Politicians Say One Thing, The U.S.A.F. Another, Regarding UAV Maintenance
The Air Force states it has not yet decided who will maintain two unmanned aerial vehicles called the Predator and Reaper, this according to the Air Force Times.
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Raytheon Takes Risks for the U.S. Air Force With Next-Gen GPS
The U.S. Air Force liked what the Raytheon Company was doing for them, and so to validate this confidence Raytheon received a contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment, or GPS OCX. Raytheon will identify and mitigate program risk to create a roadmap to keep the program on budget and on schedule.
Read MoreQual-Pro Protégé Picked For DoD’s Nunn-Perry Award
The California Space Authority (CSA) congratulates Qual-Pro on being awarded the 2009 Department of Defense (DOD) Nunn-Perry Award for their exceptional growth and technological expansion under the Department of Defense Mentor-Prot?g? Program (MPP).
Read MoreLMC’s SMC SBIRS PDR OK
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the program's follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone with the U.S. Air Force.
Read MoreUAVs To Receive An Increased Ingestion Of DoD Budget Support
The chopping block — that's where the F-22 Raptors, the Prez chopper, and some armored vehicles have ended up within Defense Secretary Gates' new budget plan for the Department of Defense (DoD).
Read MoreProduction Push By Rockwell Collins To Ensure Warfighters Have DAGRs
The U.S.A.F.'s Global Positioning Systems Wing has awarded a sole-source follow-on production contract for Defense Advanced GPS Receiver,? with a ceiling of $450M, to Rockwell Collins Inc.
Read MoreFCS Finds Boeing Able + Willing
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Science Applications International Corp. [NYSE: SAI], together the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program, have announced the program has successfully completed preliminary design reviews (PDR) for all its unmanned vehicle systems (UVS).
Read MoreIn-House Sats Can Save Defense Department Millions — Nexgov Report
The Defense Department could save a total of $600 million from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2016 by shifting much of the traffic currently handled by commercial communications satellite operators to Wideband Global System satellites, a top Pentagon official told Nextgov and columnist Bob Brewin in an article published at the publication's online site.
Read MoreScanEagle Treated To Winds Galore
The Beech Wind Tunnel at Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research recently performed subsonic wind tunnel tests for a full-scale model of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems' ScanEagle Compressed Carriage, a long-endurance autonomous unmanned vehicle.
Read MoreAutomated UAV Refueling Contract Goes To Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) relative navigation solution has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for the Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program follow-on contract.
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