Northrop Grumman has conducted the inaugural flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle the company built to help the Japanese military collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data in real time. Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk took off Thursday from a company facility in Palmdale, California, the company said Friday
Mike Daniels, vice president of global public sector at Google Cloud, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the company has expanded its list of government and security compliance certifications for its cloud service offerings to address public sector requirements. One of those is the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program High certification for the company's Cloud DNS platform.
RiverTech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Akima, has received a potential three-year, $45.7 million Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Aviation Squadrons Administrative Support contract, under the OASIS Small Business (SB) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide functional support at eight Air Force bases.
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.
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has commenced a series of flights for its MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system as part of a demonstration for the Japanese coast guard.
PAE has secured a potential four-year, $25.1 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command Far East contract to install, test and maintain heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan, the company announced Tuesday.
Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has received an $80M contract modification to produce, test and deliver equipment needed to address fiscal 2019 production requirements under the AEGIS Modernization program. The company will supply signal processor technology, electronic equipment fluid cooler and kill assessment system and spares, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has said the U.S. needs a space-based sensor layer that could help detect, track and counter ballistic missile threats. “To have a space-sensor layer, to be able to pick up this advanced threat “¦ that's an absolute must for us to get on board and develop that technology,“ Kennedy said during a panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
