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Lockheed Martin and Airbus have agreed to team up to meet the aerial refueling requirements of U.S. defense agency clients. “Reliable and modernized aerial refueling is an essential capability for our customers to maintain their global reach and strategic advantage,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement published Tuesday. Hewson noted […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will continue to help the U.S. Navy repair non-nuclear submarines under a one-year, $46.2M contract modification. Work will take place in New London, Conn., and covers overhaul, corrective and preventive maintenance, field changes, interim modification and upgrades, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will also provide ancillary services and/or supplies […] More

The U.S. Air Force has chosen Ball Aerospace to develop an open-source framework for the Space and Missile Systems Center to process satellite-based intelligence data about foreign missile threats. Ball Aerospace said Tuesday USAF plans to use the Mission Data Processing Application Framework as a data collection testbed under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution initiative, […] More

ICF has announced plans to officially introduce in early 2019 an integrated business that will deliver marketing, technology and communications support to clients in private and public sectors. ICF said Tuesday John Armstrong, former general manager and North American leader at IBM’s iX business, will oversee ICF Next. Armstrong said ICF Next will leverage its […] More

The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking proposals for the latest wave of an effort to persuade government, industry and other communities to jointly build technologies that address national challenges, NextGov reported Monday. The Opportunity Project, launched in 2016, fosters collaboration for the development of digital tools via use of government-based open data, the U.S. Census Bureau […] More

Boeing has completed the second phase of a certification test for the KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A team of Boeing and U.S. Air Force crews tested the tanker over three weeks with the military service’s F-15E as receiver aircraft and conducted flights at different altitudes, configurations and airspeeds, Boeing said Monday. The Air Force and the Aerial Refueling Certification Agency […] More

Hughes Network Systems has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract form the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services to provide managed network services to Oklahoma’s state agencies. The company said Monday it will support more than 130 state agencies and affiliated organizations to manage wide area networks with the HughesON suite, which includes high-throughput satellite connectivity […] More

General Dynamics and Intelligent RF Solutions have signed a reseller agreement for a software platform designed to automatically classify spectrum signals. SignalEye uses a machine learning technology and works to help military and security personnel recognize threats as well as obtain situational awareness across the RF spectrum, General Dynamics said Monday. The platform is designed to run on commodity laptops and […] More

Austal USA will obtain long lead-time materials needed for the construction of the U.S. Navy‘s 14th Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel under a $40.4M contract. The company will also provide production engineering support as part of the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Monday. Work is scheduled to be completed by July 2022 and the Navy […] More

The General Services Administration‘s Technology Transformation Services has issued a request for information to identify potential sources of email security services. TTS is eyeing large or small companies that can support the implementation of a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance system in government platforms, GSA said in a FedBizOpps posted Friday. Interested vendors can submit […] More