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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched a market survey to identify potential vendors that can offer a technology designed to analyze the interaction between sensors within a limited sensor network for first responders. A FedBizOpps notice posted Saturday says the agency looks to utilize a multi-protocol analyzer platform that can assess signals […] More

Mitch Stevison, vice president of air and missile defense systems at Raytheon, said at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium he believes leadership in the government and industry amid the rapid growth of technology is key to U.S. defense missions. He made the statement during a panel discussion that tackled evolving space and missile threats, technology […] More

Austal USA has authenticated the keel of the 11th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. EPF 11 or the future USNS Puerto Rico is set to enter construction following the ceremony, and will be the third U.S. Navy ship to carry the island’s name, Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday. Expeditionary fast transport […] More

Northrop Grumman has opened a facility in Ventura County, Calif., for the company’s Astro Aerospace business to produce satellite structures and other space-based hardware. The unit will use the 140,000-square-foot center located in Oxnard to build deployable technology such as boom and mast subsystems, mesh reflectors, solar arrays, antennas and planar systems, Northrop said Friday. Rep. […] More

The International Association for Continuing Education and Training has given DynCorp International subsidiary Phoenix Consulting a re-accreditation status which will allow the company to offer IACET Continuing Education Units for five years. DynCorp said Thursday that Phoenix Consulting will now join over 500 organizations around the world authorized to use the IACET name and accredited provider logo on […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $47 million contract modification to procure upgrade kits and associated spares for the U.S. Navy’s submarine electronic warfare support system. The Defense Department said Thursday the company’s rotary and mission systems business will also assemble, integrate and test and deliver the AN/BLQ-10 modernization kits by December 2020. The system is designed to locate and […] More

The joint venture of Boeing and Textron’s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has secured a $74.2 million contract to repair 23 items the U.S. Navy uses on the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office will perform work at contractor facilities located in Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridley Park, Pa., through August next year. The Naval Supply Systems Command […] More

Dell Technologies‘ VMware subsidiary has agreed to buy a Dell EMC software suite designed to provide communication service providers with root cause analysis management and assurance tools as they launch services on existing and 5G networks. VMware said Thursday it will integrate the Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite offering into its network functions virtualization portfolio for the telecommunications sector, […] More

Galois has formed a new software re-engineering company in a push to help Defense Department customers reconfigure complex and large embedded systems. The Tangram Flex spinoff aims to use “smart” tools in efforts to update cyber-physical platforms and other subsystems that support DoD missions. Galois said Thursday. “Despite all the advancements in technology to date, it often takes years […] More

ECS Federal has won a potential five-year, $18.7 million contract to provide support services to the U.S. Army’s program management office. The Army Contracting Command received four bids for the hybrid contract via the internet and obligated the full amount of the award from fiscal 2017 and 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds, the Defense […] More

Carahsoft Technology has landed a spot in CRN’s 2018 list of U.S. technology integrators and information technology consultants that have experienced a fast economic growth over the past two years. The company said Wednesday it ranked 103rd in the Fast Growth 150 list based on a 43 percent growth rate over the previous fiscal year. Craig […] More

The U.S. Army has launched efforts to begin the acquisition process for an interim capability intended for cruise missile protection through a program led by new Futures Command’s air-and-missile defense cross functional team, Defense News reported Wednesday. Col. William Darne, chief of staff of AMD CFT, said the team decided to focus on and address the […] More