Defense News

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Raytheon wins $10M contract for railgun systems
Raytheon Co. said Monday it was awarded $10 million by the Navy to develop power systems for railguns — high tech weapons found mostly in laboratory settings or Transformer movies that use electromagnetic pulses to propel projectiles at super-high speeds.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Raytheon BBN's translation system attract $5.5M Army deal
Raytheon BBN Technologies, a Cambridge subsidiary of Waltham-based Raytheon Co., landed a $5.5 million deal with the U.S. Army to build a two-way communication and translation system intended for mobile devices.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Blog: Sci-fi war boat is real, hiding in Portsmouth
Rodney Brown, MHT Managing Editor–News: I can almost swear I saw this watercraft in a James Bond movie once, but it turns out that the GHOST stealth littoral defense ship is real, and really made by a Portsmouth, N.H., company.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

MIT's Hoffman elected to astronaut health board
Jeffrey Hoffman, a former astronaut and current aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT, has been chosen to join the board of directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute where he will support research into astronaut health.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Mercury Computer paying $70M for KOR Electronics
Mercury Computer Systems Inc. has bookended 2011 with acquisitions, today announcing it is acquiring California defense and intelligence company KOR Electronics Inc. for $70 million in cash.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

RemoteReality follows money to new Connecticut HQ
RemoteReality Corp., makers of a 360-degree camera technology for surveillance and security applications, has taken in a $1 million investment from Connecticut Innovations and relocated its headquarters from Westborough to Putnam, Conn.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Dynasil unit wins $3.65M Homeland Security research award
The RMD Research subsidiary of Watertown-based Dynasil Corp. of America will be investing more in developing gamma and neutron radiation detectors now that the company has landed $3.65 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Raytheon BBN lands $10.5M game development deal
Raytheon BBN Technologies' Sirius program, which focuses on game development to create better training systems, has won a $10.5 million multi-year Air Force Laboratory contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Nanocomp named DOD nanomanufacturing partner
New Hampshire nanomaterials company Nanocomp Technologies Inc. has been chosen to supply its yarn and sheet material made from carbon nanotubes to the U.S. government under a Department of Defense program.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

SiOnyx wins $3M DoD contract for better targeting tech
SiOnyx Inc., a Beverly maker of a special semiconductor material called Black Silicon, has won a $3 million Department of Defense deal to help develop next-generation laser targeting systems.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Army awards Semprus BioSciences $1M to protect implants
Semprus BioSciences of Cambridge reported today that it has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Army to develop orthopedic devices that are designed to minimize biofilm formation, which in turn can lead to bacterial complications.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

U.S. military tackles energy efficiency
The Pew Charitable Trusts and officials of Burlington-based energy consultant Kema Inc. discussed the DOD initiatives in making the military more energy efficient and Kema's role in one aspect of the energy efficiency strategy – implementing energy management at U.S. Navy buildings in 120 global locations.
RemoteReality rounds up $2M for camera tech
RemoteReality Corp., a maker of 360-degree camera technology for surveillance and security applications, has drawn in $2 million of a planned $3.5 million equity funding round, the Westborough company reported in a regulatory filing today.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

iRobot gets $60M PackBot deal
Bedford robot manufacturer iRobot Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $60 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with more of its two-foot-long combat robots that can be used for tasks such as bomb disposal and searching for improvised explosive devices.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Helicopter business aims for high flying with simulator training
Norwood's Blue Hill Helicopters has seen a boost in its pilot training business by use of a computerized simulator, based on Microsoft Corp. Flight Simulator, that lets student pilots log a portion of their flight training by never leaving the ground.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

UMass' Wilson to chair Defense Technology Initiative
Former University of Massachusetts president Jack Wilson has been named chairman of the Defense Technology Initiative, a consortium of companies, schools and military installations that advocate for the New England defense sector.
UTC shells out $18.4 billion for Goodrich
United Technologies Corp. is acquiring Goodrich Corp., a Charlotte, N.C.-based supplier of aerospace systems and services, for about $18.4 billion, including assumed debt of $1.9 billion.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

UNH to turn space instrument into dirty bomb finder
The University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center has won a $303,000 federal contract to help develop a portable instrument that can find contraband radioactive material from a safe distance away.
DOD pulls plug on iRobot's SUGV contract
Bedford's iRobot Corp. has received notice from The Boeing Co. that the government is partially terminating its subcontract for the 320 SUGV robot, which was first awarded in 2004.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

General Dynamics Taunton unit lands $900M USAF contract
Taunton's General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a potential $900 million U.S. Air Force contract to supply ruggedized mobile transceivers that can send and receive voice, data and video anywhere in the world.