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Raytheon has landed a $37.3 million modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option on a previously awarded contract for the supply of missile fire control system equipment ship sets. The Defense Department said Monday that Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will produce two MFCS MK 99 equipment ship sets to help address the military branch’s Aegis Weapon […] More
NASA has picked a potential $40 million science mission that aims to measure emissions from the cosmic material – interstellar medium – that can be found among stars in order to generate data for use in research into the Milky Way galaxy. The Galactic/Extragalactic [Ultralong-Duration Balloon] Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory mission seeks to offer a “complete […] More
A Freedom-class U.S. Navy littoral combat ship built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team has completed a series of combat system ship qualification trials that evaluated the vessel’s capacity to track and disable maneuvering surface targets. The service branch said Friday LCS Crew 103 tested the USS Detroit‘s combat systems suite that includes a 57mm gun designed to target fast […] More
Rolls-Royce has opened a facility at the Purdue Research Park Aerospace District in West Lafayette, Indiana, where the company will research and develop jet engine components for customers globally. The Purdue Technology Center Aerospace will house a Rolls-Royce group that aims to design, build and test engine parts, collaborate with Purdue University researchers via corporate partnerships and recruit student interns and graduates, […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $1.6 million contract to mature a power and energy management system designed to remotely recharge underwater unmanned vehicles while undersea. The company said Friday it will also mature and demonstrate the system’s software in an effort to help the Navy prioritize and schedule UUVs that need wireless recharging. Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake said the […] More
Charles River Analytics has developed a user interface that integrates tailored display and input methods intended to help U.S. Navy pilots plan or replan flight activities. The Intuitive User Interfaces for Task-Tailored Planning program works to help the military branch’s airmen leverage underlying mission planning technologies customized for users to accommodate specific tasks and roles, Charles River said Wednesday. INTUIT is a card-based UI designed to increase the […] More
Smiths Detection and Duke University’s Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering have forged a partnership to study deep learning techniques that could boost the screening capacity of airport checkpoint x-ray systems. The company said Friday the partnership is part of Duke University’s contract with the Transportation Security Administration that aims to apply machine learning technology in the […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has received a $47 million contract to perform engineering, development and sustainment support at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers engineering and operations services to SMC’s ground systems and space operations division. Work will occur through Jan. 5, 2019, at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, […] More
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received a $32.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to produce aircraft spares and provide manufacturing labor services for a test article of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ heavy-lift transport helicopter system. The Defense Department said Friday that Sikorsky will perform contract work in Stratford, Connecticut, through May 2019 in support of […] More
NASA has conducted a 500-second, live-fire test of an engine controller installed on an RS-25 development engine for the Space Launch System rocket at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The space agency will verify the data collected from the live-fire test held Thursday and then install the Engine Controller Unit-2 on one of the four Aerojet Rocketdyne-built RS-25 flight […] More
UES has received a $48.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop laser hardened materials. The Defense Department said Friday the company will support the Laser Materials for Blue Systems Survivability program that covers the development of components, materials and systems in various configurations and performance parameters. The LaMBSS program aims to understand the effect of […] More
Lockheed Martin plans to lease a new 35,000-square-foot facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as the company works to increase production of components for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft, The Tribune-Democrat reported Thursday. Gilda Jackson, general manager of Lockheed’s AeroParts subsidiary, said the company plans to add more than 40 jobs by the end of 2018 […] More
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