Aitech Defense Systems will develop computing boards and subsystem for the Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft that Boeing is building for NASA under the space agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The CST-100 capsule is being designed to transport up to seven crew members to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit locations by 2017, Aitech …

Huntington Ingalls Industries business Ingalls Shipbuilding has turned over the Legend-class cutter James to the U.S. Coast Guard. The service received the national security cutter Friday and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Boston on Aug. 8, HII said Friday. Jim French, NSC program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the NSC program “continues …

A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed phase two tests on a long-term evolution technology under the Public Safety Communications Research Program that seeks to improve communications for first responders. The integration of Band Class 14 eNodeB system from General Dynamics Mission Systems with vehicle modems enabled the LTE site to …

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a global business segment that focuses on big data and high-performance computing with manufacturing and oil and gas as some of its key target growth areas, HPCwire reported Thursday. William Mannel, vice president and general manager of the HPC and big data business unit at HP, said …

The State Department has given Egypt the go-ahead to buy from the U.S. a sensor security platform, related components and services for use in border security monitoring operations under a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and DRS Technologies will act as primary contractors for the …

A General Dynamics subsidiary will provide support services for the U.S. Navy to help develop payload tubes for integation with Virginia-class submarines under a $6.5 million modification to a contract awarded in 2010. General Dynamics Electric Boat will help assemble four tubes that will comprise the Virginia Payload Module to be installed in the …

A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has introduced a ground robot that intends to help military bomb squads combat vehicle-based improvised explosive devices and other threats. The Andros FX unmanned vehicle from Northrop Grumman Remotec has an operation control tool with a touchscreen showing three-dimensional graphics, four track pods and an arm …

AgustaWestland has selected CAE to provide aviation training equipment for the U.K. naval forces under the U.K. defense ministry’s Merlin Life Sustainment Program. The subcontract calls for CAE to design and assemble a rear-crew trainer, flight navigation procedures trainer and two fixed-based flight training devices for the AW101 Merlin helicopter crew of the …

Dynetics is set to launch at the two-day 7th Annual Southeastern Cyber Security Summit a set of tools designed to help companies understand and manage cyber risks to their computing environments. Under the Cyber RiskScope product line, the SelfAssure online platform works to provide assessments and recommendations to small- and …

NASA has selected eight research projects that aim to address challenges to commercial supersonic travel such as sonic booms and emissions from supersonic aircraft. The research initiatives will involve academic institutions and companies and will get funding worth more than $2.3 million under the agency’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project, the …

Lockheed Martin has begun the environmental testing phase for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series following completion of assembly work on the spacecraft. The environmental testing aims to assess the capability of GOES-R to withstand launch and extreme environmental conditions in space, the company said …

Raytheon has opened a new research and demonstration center in Sterling, Va. to work with corporate and government customers on the defense of computing environments from cyber threats. Raytheon said Wednesday the Global Cyber Solutions Center is based at the headquarters of the company’s intelligence, information and services segment in Sterling and will act …

MacAulay-Brown will provide logistics assistance for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command as part of the Expedited Professional and Engineering Support Services blanket purchase agreement. The task order calls for the company to provide information technology support, training tools, manpower, computer resources and operational support for AMCOM, MacB said Monday. Fred Norman, …

908 Devices will develop handheld chemical detection tools for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency under a potential $11.5 million contract. The company said Tuesday it will work to create a compact chemical analyzer by combining its High-Pressure Mass Spectrometry platform with gas chromatography. The firm will also collaborate with other companies, laboratories …

Stephanie Hill, vice president and general manager of the information systems and global solutions-civil business at Lockheed Martin, has said industry should help motivate young people to have an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, Kingsport Times-News reported Monday. Hill told attendees of the Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit that at …