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The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit have evaluated a company-built autonomous surface mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle during a series of tests held off the coast of Boston. General Dynamics said Monday the tests aimed to determine if the Knifefish UUV could detect and classify mines that pose potential threats to naval vessels at different depths of  water. […] More

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a five-year subcontract from Booz Allen Hamilton to provide engineering services to the Naval Air Systems Command in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office. Booz Allen awarded the subcontract under a task order the company won through the U.S. Navy‘s Seaport-e contract vehicle, ACT I said. Kevin Fischer, […] More

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing conducted flight tests of a company-built KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft from March 7 to 10 at Travis Air Force Base in California. A team composed of 48 Boeing employees and four Air Force personnel performed ground and flight tests during the four-day event, the military branch said Monday. Capt. Dylan Neidorff, an Air […] More

A new EY study has found that 60 percent of public sector leaders said they think their senior leadership teams lack gender diversity and that 55 percent of them believe women are an underutilized talent pool in the government sector. EY said Sunday it surveyed 80 public sector executives in mid-2016 across 17 countries for […] More

A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $28.7 million contract to provide base operations services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Area Support Group-Qatar. The Defense Department said Monday that Vectrus’ systems business is scheduled to finish work by Sept. 29, 2017. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has landed a two-year, $12.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to fabricate installation kits for the Block 5 configuration of the service branch’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Monday that GA-ASI will produce 10 each of MQ-9 Block 5 extended-range, Barrett Asymmetric Digital Datalink Computer and VORTEX installation kits. GA-ASI […] More

Boeing has asked the state of Pennsylvania for a $30 million grant to help the company redevelop a vacant industrial building in Delaware County into a modification facility for V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday. Jacob Adelman writes a grant application filed through the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program and obtained by the Inquirer says that […] More

Czech Republic-based company VOP CZ has received a contract from BAE Systems to manufacture components that will be used to build armored all-terrain vehicles. VOP CZ will produce components for 32 BVS10 Beowulf vehicles that BAE’s Swedish  subsidiary is constructing for the Austrian government, BAE said Monday. Both companies signed a partnership agreement in May 2016 to jointly pursue Czech Republic’s BMP-2 Infantry Fighting […] More

The Coalition for Government Procurement plans to collaborate with the federal government to provide recommendations for the General Services Administration on how to introduce changes to its acquisition channels, operations and programs in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order on government reorganization. Some of GSA-related matters that CGP plans to address include category management, commercial […] More

Rivada Networks plans to work with states and territories that want to opt out of the First Responder Network Authority’s wireless public safety broadband network. Herndon, Virginia-based Rivada said Friday it has begun to work with New Hampshire on a potential alternative broadband network strategy in case the state decides to develop a public safety network separate […] More

IBM has partnered with SecureKey Technologies to develop a blockchain-based digital identity and attribute sharing network for consumers. The network will work to help consumers instantly validate their identity for services such as new bank accounts, driver’s licenses and utilities, IBM said Monday. Marie Wieck, general manager of IBM’s Blockchain service, said IBM and SecureKey work with members of Canada’s […] More