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The Defense Department obligated a total of $2.1 billion to “other transaction” agreements with multiple contractors during fiscal year 2017, up 50 percent from the previous year, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. BGOV data showed that DoD has 150 active OTAs worth up to $48 billion combined, all of which awarded either directly to companies or through […] More

Diversified Technical Services Inc. has received a potential $84 million task order to continue to provide information technology support for the U.S. Air Force‘s human resources division. The follow-on task order was awarded under the Small-Business Network-Centric-Solutions-2 Application Services contract vehicle, USAF said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice. DTSI said Wednesday it will extend the provision of IT […] More

The U.S. Air Force has posted a request for information on enterprise service desk and end user devices as the service branch aims to increase mission effectiveness with the use of commercial technology platforms. USAF said Aug. 2 in a FedBizOpps notice it will explore organizational, business and technical process tools that can support the service branch’s […] More

AAR has received a $2 million task order to supply 20-foot and 9-foot variants of TFI shelters for ground combat readiness training of U.S. Air Force security forces. The company said Wednesday it will manufacture lightweight shelters for the service branch to store weapons repair stations and armories. Jeffery Jackson, vice president of business development at AAR’s mobility systems […] More

A communications satellite SSL built for telecommunications firm PT Telkom Indonesia has started conducting post-launch maneuvers a day after its liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Merah Putih released the satellite’s solar arrays and would fire its primary thruster to reach final orbit, SSL parent company Maxar Technologies said Tuesday. The system is designed to provide internet and telephone […] More

Mitre has introduced a prize competition that seeks to engage entrepreneurs, college students and representatives from government and nonprofit organizations to help address improper payments in federal programs. The Strengthening Eligibility Verification Challenge is a two-month-long contest that aims to find new ways to validate the eligibility of individuals who are applying for federal benefit […] More

Boeing has invested in Burlington, Mass.-based additive manufacturing system developer Digital Alloys through its ventures arm to advance the development of 3D-printed aerospace components. Digital Alloys has developed an additive manufacturing platform, Joule Printing, that works to combine high-temperature alloys, titanium and other metals to produce 3D-printed parts, Boeing said Tuesday. Boeing HorizonX Ventures made the […] More

Twenty research and technology proposals from 19 U.S. businesses are set to advance to the second phase of NASA‘s Small Business Technology Transfer program. The space agency said Wednesday the selected companies will collaborate with research organizations to help develop technologies for aeronautics, science, human exploration and operations and space. The proposals, worth a combined $15 million, […] More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group collaborated with Northrop Grumman to conduct a final critical design review of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter on June 27 and 28. Northrop said Monday it serves as the integrator of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and control systems under the OPC program. The company will manage an OPC C4ISR test and […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered the 52nd and final aircraft that was refined under a U.S. Air Force program aiming to modernize the C-5 Galaxy strategic transport. The company said Monday it delivered the C-5M Super Galaxy last Thursday from a facility in Marietta, Ga., and that the aircraft completed upgrades under the Reliability Enhancement and […] More