The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals from members of the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems consortium that can provide foundry technologies to support onshore manufacturing of microelectronics components.
Read More »General Atomics Demos Anti-Submarine Sonobuoy Tech for Navy’s MQ-9 UAS
A General Atomics affiliate has demonstrated the use of A-size sonobuoys to remotely process acoustic and bathythermal data when deployed from an unmanned aircraft system to support U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare operations.
Read More »MIL Books $81M Navy Systems Engineering IDIQ
The MIL Corp. has secured an $80.9M contract from the U.S. Navy to perform system engineering work for technologies and systems associated with Global Radio Frequency Intelligence Networks.
Read More »Navy Vet Timothy White Joins SecureCo Advisory Board
Timothy White, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been named as member of the advisory board of SecureCo, responsible for contributing leadership and insights into the military and intelligence community's technology requirements.
Read More »Navy Vet Brian Weinstein to Lead Stantec’s Defense Ports, Maritime Business
Brian Weinstein, a 27-year U.S. Navy veteran and former vice commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, has been named leader of the defense ports and maritime practice at Stantec. He will also hold a senior principal role at Stantec and the company said Wednesday his appointment is part of the engineering, architecture and consulting firm's federal team expansion initiative.
Read More »Navy Receives Lockheed-Built High-Energy Laser Weapon System for Integration, Testing
Lockheed Martin has delivered to the U.S. Navy a high-energy laser weapon built for integration into an operational Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.
Read More »HII’s Unmanned Tech Center of Excellence Completes Initial Construction Phase; Andy Green Quoted
Huntington Ingalls Industries has finished construction of a 22K-square-foot building that will be part of the military shipbuilder's new campus in Hampton, Virginia, for the prototyping, manufacturing and testing of unmanned technology platforms. “Opening this initial facility immediately expands our unmanned systems capability and helps support the increasing needs of our customers who defend our national security,” said Andy Green, president of HII's technical solutions division and two-time Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »HII Commences Fabrication Phase for Future USS Jeremiah Denton Destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division has cut the first 100 tons of steel of the future USS Jeremiah Denton to mark the start of the fabrication phase for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.
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 »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 »Research and Markets: Military Communication Tech Investments to Spur Software-Defined Radio Demand Through 2025
A new five-year Research and Markets forecast says increased global military spending in battle communication or network-centric warfare systems will help steer the software-defined radio market's direction. The research company said Wednesday it estimates that the worldwide market for SDR products will grow more than 6 percent over the next five years and expects the defense segment to experience the highest growth rate.
Read More »Navy Awards Kratos Contract Modification for Aerial Target System Sustainment, Ops
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will perform engineering and logistics for BQM-177A aerial target systems under a new U.S. Navy-awarded $3.6M contract option that follows the completion of the full rate production effort. Steve Fendley, president of Kratos' unmanned systems division, said in a statement posted Thursday the company has begun operations and sustainment activities for the Navy's sub-sonic aerial target as part of the program's life cycle.
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 »ST Engineering Subsidiary to Support Navy Surface Vessel Design Analysis
ST Engineering North America's VT Halter Marine subsidiary has partnered with Gibbs & Cox to develop a concept for the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel as part of a design analysis contract that will run through August 2021.
Read More »Lockheed Receives $101M FMS Contract From Navy for Aegis Training Support Services
Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has secured a five-year, $101M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of foreign military sales clients' integrated weapon system and Aegis Combat System training efforts.
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