Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 04/11/2016

DARPA Unveils Unmanned Spaceplane Program’s 2nd Phase

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and its industry partners will transition into the second phase of a program to build a reusable unmanned spaceplane that can carry satellites into space…

Lockheed, NASA Complete Test on Webb Telescope Infrared Camera

A Lockheed Martin optical instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope has completed tests at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Friday it built the Near Infrared Camera for the space agency and the University of Arizona…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Completes 1st Ocean Landing Following Spacecraft Launch

A SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket completed a take-off and vertical landing operation on a drone ship at sea Friday after the rocket launched SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to transport 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, Space…

Kryptowire’s Mobile Security Tech Added to GSA IT Schedule

Kryptowire has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 contracting vehicle to offer a tool the company designed to help agencies secure third-party applications in federally approved mobile devices…

NASA Awards 13 Phase 1 Contracts for Innovative Advanced Concepts Program; Steve Jurczyk Comments

NASA has awarded $100,000 Phase 1 contracts for 13 selected proposals under its Innovative Advanced Concepts program that works to invest in the development of innovative aerospace technologies. The selected Phase 1 projects seek to develop technology for future aerospace missions and address requirements for priority areas that aim to explore beyond low-Earth orbit, Mars and asteroids, NASA said Saturday…

CBO: US Deficit Hits $457B in First Half of Fiscal Year 2016

A Congressional Budget Office report says the U.S. budget deficit for the first half of the government’s 2016 fiscal year is about $18 billion more than the $439 billion shortfall the agency recorded in the first half of FY 2015…

Cubic to Design Training Exercise for US Army Europe; Bill Toti Comments

Cubic has been awarded a four-year, $3.6 million contract to design exercise scenarios in support of a training program at the U.S. Army Europe Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany. Cubic will develop exercise scenarios and scripts for the classroom, field and interactive learning activities of the center, the company said Monday…

BAE Awards $117M Subcontract to Balfour Beatty for F-35 Facilities Construction in UK

Balfour Beatty has landed an estimated $117 million subcontract from BAE Systems for construction services at a U.K. air force base that will house Lockheed Martin-built fighter jets beginning 2018. Balfour Beatty will construct an integrated training center, logistics operations center and a maintenance and finishing facility at the Marham air base to support the arrival of the U…

US to Allocate $120M in 2015 Military Aid for The Philippines

The U.S. government will grant approximately $120 million in military aid to the Philippines in 2016 at the largest amount of support in approximately 15 years , Reuters reported Friday. Manuel Mogato writes Jose Cuisia, Philippine ambassador to the U…

Airbus, Siemens to Collaborate on Aircraft Hybrid Propulsion System Dev’t; Tom Enders, Joe Kaeser Comment

Airbus Group and Siemens have forged an alliance to further develop hybrid electric propulsion systems in an effort to reduce passenger aircraft’s noise and fuel consumption. The companies have established a team of approximately 200 employees to develop hybrid propulsion platforms and conduct technical demonstrations of such systems by 2020, Airbus said Thursday…

Louise Clements Joins ICF as EVP, Olson Group Lead

Louise Clements has been appointed as ICF International‘s executive vice president, group lead for the consulting services contractor’s ICF Olson group lead and a member of the company’s executive leadership team…