U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) recently said two U.S. Navy contracts with Northrop Grumman that will increase production at the firm's Moss Point facility in Mississippi. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) applauded a recent decision by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Executive Director of Operations Victor McCree to grant an appeal from Exelon Corp., finding that a new interpretation of existing regulations by NRC staff did not meet the standard to impose changes at two of the company’s power plants. Read More »

The National Mining Association recently awarded Vindex Energy’s Wolf Den Run mine, an Arch Coal Inc. mine in Maryland, with its Sentinels of Safety award for small-scale surface coal mines based on its 2015 safety performance. Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile to the U.S. Army as part of the Army’s inventory refurbishment effort under its TACMS Service Life Extension Program. Read More »

Vectrus subsidiary Vectrus Systems Corp. is one of five companies to recently win a position in the U.S. Navy’s Global Contingency Services (GCS) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) II, which will see the company assist in facility support and incidental construction. Read More »

Advanced IT Concepts (AITC) recently won a Medical Simulation Support Services (MS3) contract from the U.S. Army Product Manager for Medical Simulation (PM MedSim), which, if all options are exercised, carries a value of nearly $70 million. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently said the Environmental Protection Agency’s new ozone regulation does not accurately attribute ozone precursor emissions. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »