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Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Core Upgrade Passes Preliminary Design Review

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RTX business Pratt & Whitney has cleared a preliminary design review of its F135 Engine Core Upgrade, which would improve the performance and durability of three F-35 aircraft variants as part of the Block 4 modernization program.

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IonQ Appoints Dean Kassmann as Head of Engineering and Technology Division

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Quantum computing company IonQ has named Dean Kassmann as senior vice president of its newly formed engineering and technology division. The College Park, Maryland-based firm said Friday that Kassmann previously served as vice president of engineering.

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V2X Receives $141M Navy Task Order for C4I Systems Engineering Support

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Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee award, the company said Wednesday it will perform engineering services in support of the command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems used by the service branch’s afloat force. Navy task order for continued delivery of assured communication capability to the naval fleet.

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GE Aerospace, NASA Collaborate on Hybrid Electric Demonstrator Engine Project

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GE Aerospace and NASA are working on a project that will embed electric generators or motors in a high-bypass turbofan to augment power during different flight phases as part of efforts to develop fuel-efficient aircraft engines with reduced emissions.

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Aerospace Co. Says Engine Buybacks Aren't Anticompetitive

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s subsidiary Pratt & Whitney urged a Pennsylvania federal court to toss a $450 million antitrust lawsuit from a "middleman" for used aircraft engine parts, arguing that Pratt & Whitney's decision to deal directly with numerous shops that break down old engines did not harm consumers or freeze the plaintiff out of the market.

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VTG Secures $130M NAVSEA Contract for Warfare Systems Engineering Services

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VTG has booked a five-year, $130 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command’s Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group to deliver a range of warfare systems engineering services.

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Defense Industry Veteran Tony DeSimone Named Enterprise Engineering VP at Lockheed Martin

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Tony DeSimone has been appointed vice president of enterprise engineering at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). DeSimone announced his new role on LinkedIn, saying that, in this new position, he will be responsible for leading E&T execution across the company’s four business areas as well as its enterprise operations.