Americas

Misc Americas 

U.S. Air Force Awards $143.9 Million Contract for Offutt AFB Runway Repair

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), Gilbane Building Company, Gilbane Federal, Offutt AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 55th Wing

The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) has awarded a $143.9 million contract to replace the runway at Offutt

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Air Americas 

GKN Aerospace’s Thermoplastic Components Flight Tested on Bell V-280 Valor

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bell Helicopters, Bell V-280 Valor, GKN Aerospace, Tiltrotor aircraft, USA

GKN Aerospace delivered a pair of thermoplastic composite, induction-welded Ruddervators and two compression-moulded Access Panels manufactured from reused thermoplastic waste

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Industry Americas 

Maxar Technologies Completes Acquisition of Vricon, Inc.

July 4, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Maxar Technologies (MDA), Mergers and Acquisitions, USA, Vricon

Maxar Technologies announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of 3D data and analytics firm Vricon, Inc., for

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Misc Americas 

Leonardo DRS Receives Contract Award for Production of Installation Kits for Mounted Family of Computer Systems

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Leonardo DRS, MFoCS II, Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS), U.S. Army, USA

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has received a competitively awarded contract worth up to $206 million to deliver

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Air Americas 

GA-ASI Conducts First-Ever Launch of Air Launched Effects from Gray Eagle ER UAS

July 3, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air-Launched Effects (ALE), Area-I ALTIUS 600, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), MQ-1C Gray Eagle ER, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has conducted the first-ever launch and control of Air Launched Effects (ALE) from a

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV Rocket to Launch Classified NRO Payload from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

July 3, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Military satellite, Minotaur IV rocket, NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NRO Launch (NROL), NROL-129, USA

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled for

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Industry Americas 

U.S. Secretary of the Army visits Dynetics Hypersonic integration facility

July 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), Dynetics, Leidos, U.S. Army, USA

Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, hosted the U.S. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy, at the MidCity

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman’s Second Mission Extension Vehicle and Galaxy 30 Satellite Begin Launch Preparations in French Guiana

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments French Guiana, Galaxy 30 (G-30) satellite, Intelsat, MEV-2, Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman announced the arrival of the company-built Galaxy 30 (G-30) spacecraft for Intelsat and the Mission Extension Vehicle 2

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Americas Training & Simulation 

Cubic Teams with Carley Corporation, Northrop Grumman to Support U.S. Navy’s Sailor 2025 Program

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Carley Corporation, Cubic Corporation, Cubic Global Defense, Northrop Grumman, Sailor 2025 (US Navy), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Cubic Corporation announced its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division has partnered with Carley Corporation and Northrop Grumman to pursue

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Misc Americas 

USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailor Dies of Medical Emergency

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USN Strike Fighter Squadron 146 (VFA-146), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

A sailor abroad the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) died on July 2 following a medical emergency,

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