array with an as-a-service model to support agencies’ cloud migration efforts. The joint offering is designed to support agencies’ IT modernization projects and aid compliance with the Federal Risk […] More

BAE Systems has formally presented a Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft and a Hawk jet trainer built for Oman’s air force during a ceremony held at the company’s facility in Warton, England. The company said Monday it showcased both aircraft platforms to more than 100 delegates that included Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidi, defense minister of Oman, and Mattar Ali bin […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a series of hot fire tests on its liquid-fueled rocket engine that was built through additive manufacturing or 3D printing. The company said Monday the activity was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and involved 17 tests that validated the Bantam rocket engine’s performance, durability and reusability. Bantam is a 30,000 pound-force thrust-class engine that is […] More

Lockheed Martin has updated its computer-controlled exoskeleton to help increase user mobility and load-carrying capacity as well as reduce the risk of overstress on the lower back and legs. The company said Tuesday it built the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device using Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology from B-Temia under a licensing agreement signed in April. FORTIS K-SRD is designed to help […] More

Textron‘s systems business has tested a lightweight precision guided glide munition against moving targets during a flight test at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. Textron said Monday that its weapon and sensor systems team recorded 23.8 flight hours for the Fury weapon between captive carriage, survey flights and weapon releases from unmanned aircraft systems. The company performed a […] More

American Systems has received a $30.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide specialized engineering and technical services for various Defense Department air vehicles and related systems. DoD said Monday that the company will support the development and operation of aircraft trainer devices, air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture, future piloted and desktop engineering simulation systems, manned […] More

Lockheed Martin has secured a delivery order to supply Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods to Kuwait under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The U.S. Air Force placed the order under a potential $485 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in March 2015, Lockheed said Monday. The order covers 14 Snipers ATPs, support tools, spares and integration support. […] More