Northrop Grumman has underscored its expertise in battle management, command and control to potentially support a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the E-6B Mercury aircraft fleet. The Navy is looking to leverage the E-XX TACAMO program to have a fleet of aircraft systems, which will take over E-6B Mercury’s airborne C2 and communication […] More

Honeywell International Inc. is a global company that develops technology for large industries, including aerospace, safety, health care, and chemicals. It earned a name for itself by pioneering innovations with a strong foothold in many markets worldwide. Honeywell has been around since its founding over a hundred years ago. But how does it stay on […] More

In the latest Executive Spotlight interview, Andras Szakal, vice president and chief technology officer with The Open Group, discussed the company’s growth initiatives and its key efforts to drive a significant industry ecosystem transformation utilizing The Open Group’s OSDU Forum and other programs such as Mercury and the FACE Consortium. In addition, Szakal also provides […] More

The Office of Naval Research has awarded New York-based precision timing manufacturer Frequency Electronics a potential five-year, $20.26 million contract for a compact mercury ion atomic clock. ONL will use Frequency Electronic’s clock on the Next Generation Department of Defense Atomic Clock research and development program being conducted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, […] More

Vinnie Tran, president and chairman of the Board of Directors for DirectViz Solutions (DVS), made the announcement on Friday that Michael McHugh, formerly the company’s chief operating officer, has now been appointed DVS’ new CEO, effective immediately. 

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A miniature atomic clock device on board the General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed continues to function nominally nearly six months after the OTB satellite launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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NASA has started commissioning efforts for an atomic clock device aboard the General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed satellite.

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Northrop Grumman has received a potential $37.5M contract modification to provide materials needed to update the Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link system of the U.S. Navy's E-6B Mercury command post and communications relay aircraft. The modification falls under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and covers the delivery of seven MR-TCDL B-kits, a mission avionics systems trainer B-kit and related spares for the Boeing-built aircraft, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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IAP Worldwide Services has received a potential one-year, $76.8M contract modification to provide logistics support services for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The company will maintain and support E-6B weapon system components, associated aircraft equipment and support sites, the Defense Department said Thursday. IAP will perform work in Oklahoma, Maryland, Nebraska and […] More

The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a sole-source contract to help install updated auxiliary power units into the U.S. Navy‘s E-6B Mercury planes. Work will cover APU installation, sustainment and engineering support for 16 E-6B aircraft units and training systems, the Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The service branch noted […] More

Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary has selected Northrop Grumman to provide a navigation system for integration into a satellite constellation. Northrop said Thursday it will supply the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit designed to support a space vehicle’s attitude control and sensor pointing/stabilization functions through the contract with SSL. Scalable SIRU is built for commercial, government and civilian space […] More

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