Philadelphia Gear is being given a Navy contract that could be worth slightly more than $1 billion to engineer main reduction gears for the USS Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The value of the firm-fixed-price contract is dependent upon the exercising of related contract options. The Navy…
Lockheed Martin Lands $270M in Military Aircraft Contracts
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is being awarded three Navy contracts devoted to military aircraft, including a $141.9 million deal to modernize Greece’s P-3B, the U.S. Department of Defense announced during its Thursday digest of contracts. The company will reactivate one of Greece’s P-3B aircraft and deliver hardware kits that upgrade four more of the nation’s P-3B.…
DoD Awards $182M Contract for Missile Defense System Construction
Georgia-based AMEC Programs has been given a $182.7 million Army contract to help build the Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system, the U.S. Department of Defense announced in its Wednesday digest of labor deals. The facility, which will be built in Poland, is part of European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III. Four companies submitted bids…
Pentagon Awards Contract to Adapt F-35 Jet Engines
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines will be awarded a $33.1 million option under a Navy contract for engineering change proposals for the F-35 aircraft’s propulsion system, the U.S. Department of Defense announced in its Tuesday publication of labor contracts. Most of the purchases, $27 million worth, benefits the Marine Corps, with the rest of the…
EPA Hopes to Stop Modification of Streetcars to Racecars, Earns Criticism
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to make converting a vehicle created for on-road travel into a racecar illegal, according to SEMA, a trade association that represents the specialty automotive industry. In a Thursday statement, SEMA accused the EPA of placing the proposed regulation, which would also make selling certain products for street car to…
Glide Through Winter Using Wearable Sleds
As a lifelong Wisconsinite, I’ve participated in plenty of blisteringly cold winter activities. A lot of my wintertime fun growing up came from sledding. Aside from the dangers associated with the activity—my sister got some of her front teeth knocked out as a kid—one of the greater cons of sledding is lugging the sleigh back atop…
Air Force Elects Lockheed Martin for GPS Update
Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been given a $96 million undefinitized contract modification to adjust the GPS control segment for the Air Force’s GPS III satellites. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, which published the news in its Thursday digest of labor contracts, Lockheed Martin will deliver operations services and supplies “to modify the…
Pentagon Awards $97M Shadow Drone Contract
Textron’s AAI Corporation was awarded a $97.1 million modification to an Army contract to produce the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System tactical data link retrofit, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday. The Army and Marine Corps use the Shadow drone to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting, and assessment activities. The Army uses the RQ-7 variation…
Watch: Man Fires 3D-Printed Semi-Automatic Pistol
A man posted a video Sunday demonstrating the firing of a 9mm semi-automatic weapon that he constructed mostly out of 3D-printed parts. The man, whose YouTube profile name is “Derwood,” fires the weapon he calls “shuty-MP1″ eight times over the course of the 12-second-long video. Shuty-MP1, made almost entirely of PLA filament printed from a…
DoD Announces F/A-18 Hornet Contract
Two L-3 Communications subsidiaries are being awarded separate Navy contracts with a combined value of more than $30 million, according to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Tuesday digest of military deals. L-3 Platform Integration will receive a $22.7 million contract for services supporting up to four F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The company will conduct high-flight-hour inspections,…
Boeing Given Contract for Work on Next Air Force One
The Air Force awarded Boeing a $25.7 million contract on Friday to provide risk reduction work for the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization Program, which will ultimately lead to the development of the next Air Force One, a Boeing 747-8. Under the agreement, Boeing will provide work that should produce “a lower risk Engineering and Manufacturing Development…
Bell-Boeing Venture to Receive Two Military Aircraft Contracts
The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will be awarded two Navy contracts for work related to the V-22 Osprey aircraft, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. The will be granted $15.1 million to exercise a contract option for 24 MV-22 Block A Osprey aircraft integrated aircraft survivability equipment kits for the MV-22 aircraft. The upgrades…
Making a Case for IIoT Adoption
