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  • Northrop Intros Multifunction Radar Architecture
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    Northrop Intros Multifunction Radar Architecture

    Northrop Grumman has introduced a radar technology equipped with an open architecture system and designed to integrated with multiple platforms and missions. Vanguard is made-up of panels that can function independently or in conjunction with other similar structures to form an integrated radar array, Northrop said Thursday. The company has put the system through at least […] More

  • TAPE Makes List of Largest DC Veteran-Owned Companies; Louisa Long Jaffe Quoted
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    TAPE Makes List of Largest DC Veteran-Owned Companies; Louisa Long Jaffe Quoted

    Technical and Project Engineering has landed the 25th spot on the Washington Business Journal’s list of largest veteran-owned companies in the greater D.C. region. Louisa Long Jaffe, president and CEO of TAPE, said in a statement released Thursday she hopes the listing provides further evidence to public and private sector organizations that the company can serve as […] More

  • AT&T Opens New Foundry Space for Vertical Industries
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    AT&T Opens New Foundry Space for Vertical Industries

    AT&T has dedicated a new space in one of its innovation centers for the development of new technologies for vertical industries such as manufacturing, retail, finance, healthcare and the public sector. The new area in the AT&T Foundry hub in Plano, Texas will introduce AT&T’s offerings in digital technology and cybersecurity, as well as house […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Explores Hybrid Wing Body, Drone Fleet Concepts for Air Force KC-Z Tanker Program
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    Report: Lockheed Explores Hybrid Wing Body, Drone Fleet Concepts for Air Force KC-Z Tanker Program

    Lockheed Martin has begun to explore several tanker concepts as the company prepares to bid on the U.S. Air Force’s KC-Z tanker program for aerial refueling missions, The War Zone reported Thursday. The company introduced at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference its Advanced Tanker Concept model that has a wing-and-tail configuration […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Deliver MUOS-Capable Radios to Military via $83M Contract; Troy Brunk Quoted
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    Rockwell Collins to Deliver MUOS-Capable Radios to Military via $83M Contract; Troy Brunk Quoted

    Rockwell Collins has received a potential five-year, $82.6M contract to deliver its sixth-generation Mobile User Objective System-enabled airborne radios and ancillaries to warfighters. The company said Thursday it will install the ARC-210 RT-2036(C) radios on defense platforms such as fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, ships and ground platforms to provide military forces with voice, video and […] More

  • CrowdStrike Receives FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Endpoint Protection Platform
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    CrowdStrike Receives FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Endpoint Protection Platform

    CrowdStrike has been authorized under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to support the U.S. government in modernizing its information technology systems using the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. As a FedRAMP-certified cloud service provider, Crowdstrike will continue to serve the private sector, as well as expand its services to the federal, state and local governments […] More

  • IBM to Develop Neural Inference Software, Hardware for Air Force
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    IBM to Develop Neural Inference Software, Hardware for Air Force

    IBM has won a $14.8M contract to deliver a neural inference system and complementary support services for the U.S. Air Force. Under the contract, the company will study, design, develop, test, integrate, document, implement and deliver the Northpole neural inference machine, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will take place in San Jose, Calif., through […] More

  • Sikorsky Gets Navy CH-53K Spare Parts Order
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    Sikorsky Gets Navy CH-53K Spare Parts Order

    Lockeed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $58.4M delivery order to provide spare parts for the U.S. Navy‘s CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. The service ordered 866 interim spare parts needed to repair and maintain lot 2 CH-53K low-rate initial production units, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will occur through January 2021 in Connecticut, Washington, Wisconsin, Canada and […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL to Help Air Force Manage Space Asset Portfolio
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    Johns Hopkins APL to Help Air Force Manage Space Asset Portfolio

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory a five-year, $23.8M contract to provide life cycle support for the military branch’s space assets APL will support concept development, design, implementation, transition and management of tactical space and small satellite platforms under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force […] More

  • Army Orders Harris Tactical Radios, Equipment
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    Army Orders Harris Tactical Radios, Equipment

    Harris will provide more than 1.K units of the AN/PRC-163 handheld radio system, equipment and support services to the U.S. Army under new orders awarded through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Thursday its AN/PRC-163 radio uses two-channel connectivity to facilitate tactical data transmission across the battlefield network and chain of command. Army personnel use the […] More

  • Cubic to Build F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Buss Quoted
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    Cubic to Build F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Buss Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Cubic’s global defense segment a contract of an undisclosed value to build an air combat training system for the F-35 Lightning II program. Cubic said Thursday it will deliver more than 500 ACTS subsystems over the next four years as part of F-35 production lots 12 to 14. The system will incorporate the P5 ground software […] More

  • CACI Awarded $66M Army IT Support Extension
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    CACI Awarded $66M Army IT Support Extension

    CACI International has received a six-month, $66.4M task order from the General Services Administration to continue information technology support services for the U.S. Army‘s reserve component automation system. The company has provided RCAS sustainment, program management, infrastructure integration, technical services to the Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems over the past five years through […] More