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  • CAE Delivers Predator RPA Training System to Italian Air Force; Gene Colabatistto Comments
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    CAE Delivers Predator RPA Training System to Italian Air Force; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    Italy’s air force has received a CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer that is designed to train military operators of General Atomics‘ remotely piloted aircraft. CAE said Sunday it worked with General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business to develop the trainer that represents the Italian Predator A RPA during phase one of delivery. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, the company applied its decades […] More

  • Report: Qatar’s Future Boeing-Built F-15s Would Include New Wing Upgrade
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    Report: Qatar’s Future Boeing-Built F-15s Would Include New Wing Upgrade

    Boeing will introduce an updated wing structure for the F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter aircraft that the company will deliver to Qatar, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Steve Parker, Boeing vice-president of F-15 programs, told FlightGlobal that the aircraft maker could offer the redesigned wing as a service life extension option for the F-15 fleets of the U.S. Air Force and […] More

  • Austal USA Hosts Christening of Navy’s 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship
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    Austal USA Hosts Christening of Navy’s 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship

    The 10th expeditionary fast transport ship Austal USA is constructing for the U.S. Navy was christened Saturday at the company’s shipbuilding facility in Alabama. Austal said Saturday the future USNS Burlington is part of a 12-ship contract worth potentially $1.9 billion. The EPF 10 christening ceremony featured Rear Adm. Dee Mewbourne, commander of the Military Sealift Command, as well as Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Space Tech R&D Proposals
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    Air Force Seeks Space Tech R&D Proposals

    The U.S. Air Force has requested proposals from small businesses that can research and develop technologies to optimize the U.S. military’s space systems. The Air Force said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the Spacecraft Object Tracking and Characterization program will cover space systems such as launch platforms, payload adapters, on-orbit systems, communications links, ground systems and […] More

  • Report: New Lockheed Missile Aims to Target UAVs, Mortars
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    Report: New Lockheed Missile Aims to Target UAVs, Mortars

    Lockheed Martin has begun to develop a new missile designed to target and destroy incoming projectiles through the use of a radar system and kinetic energy, the New York Post reported Friday. The company has recently tested in New Mexico the Miniature Hit to Kill Missile platform, which is based on the technology used in the […] More

  • Microsoft’s Paul Nicholas: National Cyber Agency Could Help Harmonize Security Policies
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    Microsoft’s Paul Nicholas: National Cyber Agency Could Help Harmonize Security Policies

    Paul Nicholas, senior director of trustworthy computing at Microsoft, has said he believes the establishment of a national cybersecurity agency would help the government prioritize and coordinate cyber policies as well as address cyber threats. Nicholas wrote in a blog post published Feb. 19 the company’s new whitepaper calls on governments to equip the national cyber […] More

  • Mayvin Wins SOCOM Special Program Support Contract
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    Mayvin Wins SOCOM Special Program Support Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded Mayvin Consulting Group a potential five-year, $47.5 million contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical assistance services to the U.S. Special Operations Command. Mayvin will support USSOCOM’s manager for special programs through the company’s program, business and project management, logistics and engineering services, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD expects the company to […] More

  • Navy Taps Cubic, Lockheed to Develop Combined Arms Evaluation Methods
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    Navy Taps Cubic, Lockheed to Develop Combined Arms Evaluation Methods

    The U.S. Navy has awarded potential three-year contracts to business units of Cubic and Lockheed Martin to develop quantitative methods to assess and explore combined arms concepts for urban military operations. Cubic’s defense applications business and Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit are two of the five selected contractors for a project that will revolve around human capacities, systems, plans, software […] More

  • Thales Gets Navy Helicopter Module, Helmet Repair Order
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    Thales Gets Navy Helicopter Module, Helmet Repair Order

    Thales‘ defense and security business has received a one-year, $7.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to repair five items related to H-1 helicopter program. The sole-source order will include repair work on H-1 modules and helmets, the Defense Department said Friday. The Navy will obligate $3.5 million at the time of award from its fiscal […] More

  • General Dynamics Wins $54M IDIQ to Support Joint Staff J6 Directorate
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    General Dynamics Wins $54M IDIQ to Support Joint Staff J6 Directorate

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has won a potential $53.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services to help address command and control requirements within the Joint Staff J6 Directorate. GDIT will provide research, development, technical, engineering and analytical support services to the J6 organization’s command, control, communications and computers assessments division, the Defense […] More

  • Mercury Systems to Deliver Ruggedized Memory Devices for Airborne Military Computing System
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    Mercury Systems to Deliver Ruggedized Memory Devices for Airborne Military Computing System

    Mercury Systems has received a $3.2 million order to deliver ruggedized memory devices to a prime defense contractor for an effort to develop an advanced airborne military computing system. The company said Thursday the computing system will be equipped with the BuiltSECURE products that include high density secure memory hardware and military-grade solid-state drives. The product suite also consists of selective […] More

  • Vencore Analytics Director Patrick Biltgen Gets INSA Achievement Award; Mac Curtis Comments
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    Vencore Analytics Director Patrick Biltgen Gets INSA Achievement Award; Mac Curtis Comments

    Patrick Biltgen, technical director of analytics at Vencore, received recognition at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s Achievement Awards ceremony held Thursday in Washington, D.C. INSA presented Biltgen with its Edwin H. Land Industry Award to acknowledge his professional efforts in the intelligence field, Vencore said Friday. Vencore President and CEO Mac Curtis said the company’s  employees aim […] More