Northrup Grumman said its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy has been granted positive Milestone C low-rate initial production approval after testing and a review by the Milestone Decision Authority. Read More »

Bravura Information Technology Systems Inc. recently joined Lockheed Martin and TCOM in a $305.7 million contract with the U.S. Army for the new Persistent Surveillance Systems – Tethered program. Read More »

New York-based Bren-Tronics Inc. recently was awarded a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to deliver Bren-Tronics' Advanced Battery Charger (ABC), the latest military-grade battery charger that can quickly and efficiently charge a range of batteries, enhancing field operation energy capabilities. Read More »

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy recently criticized the Obama administration’s decision to halt work on the Dakota Access Pipeline and drew attention to how U.S. policies are aligning business and labor interests against the administration. Read More »

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $40 million contract from the Royal Jordanian Air Force to deliver an F-16 training environment, including full mission trainers and combat tactics trainers, which will allow several pilots to train together through networking. Read More »

The Al Raha Group for Technical Services, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was recently awarded a $355 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to support the Saudi government’s fleet of F-15s. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently outlined ways in which it believes the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) can better manage releases of its inventory of excess uranium, including increased predictability and transparency. Read More »

VSE Corp. recently won a contract to support the Army Analytics Group’s (AAG) Data Framework Initiative through software maintenance and enhancements and data integration, as well as transformation services, security and quality assurance. Read More »

Lockheed Martin will continue its work with the U.S. Air Force on Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites following the announcement of $395 million in contract options for the company to produce the ninth and 10th satellites in the program. Read More »

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently released a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on geological and geophysical (G&G) surveys in the Gulf of Mexico, including strong protections for marine mammals and coastal environments. Read More »

General Dynamics NASSCO recently celebrated the christening of the the Bay State, its fourth ECO Class tanker built at the company’s San Diego shipyard in a five-ship contract with American Petroleum Tankers. Read More »

Following the completion of studies of Iran’s Mansouri and Ab Teymour oil fields, Russia’s Lukoil is planning to present its findings to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which could lead to the company developing those fields. Read More »

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division recently won a $17.7 million contract for planning work to prepare for maintenance and modernization of the submarine USS Helena. Read More »

Leidos recently won a one-year contract, with four one-year options that push the contract value to $777 million, to support the Army Geospatial Center’s (AGC) High-Resolution 3-D (HR3D) Geospatial Information program. Read More »

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $49.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to upgrade the AH-64E Apache helicopter’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS). Read More »

The U.S. Navy recently issued a $3 million task and delivery order to Mikros Systems Corp. for production, support and future development of the ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) system for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class. Read More »

Alliant Energy recently began work on expanding its Riverside Energy Center, a natural gas-fueled facility near Beloit, Wisconsin, that generates 700 megawatts, with an integrated 2-megawatt solar field. Read More »

Triumph Group Inc. and SNC-Lavalin recentlyfinalized two contracts worth a combined $48 million that will see Triumph supply critical safety components for Ontario's Darlington Nuclear Generating Station retube and feeder replacement program in which all four of the station's reactors will be refitted with new safety equipment. Read More »

AeroVironment’s Switchblade system allows soldiers to strike from up to 10 km from its launch location, making it a valuable force protection and precision strike tool. The system incurs minimal collateral damage and features wave-off capability. Delivery is expected within 12 months. Read More »

In other Raytheon military radar applications, substituting GaAs components for GaN ones allowed the company to increase radar range, enhance radar detection and discrimination performance and lower radar production costs. Transitioning to a production process that incorporates GaN technology allows the company to modernize its ballistic missile defense radar. Read More »