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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a request for information on companies that offer design and layout software for microelectromechanical systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says NIST is interested in an electronic design automation technology designed to generate masks for MEMS device production. The agency requires software for creating geometrical figures and hierarchical models, as […] More

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute CloudBees‘s suite of automated software delivery platforms to public sector agencies via a NASA-managed governmentwide acquisition vehicle. Government customers will have access to CloudBees Core, which is based on the Jenkins open source automation server, through Carahsoft’s position on the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract, the company said Tuesday. CloudBees’s product portfolio also includes […] More

Hughes Network Systems has been listed in Fortune magazine’s ranking of companies that have demonstrated a social impact in core business strategies. Fortune placed Hughes in the top 10 of its Change the World List and cited the firm’s efforts to facilitate communications in disaster recovery efforts with technology, the company said Monday. Hughes operated more than […] More

BAE Systems has won a potential $39M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide support services to the U.S. Navy’s multimission airborne detection system. The Defense Department said Tuesday that the Office of Naval Research awarded the contract to BAE’s information and electronic systems unit via a long-range broad agency announcement dated Sept. 29, 2017. ONR will continue […] More

MAG Aerospace has moved its corporate headquarters from Sterling to Fairfax, Va., and aims to create 120 new jobs through its relocation and expansion efforts at the new site. The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority said Tuesday that Gov. Ralph Northam approved a $500K Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund grant to help the local government secure the project with MAG. […] More

Mitre has certified Avaya as an authoritative body to help customers and other organizations identify vulnerabilities in their data management systems. Avaya said Tuesday it can issue CVE identification documents and inform customers about other weak points of products included through the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Numbering Authority program. “This is an important step in our cybersecurity […] More

The Grand Sky Drone Park in North Dakota has hosted the approved launch of beyond-visual-line-of-sight large commercial unmanned aircraft system flights under a two-year certificate of waiver or authorization, Aviation Today reported Tuesday. The COA, which was given to the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, enables General Atomics‘ aeronautical system business to test its MQ-1 Predator […] More

Northrop Grumman has received a $25M contract modification to help the U.S. Army conduct battlefield experiments as part of the service branch’s Mission Command Training Program. The Defense Department said Tuesday work will take place in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and that the Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command will obligate $20M in fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance […] More

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have installed a Lockheed Martin-built heat shield technology at the bottom of a crew module designed for the Orion spacecraft. The installation team performed a fit check of the heat cover before securing it on the vehicle to ensure all of the bolt fittings were in their proper position, NASA […] More

Serco’s North American subsidiary has been included in Forbes magazine’s 2018 list of top U.S. employers for women. Female employees comprise approximately 40 percent of Serco Inc.’s workforce, the company said Monday. Serco Inc., which landed the 227th spot on this year’s America’s Best Employers for Women list, has several diversity programs including an affinity group […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has received a $13.9M bridge contract from the U.S. Navy to provide information technology and assurance support to the Defense Department‘s focal office responsible for overseeing F-35 weapons systems. The Defense Department said Monday that Jacobs’ technology business will continue to help the F-35 Joint Program Office manage IT and IA programs, enterprise architecture, assets, emerging […] More