The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems a $218 million task order to expand the production of 155-millimeter M1128 projectiles. Awarded under a $974 million contract, the task order provides funds for a Load, Assemble and Pack facility in Camden, Arkansas, GD said Monday. The installation is expected to utilize air-cooling […]
The U.S. Army has awarded QinetiQ U.S. a five-year, $84 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver more than 700 Next Generation Advanced Bomb Suits. NGABS will protect explosive ordnance disposal soldiers during daily operations to neutralize and dispose of improvised explosive devices, QinetiQ said. It is meant to replace the Advance Bomb Suit, which has been […]
Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit AeroSystems has named Patrick Shanahan as its interim president and CEO following the resignation of Thomas Gentile. The appointment of Shanahan, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and Wash100 winner, took immediate effect, Spirit said. The company’s board, of which Shanahan is a member, is now searching for a new CEO. […]
Congress has extended a moratorium on the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to regulate commercial spaceflight safety from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, 2024. The extension is part of a continuing resolution lawmakers passed on Saturday that also includes a three-month reauthorization of the FAA, SpaceNews reported. Lawmakers are deliberating on a longer reauthorization for the […]
San Diego-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has secured a $14.2 million Space Development Agency contract to deliver two optical communications terminals integrated into two half-ESPA GA-75 satellite buses. Scheduled to be delivered by December 2024, the spacecraft will be used to test satellite-to-satellite laser communications in degraded environments, SpaceNews reported Friday. GA-EMS won the contract […]
The Technology Modernization Fund is spending $9.1 million to enhance Department of Transportation and Federal Trade Commission systems. The Transportation Department’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection is receiving $8 million to upgrade a complaint and case tracking application used by thousands of air travelers annually, TMF said Friday. Expected outcomes include improved efficiency and a […]
Virginia-based information technology solutions provider Agile Defense has secured a potential five-year U.S. Army contract to back the Project Manager Mission Command. Work will include the operation and maintenance of the Blue Force Tracker and other networks to support Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communication-Tactical, Agile Defense said Thursday. The company is also expected […]
The Department of Energy is investing $22 million into 12 state programs to drive smart manufacturing, which is the use of emerging technologies to optimize the traditional production process. Launched in April, the State Manufacturing Leadership Program is expected to spend a combined $50 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to expand small- and medium-sized […]
Three teams will proceed beyond Phase 4a of MagQuest, a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency program to develop new ways to collect data for the World Magnetic Model, the standard for navigating the geomagnetic field. All three teams have constructed and demonstrated magnetometers and will move on to build and launch a satellite carrying the instruments into […]
BlueHalo recently demonstrated its Broad Area Deployable Ground terminal enabling Resilient communication system in front of lawmakers and U.S. Space Force officials. The test focused on the signal processing and target tracking capabilities of Multiband Software Defined Antenna tiles deployed on BADGER, BlueHalo said Tuesday. MSDA phased-array technology is one of the company’s core offerings […]
