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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and Dynetics under the second phase of a program that seeks to develop unmanned aircraft systems that can be launched and retrieved by aircraft carriers. DARPA said Wednesday the Gremlins program’s phase two aims to build and conduct risk-reduction tests of […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has decided to build its AR1 rocket engine technology in Huntsville, Alabama, and create as many as 100 jobs to support production work. The company said Monday it is developing AR1 to help end U.S. dependence on foreign-made engines for national security and civil space launch programs. Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said Huntsville is the “logical choice” for AR1 […] More
Dynetics has been awarded a five-year, $2 million contract to provide information security assessment and consulting services for government agencies in the state of Tennessee. The company said Monday it will perform source code reviews, penetration tests and vulnerability/compliance and risk assessments under the contract with Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration. Work will also include information security program assessment, system design, data […] More
Kay Gray, formerly director of human resources at Dynetics‘ technical services subsidiary, has been promoted as HR director of the Huntsville, Alabama-based government services contractor. Dynetics said Wednesday Gray will oversee recruitment, benefits and systems and compensation functions as well as support corporate growth and strategy development efforts in her new position. The more than 20-year HR professional was also […] More
General Atomics has rolled out a mechanical arm for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Gremlins program in search of a launch-and-recovery system for unmanned aerial systems in-flight, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg writes General Atomics built the system catch drones in the air and haul collected units into the back of a cargo aircraft. Chris Pehrson, General […] More
Kenneth Callicutt, director of capability and resource integration at the U.S. Strategic Command, has said unmanned aircraft vehicles could be deployed in non-permissive environments, operate as part of a network and expand manned aircraft’s “sensor net,†Aviation International News reported Tuesday. Bill Carey writes Callicutt made the remarks Tuesday at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space […] More
Dynetics has introduced a new guided bomb with a larger warhead that it will provide to the U.S. Special Operations Command under an $11.6 million contract awarded in early June to develop small glide munition, Flightglobal reported Tuesday. Stephen Trimble writes the nearly 60-pound guided bomb’s warhead case incorporates separate modules for the nose section, tail kit and wing […] More
Vernon Joyner, formerly technical director for the advanced mission solutions group at Dynetics, has joined Ensco as manager of the company’s national security solutions division, effective April 30. Ensco President Boris Nejikovsky said Thursday Joyner brings three decades of experience in system engineering, software development, organizational leadership and program management to the Falls Church, Virginia-based engineering firm. […] More
Dynetics has unveiled a new reconfigurable surveillance radar that works to help owners or operators of critical infrastructure monitor a larger area without the use of multiple short-range sensors. The new surveillance technology called GroundAware CS4 includes a radar sensitivity feature that could help detect threats beyond 2.2 miles across a 120-degree view, the company said Wednesday. Dynetics […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a series of phase one contracts to four companies for proposals to develop unmanned air systems that can be recovered while in flight and are reusable. DARPA said Thursday it selected General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit, Lockheed Martin, Dynetics and Composite Engineering to develop launch and recovery techniques, airframe designs, digital […] More
NASA has named the winners of the Small Business Industry Awards for fiscal year 2015 at the spring 2016 NASA Industry Forum meeting held Tuesday. The space agency said Wednesday this year’s awards went to Dynetics, Arcata Associates, Teledyne Brown Engineering and the Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International and Mathematical Research Inc. partnership. NASA holds the SBIA program every fiscal year to recognize the […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has selected Dynetics to further assist in the development of a new rocket engine intended to replace the Russian-made RD-180 currently used by the U.S. military to launch defense and national security space assets. Dynetics has participated in the AR1 development team over the past 18 months and will supply the engine’s main propulsion system, ignition system and […] More
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