Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told FOX Business in an interview aired Tuesday that he believes U.S. spending on defense will remain robust amid calls for reduced budget and concerns over increasing federal deficit. “We see the defense budget here... Read more
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is now positioned at the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for a scheduled launch Thursday, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The launch vehicle will carry the company’s Cygnus spacecraft... Read more
The Energy Department has chosen 11 industry-led projects across six states to receive $18M in federal grants to advance commercial nuclear technology platforms. DOE said Tuesday the funding awards are part of the third round of its funding oppo... Read more
The Coalition for Government Procurement has selected Science Applications International Corp. for the Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran’s Employment. SAIC said Tuesday CGP recognized the Reston, Va.-based defense firm for its efforts... Read more
Veteran-owned recruitment marketing firm Viqtory has included information technology and professional services provider NCI Information Systems to its list of Military Friendly Employers for 2019. NCI said Tuesday that Viqtory selected military-... Read more
Boeing has received a $70.5M contract modification to support the U.S. Air Force‘s flight test, telemetry and termination program for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. The modification revises ICBM specifications... Read more
Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis at Teal Group, has said the Defense Department might use supersonic transport aircraft to immediately bring search-and-rescue teams and senior officials to the battlefield to carry out missions, Defe... Read more
NASA‘s Ames Research Center has given the Group Achievement Award to Ball Aerospace in recognition of the company’s solar pressure approach that helped the Kepler Space Telescope continue operating. The company said Wednesday it deve... Read more
Cray has partnered with Intel and Microsoft to help customers manage workloads on a high-performance computing system hosted in a cloud environment. The partnership will allow clients to leverage Cray’s Sentinel supercomputer alongside a s... Read more
Savi Technology has raised $7.5M in funds to support development of its in-transit visibility and analytics technologies. Eastward Capital Partners led the financing, with Kimberly Cafferty, founder of Cafferty & Company, serving as an inves... Read more
Perspecta‘s research arm, Perspecta Labs, has received a 3.5-year, $5.4M prime contract to develop an automatic configuration system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it will design, build and test... Read more
The U.S. Army has tapped video game developer Matrix Games to provide computer wargames in support of warfighter training efforts, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Under an other transaction authority for the Athena program, Matrix Games w... Read more
The Labor Department has approved Lockheed Martin’s proposed framework for apprenticeship programs conducted at the Bethesda, Md.-based defense firm’s U.S. locations. The company said Tuesday that its National Standards of Apprenticeship c... Read more
Sparton’s DeLeon Springs, Fla.-based design and development group has received a Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 appraisal for its manufacturing processes. The rating indicates that the firm’s processes are “well-charac... Read more
Army Finds New Energy Source Tech Platforms Through Prize Competition
The U.S. Army has identified two potential sources of power for military operations through a recent competition among technology startup businesses, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. The military service sponsored the xTechSearch cont... Read more