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The CSRA subsidiary CSC State and Local Solutions has received a five-year, $96 million contract from Alabama’s state supercomputing agency to provide network and internet connections to 550 institutions within the state’s academic community. CSRA said Wednesday the recompeted contract covers services to support schools, school districts, community colleges, universities and libraries across Alabama. Paul Nedzbala, executive vice president for CSRA’s health and civil […] More

NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have partnered to carry out a mission that saw engineers at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center sent aviation data from the ground to an airplane over a wireless communication system for aircraft. Engineers used an Aircraft Access to System Wide Information Management prototype to convey the aviation information to an FAA […] More

ArmorSource has been awarded a contract to produce 10,000 lightweight helmets for the U.S. Marine Corps and is scheduled to deliver the helmets in the first three quarters of 2017. It represents the third order the company has received from U.S. government clients since January 2016, Yoav Kapah, president and CEO of ArmorSource, said in a statement issued Tuesday. […] More

Cisco will serve as a sponsor for the 2016 International Association of Court Administration regional conference to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, from May 18 to 20. AJ Ramsey, a Cisco marketing manager, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday the event will offer participants an opportunity to learn more about various European legal systems and court […] More

FedEx has been awarded a Government Publishing Office re-compete contract to provide the agency printing, binding, finishing, banner, sign production and direct mail services under the GPOExpress program. Federal agency employees enrolled in GPOExpress receive a card that gives holders discounted FedEx Office service rates in more than 1,800 stores, the global shipping service provider said Monday. FedEx added it partnered with the agency on […] More

Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, said the company has invested a “significant” amount of money to further develop a nuclear fusion-based power generation system, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta writes Skunk Works officials first disclosed the project in 2014 and they said at the time the organization was working […] More

United Technologies Corp. will establish a new facility in Foley, Alabama to accommodate manufacturing and nacelle assembly activities of UTC’s aerospace systems segment. The 80,000-square-foot building will be built to serve as the assembly area for nacelle components and house the propulsion system integration work in support of the Airbus A320 aircraft, UTC said Tuesday. UTC expects the […] More

Tunisia has asked to buy $100.8 million in equipment, training and support services for the country’s future fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters from the U.S. under a foreign military sales deal approved by the State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the sale covers 25 embedded GPS/inertial navigation systems, 24 AN/AAR-57 common missile warning systems, […] More

The State Department is conducting market research on potential suppliers of commercial security equipment built to identify and detect wireless threats inside a user-defined zone. In a sources sought notice posted April 27 on FedBizOpps, the department said it seeks a wireless intrusion detection system to support its Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s physical security efforts at various U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. The […] More

Raytheon has created an unmanned aircraft systems directorate under its advanced missile systems product line in Arizona in efforts to consolidate the elements of small UAS production including airframe, payload integration and command-and-control technology. The company said Tuesday it will also increase delivery of its Coyote and Silver Fox UAS platforms to address a growth in small UAS demand. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon […] More

Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has established a business unit that will work to assist commercial clients in their data collection and processing efforts through unmanned aerial systems. Insitu said Monday the new unit will offer several products and services including aerial vehicles, Inexa Control software designed to operate UAS and Catalina and TacitView software for multi-sensor […] More