A consortium led by consulting firm LMI has launched a website — www.ghsc.lmi.org — to inform government agencies and non-governmental organizations about the assistance the U.S. Agency for International Development offers under its Global Health Supply Chain Program. LMI said Wednesday the website is designed to provide technical assistance and help address financial management, procurement and …

AllSource Analysis and BAE Systems have formed an alliance in an effort to provide imagery analysis platforms and business intelligence content for commercial and government enterprises. AllSource’s network of military and intelligence professionals will work to deliver imagery-based geospatial and intelligence content to customers through the use of BAE’s cloud-based Software as a …

A new Research and Markets report predicts the worldwide market for multirotor drones will hit $2.28 billion by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 22.2 percent. The report noted that the capability of drones to carry out missions in extreme conditions is one of the factors that drive …

A General Atomics business unit and Cobham have agreed to extend their partnership to provide through-life support services for the former’s Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Cobham will collaborate to offer logistics support services for users of remotely piloted UAVs in the U.K. and Australia, General Atomics …

Raytheon and Computer Sciences Corp. have partnered to compete for a contract to maintain training aids, simulators and devices and provide logistics support for the U.S. Army. The teaming agreement seeks to combine Raytheon’s systems integration, logistics and training management experience with CSC’s portfolio in maintenance and virtual system training operations, Raytheon said Wednesday. Raytheon …

Lockheed Martin has selected Hybrid Enterprises to act as exclusive reseller of an aircraft built to transport cargo loads and personnel to remote areas. Hybrid Enterprises is scheduled to begin deliveries of Lockheed’s Hybrid Airships by 2018, Lockheed said Tuesday. “We have completed all required [Federal Aviation Administration] certification planning steps for a new class of …

Dr. Alfred Zinn, a principal research scientist at Lockheed Martin, has developed a nanoscale version of copper that he intends for use in circuit board manufacturing, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported Monday. Angela Swartz writes CuantumFuse is designed to be heated at 392 degrees Fahrenheit — lower than the average 500 …

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Raytheon and Bombardier to develop a version of the latter company’s Global business jet in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s JSTARS Recapitalization program U.S. Air Force. Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager at Lockheed’s Skunk Works business, said Tuesday the companies will seek to combine their experience …

The Danish Business Authority has given approval to Sikorsky Aircraft, Lockheed Martin, CAE and General Electric to begin the initial phase of projects with Danish companies to provide MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for Denmark’s defense ministry. Sikorsky Aircraft said Monday the four U.S.-based contractors will deliver nine Seahawk helicopers to the U.S. Navy as part …

A General Dynamics subsidiary has turned over the USNS Lewis B. Puller afloat forward staging base vessel to the U.S. Navy. The military branch accepted the AFSB ship from General Dynamics NASSCO Friday, General Dynamics said Monday. The company said modifications to the AFSB, which is named after Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” …

A joint venture o Lockfheed Martin and Raytheon has test-fired Javelin missiles during a demonstration before a group of international military customers at Alabama-based Redstone Arsenal. Lockheed said Tuesday the Javelin Joint Venture conducted the tests with the U.S. Army and fired the missiles from three different launchers such as a command launch …

IBM will offer its open source technology as a service on its Bluemix cloud platform and embed the tool into its commerce and analytics offerings. The company said Monday the move to offer Apache Spark open source project, which is designed to quickly process large-scale data, as a cloud service aims to …

Raytheon has agreed to extend for another 10 years its partnership with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS to develop medium-range National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System. The agreement, signed at the Paris Air Show, will work to incorporate new medium-range air-to-air missiles and sensors as part of efforts to improve optimal system …

AtHoc has been awarded a $7.5 million contract to provide network-wide emergency alert systems for U.S. Air Force installations worldwide. AtHoc’s mass notification systems are designed to help the military branch’s base personnel to securely send and share emergency alerts in less than 10 minutes and aim to facilitate collaboration among mission …

The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an initial operational test of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II multirole fighter aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney-built F135 engines on board a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship. The six F-35B fighter planes were able to carry out at least 100 takeoffs and landings during …