United Launch Alliance has delivered its Atlas V rocket booster to Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a mission to send astronauts to the International Space Station, AL.com reported Thursday. Read more
Northrop Grumman and L3 Technologies each landed contract extensions with a combined value of $27M to further the development of a low band jamming pod for the U.S. Navy's electronic warfare missions, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. Read more
ANSYS has partnered with commercial software provider Analytical Graphics Inc. to integrate mission analysis and simulation technology to help aerospace and defense companies in the design process for large-scale systems. Read more
NewWave Telecom and Technologies has received a five-year, $49M contract to provide intelligent automation and artificial intelligence technologies and related services for federal agencies. The company said Thursday the governmentwide acquisiti... Read more
Verizon and Naval Base Coronado have installed wireless small cell networks at Naval Air Station North Island, Small Clemente Island and Naval Amphibious Base. The company said Thursday its partnership with the naval base aims to reinforce publi... Read more
Huntington Ingalls Industries has started construction work on the U.S. Navy's lead Columbia-class (SSBN 826) ballistic missile submarine through a cut-of-steel ceremony at the firm's Newport News Shipbuilding facility. HII said Thursday... Read more
Michigan-based tooling manufacturer Futuramic has delivered a stabilization tool that will help NASA accelerate construction of the Space Launch System rocket that will carry the space agency’s missions to the moon by 2024. Read more
Aura Technologies has received a potential five-year, $50M contract to study and develop advanced manufacturing environments for the U.S. Army. The Department of Defense said Thursday the service branch awarded this contract under the Small Busi... Read more
The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to five companies to provide design services for the integration of a new weapon system into the Stryker combat vehicle, Defense News reported Thursday. Read more
Six firms have received one-year contract modifications worth $49.5M combined to continue to perform construction work for the U.S. Navy. Naval Facilities Engineering Command exercised the first option under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price... Read more
SpaceX has lifted off an initial wave of 60 small satellites that would provide internet connectivity for customers worldwide, Reuters reported Friday. The 500-pound satellites will beam signals as part of the Starlink constellation for the inte... Read more
General Dynamics has received a potential three-year, $42.4M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply gun barrels to the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. Read more
ViON has been granted Gold Cloud Service Provider status by Dell EMC under the Dell Technologies Partner Program. Read more
Leidos has developed an artificial intelligence-based analytics tool that works to help users analyze big data from multiple sources, including social media, software and systems, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Read more
AWS Connects Global Ground Stations for New Satellite Data Service
Amazon Web Services is offering AWS Ground Station, a new service that gives customers expanded access to satellite data through a network of ground stations around the world. Read more