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US Navy to Invest $164M to Upgrade Airport in Mariana Islands

US Navy to Invest $164M to Upgrade Airport in Mariana Islands

Black Micro Corp., Tamuning, Guam, is awarded a $161,815,880 firm-fixed-price contract for site development and for the construction of an aircraft parking apron and taxiway at the Tinian International Airport, Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

This contract contains t…

Erapsco, Lockheed Martin to Compete for $222M Sonobuoy Orders

Erapsco, Lockheed Martin to Compete for $222M Sonobuoy Orders

ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Indiana (P00012); and Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Virginia (P00016), are awarded firm-fixed-price modifications to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001919D0012).

These modifications exercises options for the production and deli…

Weather Forces Postponement of Arianespace Launch

Weather Forces Postponement of Arianespace Launch

Due to adverse weather conditions at the Guiana Space Center (CSG), the flight VS26 –initially scheduled for December 1– is being postponed.

The Soyuz launch vehicle and spacecraft are in stable and safe conditions.

The new earliest targeted launch date is December 2, 2021 at exactly:

> 07:…

Swiss Half-Way Through Modernization of Duro Vehicles

Swiss Half-Way Through Modernization of Duro Vehicles

As of the end of October 2021, over 1,000 Duro vehicles had been upgraded, of which about 650 had been retrofitted with an FPT engine and handed over to the military for its missions.

According to current forecasts, all 2,220 vehicles to be modernized will have been completed by the end of 2023….

GA-ASI Completes System-Level Tests for Protector UAV

GA-ASI Completes System-Level Tests for Protector UAV

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully completed key system-level tests for the new Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).

The Protector is the UK Royal Air Force’s version of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian, which is GA-ASI’s latest model of RPA and i…

US Air Force Awards Contract for Spaceborne Weather Data

US Air Force Awards Contract for Spaceborne Weather Data

HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – A Hanscom team recently awarded a $19.3 million contract to support a constellation of high-tech weather satellites capable of observing precipitation and storm structures from space.

As part of the agreement, Boston-based meteorological intelligence company Tomorrow.io will …


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