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Lockheed to Help U.K. Build Spaceport, Cubesat Launcher; Rick Ambrose Comments
Lockheed Martin has secured two contracts worth up to $31 million combined to help the U.K. space agency build a small satellite deployment platform and a launch site, Space News reported Tuesday. The first contract instructs Lockheed Martin to support Scottish government agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise in establishing a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. The […] More
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Army Taps Leonardo DRS to Provide Mission Equipment Package for Short-Range Air Defense Platform
Leonardo DRS has been tapped to supply a mission equipment package for the U.S. Army’s Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platform. The company said Thursday its mission equipment system will be installed on the Stryker A1 vehicle to provide brigade combat units with a capability to detect, track and counter threats associated with fixed- wing, […] More
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Research and Markets: Military Aircraft Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Targeting Pod Market Growth
A Research and Markets report forecasts the worldwide market for targeting pods will experience a 6.61 percent compound annual growth rate in the next five years as military agencies increase aircraft procurement and modernization efforts. The targeting pods market’s value is projected to increase from $3.3 billion in 2017 to $4.5 billion by 2022, Research Markets said Thursday. Lockheed Martin, L3 […] More
Bell Helicopter Launches First Flight of NextGen Tiltrotor Aircraft
Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has conducted the first flight of a next-generation tiltrotor aircraft built to help U.S. military clients meet requirements for a vertical lift platform. Textron said Monday the V-280 Valor aircraft was designed to help users conduct various vertical lift missions previously infeasible using one aircraft as well as offer updated speed […] More
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SAIC-ST Kinetics-CMI Team to Build Vehicle Prototype in Bid for Army MPF Program; Jim Scanlon Comments
Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with CMI Defence and ST Kinetics to build a combat vehicle prototype they intend to propose for an engineering and manufacturing development contract as part of the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program. SAIC said Thursday it will develop and deliver a lightweight vehicle to warfighters through the integration of ST […] More
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SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program
SAP SE has announced the initial list of partners that will participate in a blockchain co-innovation program which aims to provide an opportunity for participants to explore the applications of blockchain technologies. The SAP Leonardo Blockchain Co-Innovation program looks to integrate a digital ledger system onto digital supply chain, Internet of Things and manufacturing services, SAP […] More
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Moog Lands DLA Military Aircraft Component Supply Contract
Moog has been awarded a potential $48 million contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply aircraft components for multiple weapon system platforms of the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy. The Defense Department said Wednesday the sole-source contract has a five-year base period that will run through Aug. 22, 2022, and an option that could extend work for an […] More
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Leonardo DRS-Moog Team to Develop Counter-UAS Tech for Army MRAPs
A team composed of Leonardo DRS and Moog has secured a $16 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop a technology for soldiers to identify, detect and track unmanned aerial system threats. The team will equip a mobile counter-UAS platform with Leonardo DRS’Â surveillance and battlefield reconnaissance equipment, Moog’s reconfigurable integrated-weapons platform and government-provided technologies, […] More
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Moog Lands Navy F-18 Aircraft Repair Support IDIQ
The U.S. Navy has awarded Moog a potential five-year, $50 million contract to repair 26 items for the U.S. Navy‘s F-18 aircraft fleet. Moog will perform work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through June 2022 at various locations in California, Florida and New York, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the Navy will obligate fiscal 2017 working […] More
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BAE Systems-Led Coalition Inks Agreement With UK MoD to Assess Army Battle Tanks
A BAE Systems-led consortium of companies has inked an agreement with the U.K.’s defense ministry for the assessment phase of a program to modernize the British army’s main battle tanks. BAE Systems said Thursday it will lead the Team Challenger 2 team which will collaborate with the Ministry of Defence to develop options for system replacement […] More
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Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah
Lockheed Martin has kicked off construction of a program management facility at the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park in Utah to support the U.S. Air Force‘s project to develop a follow-on intercontinental ballistic missile system. Lockheed said Friday it will move into the company’s program management office at Falcon Hill by August 2017 as part of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent competition and seeks […] More