The U.S. Air Force has announced its intent to seek proposals on software tools and approaches on data capture and format transfer activities. According to a beta SAM notice posted Wednesday, the Air Force aims to capture and convert reports stored in microfiche, film or hardcopy into electronic media format
Read More »Former Textron Unit CEO Russell Bartlett Named Kaman COO
Russell Bartlett, former president and CEO of Textron's airborne solutions business, has joined Kaman as the aerospace company's chief operating officer, responsible for business development and operational initiatives.
Read More »TSi to Provide Satellite Terminal for NOAA Search & Rescue Missions
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected Techno-Sciences to supply a ground station with phased array antenna technology to support the agency's global search-and-rescue satellite operations in Wahiawa, Hawaii, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday.
Read More »GE to Help Navy Modernize Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems
General Electric has secured an $11.4M contract from the U.S. Navy to develop three technologies in an effort to modernize gas turbine propulsion systems.
Read More »IRS Taps DRT to Develop Labor, Wage Data Analysis Tech for OMB
DRT Strategies has received a contract of an undisclosed sum from the Internal Revenue Service through the Pilot IRS vehicle to build a tool for assisting the Office of Management and Budget in its aggregation and analysis of labor and wage data from various sources.
Read More »Maddox Defense Relocates HQ to Houston
Tactical gear and equipment provider Maddox Defense transferred to a new headquarters along Cranswick Road in Houston on Dec. 1 following a six-month business operation expansion effort that began in March 2020.
Read More »DFAS Issues Pay System Technical Support RFI
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is seeking information on potential sources of technical support services for a civilian pay processing system used by the Department of Defense.
Read More »Northrop Resupply Spacecraft to Depart ISS Next Week, Conduct Secondary Orbital Mission
NASA expects Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft to leave the International Space Station Jan. 6 following the delivery of almost 8K pounds of crew supplies, commercial technology and scientific experiments.
Read More »Lockheed F-35A Aircraft Reaches Initial Operational Capability Status in Australia
A conventional takeoff and landing variant of the F-35 multirole aircraft built by Lockheed Martin has achieved initial operational capability status from the government of Australia.
Read More »Northrop to Deliver Global Hawk UAS Spare Parts to Japan
Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has secured a $37.7M contract to provide spare parts for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems to the government of Japan.
Read More »Coalfire Federal Receives Designation as CMMC Assessor
Coalfire Federal has been certified by the accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to conduct audits to determine compliance of defense contractors with mandatory cybersecurity standards set by the Pentagon.
Read More »NOAA Receives Beechcraft King Air Aircraft From Textron
Textron's aviation arm has handed over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a mission-oriented variant of the Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft in support of the agency's emergency response missions and aerial survey efforts.
Read More »Navy to Award Processor Software, Systems Engineering Contract to Ultra Electronics
The Department of the Navy intends to offer and award a potential five-year, $16.5M contract to Ultra Electronics' advanced tactical systems business for software and system engineering services in support of the Command and Control Processor System's adjunct processor multi-link interface unit.
Read More »Coast Guard’s Ninth Legend-Class Cutter Departs HII Shipbuilding Facility
The U.S. Coast Guard's ninth Legend-class national security cutter has sailed to its South Carolina homeport from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mississippi.
Read More »DOE Awards $70M to Reactor Design Concepts
Advanced Reactor Concepts, General Atomics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will collectively receive a total of $70.4M in funds from the Department of Energy to mature their nuclear reactor concepts as part of the fiscal year 2020 iteration of a technology demonstration program.
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