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Raytheon has received a $37.2M contract modification to continue intermediate-level repair and maintenance services for the U.S. Navy’s Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 systems. The Navy will obligate $19M in fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Monday. The company’s missile systems business will perform work in Arizona, Arkansas and Alabama […] More

BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business will help the U.S. Navy maintain and operate electronic, communication and computing platforms under a potential five-year, $79.8M contract. The firm-fixed-price contract has a base value of $13.9M over a 12-month period that runs through November 2019 and work could extend for an additional four more years if […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have invited academic and industry researchers worldwide to develop algorithms for retrieval of cross-lingual information through a $30K prize competition. IARPA said the OpenCLIR Challenge seeks technology that will work to help English speakers to identify content from blogs, social media, speeches, newswire and […] More

NASA has started to seek information on potential offerors that can provide mechanical systems engineering support through the Mechanical Integrated Services and Technologies recompete contract. A FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday says NASA wants interested stakeholders to submit capability statements to determine how to acquire the services through the proposed MIST II contract in support of […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit input on other potential applications of distributed consensus protocols that are widely used in cryptocurrency or blockchain technology. A FedBizOpps notice posted Nov. 19 states that DARPA seeks methods to create large-scale permissionless distributed protocols without depending on currency transfers, economic-based security models for multiparty computation […] More

ManTech International has collaborated with Final Salute to help female military veterans transition to private sector careers through the nonprofit’s Next Uniform program. Omari Faulkner, military ambassador at ManTech, wrote in an article published Wednesday the company pledged to support universities, organizations and programs that assist women who seek employment after serving in the military. The firm’s employees have donated business […] More

Thales‘ defense and security group has received a $14M delivery order to repair dome sonars installed on the U.S. Navy‘s H-60 multimission helicopters. The order falls under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and will cover repairs on 50 airborne low frequency sonar domes through November 2020, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $10.5M in working […] More

The U.S. Air Force will administer a national pitch day to help small businesses market their products and services to the branch, Federal News Network reported Monday. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said at the Defense One Summit in Washington that the first pitch days will take place between March 6 and 7 next year. She added […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton, Eastern Research Group and Toeroek Associates have secured positions on a potential five-year, $30M contract to provide technical support services for the Environmental Protection Agency. The companies will support the agency’s environmental activities and coordinated efforts with state governments, tribes and other federal agencies within the EPA Zone 3, according to a […] More

Engility will provide follow-on systems integration and engineering services for the U.S. Air Force under a potential $30M contract. The company will deliver the services in support of the service branch’s Space-Based Environmental Monitoring and Space Overhead Persistent Infrared platform, the Defense Department said Monday. The service will obligate $15.5M in fiscal 2019 development, research and […] More

Rockwell Collins will unveil a new aircraft simulation system and a new data security product at the upcoming Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference. The company said Monday it will also demonstrate live, virtual training; the Coalescence mixed reality system; the Integrated Digital Vision System; and the Enhanced Reality Vision System during the event taking […] More