WASHINGTON, 15 May 2013. J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge, Fla., won a NASA contract to modify the mobile launcher designed to enable the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send humans to an asteroid, Mars and other new destinations in the solar system.

ISTANBUL, 14 May 2013. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), won a contract to provide two VIP S-92 helicopters to the Turkish National Police (TNP) for service to the Turkish Prime Ministry.       

ENDICOTT, N.Y., 13 May 2013. BAE Systems and EMTEQ signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the IntelliCabinintegrated cabin management system for commercial aircraft original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and airline interiors modifications markets.

CLIFTON, N.J., 13 May 2013. ITT Exelis (NYSE:XLS) won a $9.4 million contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, Texas, to supply the Continuous Wave Illuminator (CWI) subsystem for the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

WASHINGTON, 10 May 2013. NASA officials have selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage its new Centennial Challenge prize competition related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in 2014.

LONDON, 9 May 2013.  Tune into tonight Discovery Channel for Future Firepower, a three-part marathon from Darlow Smithson Productions on the next generation of 21st century weapons.

ST. LOUIS, 8 May 2013. Boeing (NYSE:BA) has delivered a training center for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to aid in training pilots and loadmasters onsite, faster, and at a reduced cost.

FORT WAYNE, Ind., 8 May 2013. ITT Exelis (NYSE:XLS) won a $6.1 million modification to a U.S. Air Force contract to insert a modern data storage and memory technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS), which authenticates orders and pass codes for Air Force nuclear weapons platforms, bombers, and support units. 

VAN NUYS, Calif., 29 April 2013. ITT Exelis (NYSE:XLS) won a contract valued at more than $10 million to provide one MK 105 Mod 4 airborne minesweeping system for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division in Panama City, Fla. 

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, 29 April 2013. Scout Exploration Inc. (OTCBB:SCXN) officials recommend the company’s air-deployed spill response system for responsible offshore development, operation, and advancing environmental protection, especially in the wake of a recent ban on offshore drilling licenses in Arctic waters.

ABU DHABI, U.A.E., 24 April 2013. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) has opened the 2013 Innovation Challenge Flying Competition, which the company sponsors and holds in coordination with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments (ADASI), and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).

ATLANTA, 20 April 2013. TeamSAI is launching a new maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) data and online intelligence service called betterinsight.

PORTLAND, Ore., 19 April 2013. FLIR Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) won a $22 million order for its BRITE Star DP advanced imaging systems for use on Embraer A-29 Super Tucano military aircraft acquired by the U.S. Air Force. FLIR is part of the supplier network selected by the U.S. Air Force under its Light Air Support (LAS) contract.

PORTLAND, Ore., 19 April 2013. FLIR Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) won a $22 million order for its BRITE Star DP advanced imaging systems for use on Embraer A-29 Super Tucano military aircraft acquired by the U.S. Air Force. FLIR is part of the supplier network selected by the U.S. Air Force under its Light Air Support (LAS) contract.

SEATTLE, 18 April 2013. Officials at Boeing Commercial Airplanes are outsourcing engineering work to Russia while laying off up to 1,700 employees in the U.S., recognizes the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001.

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, 18 April 2013. International Launch Services (ILS), a provider of mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, delivered Telesat’s Anik G1 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton.

RICHMOND, B.C., 15 April 2013. MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd. (MDA; TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, won an $8.3 million (Canadian) contract with Canada's Department of National Defence (DND), extending its operational support of DND's Automated Airline Hosting and Aircraft Tasking System (AAHATS).

HONG KONG, 14 April 2013. Jet Aviation Hong Kong has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington to provide line and base maintenance to Gulfstream G650 business jets.