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The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council has added a General Dynamics unit and REI Systems as members of the trade group representing companies that serve the homeland security sector. General Dynamics’ mission systems business and REI offer technology platforms and support services in the homeland security market, the council said Thursday. Marc Pearl, president and CEO of HSDBC, […] More

KeyLogic Systems has secured an International Organization for Standardization certificate for quality management system following an independent audit by Quality Systems Registrars and approval from the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board. The company said Thursday it received the ISO 9001:2015 QMS designation for its methods to design and deliver systems, software engineering, program and project management […] More

The U.S. Navy has announced it will commission the guided-missile destroyer to be named USS Ralph Johnson on March 14, at Columbus Street Pier, Charleston, South Carolina. Georgeann McRaven, wife of retired Adm. Bill McRaven, will order the destroyer to service as the ship’s sponsor; while U.S. Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller will provide the commissioning’s principal address, […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is supporting the Federal Communications Commission‘s plan to facilitate the sharing of a 150-megahertz radio frequency spectrum band between U.S. military and private sector users. NIST said Thursday it has helped develop standards, test procedures and certification tools that will authorize broadband service providers and other entities to share […] More

Artificial intelligence company BullFrog AI has licensed a data analysis tool developed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Transition to Practice Program. The licensing agreement grants BullFrog exclusive rights to use the Socrates data analysis platform for biopharmaceutical applications, DHS said Thursday. Socrates is built to determine patterns and relationships in large-scale and complex data sets […] More

A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $65.9 million contract  to maintain and engineer MK48 torpedoes for the U.S. Navy‘s Intermediate Maintenance Activity in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract to Lockheed Martin Sippican after a competitive solicitation that garnered two proposals, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the service branch will obligate $3,028,731 […] More

The Defense Department has started to accept solution briefs for an underwater-launched unmanned aerial vehicle with interface and control features similar to those of existing consumer drones. A solicitation notice posted on the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental’s website says that DoD seeks a platform that can process full-motion video and operate for more than one hour at a range […] More

NASA‘s Stennis Space Center and launch vehicle provider Relativity have entered an agreement that authorizes the startup to use one of Stennis’ test stands exclusively, Space News reported Wednesday. The Commercial Space Launch Act agreement grants the exclusive use of the E-4 Test Complex to Relativity for 20 years. The complex features four cells for engine […] More

The Informatics Applications Group has obtained separate certifications for services and quality management systems from the CMMI Institute and the International Organization for Standardization. Tiag said Wednesday it received a Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 rating for services, validating that the company performs at a “defined” level based on its standards, procedures, processes, tools and methods. […] More

Harris has been named the prime systems integrator for a project to update a military communications network of an undisclosed Asian country. The company said Wednesday it will replace the country’s disparate systems with military and commercial products that will compose an integrated platform compatible with Falcon III tactical radios. Falcon III is designed for military users […] More