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Lockheed Martin has received a one-year, $23 million extension to its cargo mission contract with NASA to provide cargo planning, processing and shipping services for missions to the International Space Station. The company said Monday it will continue to support the preparation of cargo such as science hardware, experiments, food and personal items to be sent to ISS […] More
A new report by McKinsey & Company indicates a positive outlook in the aerospace and defense industry in terms of global defense spending and market growth over the next three years. John Dowdy and Elizabeth Oakes report that an October 2014 survey of senior executives at aerospace and defense companies points to a market shift from North America […] More
The Defense Department is examining industrial base concerns ahead of its choice between Northrop Grumman and a Boeing–Lockheed Martin team for the Long Range Strike Bomber contract, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Colin Clark writes that Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at Teal Group, told the website DoD could face reduced production and design capabilities for the combat aircraft sector if […] More
Orbital ATK will work with United Launch Alliance on the launch of NASA‘s Solar Probe Plus spacecraft by providing the third stage to augment ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket. The third-stage rocket component features avionics, attitude control and inertial navigation functions and uses the STAR 48BV motor for propulsion, Orbital ATK said Friday. It will help bring SPP to orbit around […] More
The U.S. Army is soliciting offers from contractors to provide personnel, tools, materials, facilities, transportation, equipment, supplies and associated cyber-related support services to United States Forces Korea‘s Joint Cyber Center. In the updated notice posted March 30 on FedBizOpps, the Army said that JCC support includes cyber defense operations, cyber intelligence analysis, joint network operations, cybersecurity, and operations […] More
Visiongain forecasts that the global cybersecurity market will reach a value of $75.4 billion by the end of 2015 due to continued cyber issues and legislation and investment activity focused on cyber capabilities. The company said Tuesday its latest report on the market covers an analysis of cybersecurity growth through 2025 across the network, data, endpoint, application, cloud security, identity management and […] More
TechFlow has awarded a subcontract to Intellicheck Mobilisa for the design, prototyping, deployment and commercialization of a big data analytics tool that the U.S. Navy will use to study the energy usage of networked devices. Intellicheck said Tuesday the analytics system will work to capture energy use data for analysis, predict future usage and generate insights into reducing energy consumption using […] More
Knowledge Consulting Group has appointed Matt Mitchell to lead its commercial security solutions division as the company works to expand its business in the commercial market. The company said Monday the former director of risk assurance services will be in charge of KCG’s commercial cybersecurity, compliance and risk management portfolio. KCG President Maryann Hirsch noted that Mitchell’s team will work with […] More
Lockheed Martin will deliver the AR1500 turbine for Atlantis Resources‘ MeyGen tidal stream energy project in 2016 as part of a turbine construction contract and overall technology partnership agreement between the two companies. Atlantis said Monday Lockheed will build the single-rotor 1.5-megawatt turbine, which features full nacelle yawing functions and an active rotor pitching system, for delivery to the MeyGen site in […] More
BAE Systems has inked a collaboration deal to provide foundry services to POET Technologies in support of the latter’s plan to transition into a Lab-to-Fab platform. POET said Monday the agreement covers process transfer, prototype builds and development of design enablement kits through an initial phase that runs through August. BAE’s support in the Lab-to-Fab plan works to facilitate improved process control, […] More
Northrop Grumman has begun business operations and local industry partnerships in New Zealand to support expansion efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. The company said Monday it decided to officially enter New Zealand after its acquisitions of Australia-based firms M5 Network Security in 2012 and the former Qantas Defence Services in 2014. “Northrop Grumman has made the decision to invest in […] More
Raytheon and Estonia’s military have entered into a long-term arrangement to partner on cybersecurity initiatives following talks on bilateral defense cooperation in a recent Washington visit by Estonian Defense Secretary Mikk Marran. “Combining Estonia’s world class information technology infrastructure with Raytheon’s cyber security expertise will result in new opportunities to address the most challenging cyber threats on a global scale,” Tom […] More
