General Electric's power conversion business has secured a $40M sole-source contract to provide propulsion systems for national security training ships to be used by the Department of Transportation. The company said Monday it will provide systems that would power and propel a pair of National Security Multi-Mission Vessels, which will be used to train cadets on operational vessels at sea.
Read More »GE T901 Engine Completes Design Review for Army’s Future Vertical Lift Effort
General Electric’s aviation business has reported design, development and demonstration milestones for its aircraft engines over the past year in line with the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program.
Read More »GE Aviation Seeks to Automate Price Estimation for Defense Equipment With New Tool
General Electric’s aviation business developed a technology designed to speed up the production of pricing estimates for defense equipment and accelerate the acquisition process, Air Force Magazine reported Wednesday.
Read More »Chris Drumgoole Named DXC EVP, CIO; Mike Salvino Quoted
Chris Drumgoole, former chief information officer of General Electric, has joined DXC Technology as executive vice president and CIO to lead its global information technology operations.
Read More »Intel Announces Four New Corporate Members of Neuromorphic Research Community
Accenture, Airbus, General Electric and Hitachi have joined an Intel-led community aimed at advancing research into neuromorphic computing.
Read More »Garrett Miller Named Verra Mobility EVP for Government Solutions
Garrett Miller, former chief digital officer of energy management system vendor Current, has been appointed executive vice president of government solutions at transportation technology provider Verra Mobility.
Read More »General Dynamics, GE Partner to Incorporate 3D Printing Into Combat Vehicle Parts Production
General Dynamics is working with General Electric’s additive print services business to integrate a 3D printing system into the production of metal components for combat vehicle platforms. GE said Wednesday it will help General Dynamics' land systems segment to qualify, produce and conduct post processing and inspection of 3D-printed vehicle parts under the partnership agreement. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Read More »Boeing Eyes Testing of GE-Built Engine on Chinook Helicopters
Boeing plans to test this year two General Electric-built T408 engines for its CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Rotor & Wing International reported Monday. Boeing and GE plan to evaluate the engine’s increased payload and other capabilities through a cooperative research and development agreement that started in 2016.
Read More »Lockheed Transitions F-35 Suppliers to Long-Term Repair, Logistics Contracts; Greg Ulmer Quoted
Lockheed Martin has awarded master repair agreements and performance-based logistics contracts to multiple suppliers supporting the Bethesda, Md.-based company's F-35 aircraft development efforts.
Read More »Leonardo DRS to Continue Work With GE for Navy LM2500 Gas Turbine Program
Leonardo DRS has agreed with General Electric to extend their collaboration on the development and delivery of LM2500 gas turbine for the U.S. Navy.
Read More »Ron Hutter, Mike Sousa on General Electric’s Proposed Engine for Army Helicopters
Ron Hutter and Mike Sousa of General Electric told Defense News in an interview published Thursday about the company’s proposed technology for the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program. ITEP seeks to build a new engine for integration with the service branch’s existing helicopters and aircraft under the Future Vertical …
Read More »Leonardo DRS Hands Over 100th Naval Destroyer Gas Turbine Platform to GE
Leonardo DRS has manufactured and delivered to General Electric a gas turbine package built for an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy. The GE-designed LM2500 platform is intended for installation on the USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), Leonardo DRS said Monday. Jamie McMullin, senior director of naval power systems group at …
Read More »VA, GE Form 3D Medical Printing Tech Partnership
A General Electric business unit and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to test software designed to accelerate the process to create 3D-printed models and prosthetics from hours to minutes for medical use. GE Healthcare aims to help VA manage the delivery of health care services to the department’s nine …
Read More »Anthony Robbins: NVIDIA’s GPU Tech Conference to Feature Panel Discussions on Artificial Intelligence
NVIDIA will kick off the third annual GPU Technology Conference on artificial intelligence on Oct. 22 at the Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, wrote in a blog post published Monday the three-day GTC DC event will include panel discussions and …
Read More »GE Aviation Opens DC Accelerator Hub to Support Gov’t Digital Transformation Efforts
General Electric‘s aviation business has opened a collaboration space in Washington, D.C., to help federal civilian and defense customers transform operations with digital products and services. GE Aviation established the Accelerator for data scientists, software developers and domain experts to work with government clients to condense multiple data points generated by …
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