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Integrity Applications Inc. has won a potential five-year, $50.9 million contract to provide non-personal acquisition, technical, logistical and administrative support services to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract contains a one base year and four option years and work will occur in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region through Sept. 27, 2021. The Virginia Contracting Activity received […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Journal of Technology Transfer have launched a new prize challenge that seeks participants to develop impact studies on technology transferred from federal laboratories. Interested parties will write a paper that describes the economic and/or societal impacts of technology created in federal labs and transferred outside of those facilities, […] More

Esri will participate in a program that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service aim to prepare U.S. citizens and bolster infrastructure against extreme weather threats. Esri said Tuesday the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador program collaborates with various organizations in an effort to establish preparedness for scenarios during extreme weather. “Our goal is to work with WRN Ambassadors in a whole community […] More

United Launch Alliance has signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center in support of efforts to certify the company’s future Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle for national security space missions. The Air Force said Tuesday the cooperative, jointly-written agreement will stay in effect until all non-recurring design validation activities for the launch vehicle […] More

Marc Allen, president of Boeing’s international business, has said Canada is evaluating data from five potential contractors that could help replace the country’s fleet of CF-18 aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. Leah Schnurr writes Canada requested information such as aircraft features and economic factors from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Saab, Dassault Aviation and the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium comprised of BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Airbus Group. […] More

Managed services provider NeoSystems has launched a free diagnostic survey that is designed to help government contractors evaluate their business systems and operational health. Tysons Corner, Virginia-based NeoSystems said Tuesday the company’s GovCon personnel developed the GovCon Business Systems Diagnostic Survey that will provide diagnostic grades and advice. Federal Publications Seminars and NeoSystems will also host the “Business Systems Health Check” webinar […] More

The procurement agency of Germany’s national interior ministry has tasked Smiths Detection to provide hold baggage screening equipment at Berlin Brandenburg Airport that comply with the federal police agency’s EDS Standard 3 regulation. Smiths Detection said Wednesday the HI-SCAN 10080 XCT systems use x-ray technology, computed tomography and detection algorithms to provide levels of security and meet threat identification and false […] More

A partnership between Sierra Nevada Corp. and the United Nations’ Office for Outer Space Affairs aims to launch microgravity payloads from UN member states aboard the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft by 2021. The U.N. said Tuesday the collaborative effort aims to give developing nations an opportunity to build and deploy payloads into orbit and that all member nations will have the chance to propose payloads […] More

OGSystems has partnered with Leidos to provide data processing support services to the U.S. Army‘s High-Resolution 3D Geospatial Information program under a potential five-year, $777 million task order. Leidos is the prime contractor for that order to help the Army Geospatial Center gather, process, disseminate, store and maintain geospatial data. Leidos will also collaborate with KEYW, Tenax, Neany, Sigma Space, Pixia and Woolpert to support the […] More

The General Services Administration and Energy Department have started to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide building technology platforms designed to build up the environmental and economic performance of federal and commercial facilities. Both agencies will evaluate potential building technologies through measurement and verification performance studies as part of the Green Proving […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential four-year, $47 million task order contract to provide technical engineering and installation services for a future U.S. Air Force command and control facility in Nebraska. SAIC said Tuesday the Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific awarded the order under the service branch’s SeaPort-e professional services contract vehicle and work will take place over one […] More

Honeywell has introduced a new portfolio of foam blowing agents and refrigerants in support of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Significant New Alternative Policy. The SNAP program aims to assess and regulate alternatives for chemicals that EPA plans to phase out in compliance with the Clean Air Act, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell’s Soltice suite consists of […] More