Adopting Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, can provide a boon to a variety of companies that make industrial or commercial products, both new and old. The data collected from IIoT devices provides commercial and industrial control companies with a greater understanding of how a client’s products function, allowing them to improve upon strengths and…
Military Kill Vehicle Passes Developmental Flight Test
A missile defense tool designed to destroy enemy threats was successfully tested at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. …
Raytheon Awarded $212M Patriot Program Contract
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has won a $212.6 million modification to an Army contract for engineering work involving the Patriot program for missile and air defense, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The work involved under the foreign military sales contract benefits the governments of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, the…
Boeing Wins $2.4B for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft Construction
Boeing will manufacture 20 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy and Australia under a $2.4 billion option on a Navy contract, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday. The Navy will receive 16 of the aircraft, while the Australian government will receive four. Boeing will also conduct obsolescence monitoring, change assessment, and integrated baseline/program…
Nearly 300,000 Have Registered Drones Following FAA Ruling
The Federal Aviation Administration’s rule forcing small drones to be registered online seems to be working. Nearly 300,000 people registered their UAVs in the 30 days after the process was put in place Dec. 31, 2015, the administration reports. The rule, which applies to any drone weighing between 0.55 pounds and 55 pounds, forces owners…
Air Force Awards Rolls-Royce 2 Contracts for Super Hercules Work
Rolls-Royce has been given two firm-fixed-price Air Force delivery orders, each worth more than $70 million, relating to the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, the U.S. Department of Defense announced in its Wednesday publication of military contracts. The more valuable of the two contracts, worth $77.9 million, tasks the company with delivering 24 spare engines…
Engineering Careers Low in ‘Best Jobs’ Rankings
Jobs in the health care sector were ranked the most attractive in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Jobs rankings. Engineering jobs remain intriguing according to the list, but don’t offer top-end lure. Released Tuesday, the rankings include a list of the “100 Best Jobs” for 2016, all of which were graded on various…
Night Vision Device Market to Exceed $7B Value by 2020
Night vision technology is used for a number of purposes, from hunting and navigation to military activity to even the search for paranormal activity. Buoyed by this usefulness, the market for night vision devices is expected to consistently grow in the coming years. The night vision device market closed 2015 with a value of $5.07…
Technology Shows 2015 Was Hottest in 200 Years
In terms of surface temperature, 2015 was a scorcher. In fact, 2015 presented the warmest average surface temperature since the statistic was first consistently recorded in 1880, according to studies by NASA and NOAA scientists. The average global surface temperature of 2015 obliterated the previous record holding year of 2014 by way of a 0.23…
Army Awards $97M Tactical Drone Contract
AAI Corporation has been awarded a $97.1 million modification to an Army contract for the full-rate production of a tactical datalink retrofit for the Shadow Tactical unmanned aircraft system, the U.S. Department of Defense revealed Friday. According to AAI’s parent company, Textron, the Shadow UAS is used by U.S. Army and Marine Corps “for reconnaissance,…
Contract Errands Raytheon with Supporting Navy’s Weapons System
Raytheon Missile Systems will be given a $12.1 million modification to a Navy contract for up to 52,400 hours of weapons systems support, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday. According to the DoD, Raytheon will integrate advanced technology into various systems, including “AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM), AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-154 Joint…
Lockheed Martin Given $92M Patriot Missile Contract Aiding Qatar
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday that Lockheed Martin has been awarded two military contracts, including a $92.7 million modification to an U.S. Army deal for Patriot missile support aiding Qatar. Under the foreign military sales agreement, Lockheed Martin will be tasked with conducting a PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and Missile Segment Enhancement Multi-Band…
Raytheon Awarded Air Force Missile Contract
Raytheon has been awarded a $14 million Air Force contract for research and development intended to improve the military’s state-of-the-art air-launched, tactical missiles. Under the agreement, which was announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, Raytheon will attempt to improve upon the number of missiles that can be held on a single excursion. The…