Raytheon Honors Navy Hero with New $10K Scholarship (Learn More)
Raytheon has established an annual $10,000 scholarship in honor of Petty Officer Second Class Michael A. Monsoor, a U.S. Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient.
The scholarship will be awarded through the...
Drone Aviation Wins DOD Contract for WATT ETAP (See in Action)
Drone Aviation, has been awarded a contract to supply its WATT electric tethered drones to a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) customer.
The contract, valued at approximately $400,000, includes WATT electric tethered drones...
US Navy Destroyer Again Targeted by Missiles from Yemen (Video)
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Reuters via AOL News
A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels,...
McMurdo to Design Personnel Recovery Device for US Army
McMurdo, the most trusted name in emergency readiness and response, has been awarded a contract by the US Army to provide working prototypes of a custom personnel recovery device (PRD).
As a...
USCG Airlifts Man Who Fell from Cliff in Acadia National Park
A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod hoisted a climber Saturday from a cliff near the Precipice Trail in Acadia National Park in Maine.
At about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, a...
Next-Gen Human/Machine Interface for GXV-T Vehicles (Video)
Raytheon is developing new technology to provide comprehensive situational awareness to troops inside windowless armored vehicles, as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program.
The goal...
Engility Wins $10M Award to Combat Chikungunya Virus (Learn More)
Engility Holdings, has been awarded a $10 million task order by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research to conduct clinical trials for vaccines to combat the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus.
The task...
Cubic Receives Navy Award to Support USPACOM CFE-DM
Cubic Global Defense, has received an award for a potential five-year task order valued at approximately $20 million to support the U.S. Pacific Command’s (USPACOM) Center For Excellence in Disaster Management and...
Navy Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock John P. Murtha
The Navy commissioned the amphibious transport dock ship John P. Murtha (LPD 26), on Saturday, Oct. 8, in a ceremony at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia.
The ship is named in honor of John...
USMMA Alumni Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AAF) has announced the creation of a Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment to address sexual misconduct at...
