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  • Leidos Demos Unmanned Anti-Sub Vessel for DARPA Program
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    Leidos Demos Unmanned Anti-Sub Vessel for DARPA Program

    Leidos has conducted a series of initial performance trials on an autonomous vehicle it is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Leidos said Monday its 132-foot trimaran Sea Hunter either met or exceeded speed, maneuverability, stability, seakeeping, acceleration/deceleration and fuel consumption performance requirements under the two-year DARPA and Office of Naval Research […] More

  • Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling
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    Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling

    Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More

  • DISA Lifts Stop-Work Order on Inmarsat’s $450M Satcom Services Contract
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    DISA Lifts Stop-Work Order on Inmarsat’s $450M Satcom Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has given Inmarsat’s U.S. federal government subsidiary notice to proceed on multiband satellite communications services under a potential five-year, $450 million contract after DISA lifted a prior stop-work order on the award. DISA revoked the stop-work order issued on Inmarsat Government through a contract modification, the Defense Department said Friday. The agency selected Inmarsat Government in […] More

  • Bollinger Shipyards Orders $160M in L-3 Coast Guard Ship C4ISR Systems
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    Bollinger Shipyards Orders $160M in L-3 Coast Guard Ship C4ISR Systems

    L-3 Communications has received a nine-year $160 million, subcontract from Bollinger Shipyards to provide an integrated C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s future Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters. L-3 said Monday it will provide initial design updates to the FRC ships such as antenna arrangement and analysis, exterior communications and other situation awareness platforms. The company will also deliver, […] More

  • DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems
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    DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems

    Optex Systems has received a five-year, $5.99 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver laser-protected periscopes across the U.S. military. The optical sighting systems manufacturer said Friday its glass and plastic periscopes work to support a range of vehicle platforms. Optex CEO Danny Schoening said the award builds on the company’s efforts to grow its footprint in the armored vehicle […] More

  • Lockheed to Deliver Cybersecurity Update for Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile IT Applications, Systems
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    Lockheed to Deliver Cybersecurity Update for Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile IT Applications, Systems

    Lockheed Martin has received an $8.34 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver a cybersecurity update for the fleet ballistic missile information technology applications and systems and a high-voltage detonator refresh. The Defense Department said Friday the project is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 31, 2018. The Strategic Systems Programs office obligated $7 million from the Navy’s fiscal […] More

  • Lockheed, Pilatus Aircraft Complete PC-21 Aircraft Initial Production Test Flight
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    Lockheed, Pilatus Aircraft Complete PC-21 Aircraft Initial Production Test Flight

    Lockheed Martin and Pilatus Aircraft have conducted an initial production test flight of the first PC-21 training aircraft as part of the estimated $896.8 million AIR 5428 Pilot Training System Program contract signed in 2015. Lockheed said Thursday it will supply integrated ground-based training technologies and pilot training system project management to support future pilots in Australia’s air force, navy and army under […] More

  • EnergySolutions to Provide Metal Processing Services for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
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    EnergySolutions to Provide Metal Processing Services for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

    The U.S. Navy has awarded EnergySolutions a potential three-year, $38.7 million contract to process various forms of metal for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. EnergySolutions will also provide shipping containers and brokerage services as well as transport materials from multiple NNPP facilities by truck, rail or barge, the Defense Department said Friday. The company seeks to help the Navy reduce the volume of radioactive […] More

  • Air Force Examines Potential Close-Air Support Aircraft Models for Light Attack Missions
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    Air Force Examines Potential Close-Air Support Aircraft Models for Light Attack Missions

    The U.S. Air Force has examined two close-air support aircraft models to perform light attack missions and potentially serve as a short-term replacement for the service branch’s current fleet, FlightGlobal reported Sunday. Leigh Giangreco writes Air Force has investigated Beechcraft’s AT-6 and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano as possible short-term replacements to its Fairchild Dornier A-10 fleet and seeks to […] More

  • Australian Researchers Develop Combat Simulation Software; Matt Selway Comments
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    Australian Researchers Develop Combat Simulation Software; Matt Selway Comments

    Researchers at the University of South Australia have created simulation software intended to help soldiers change combat strategies with the use of an automated document analysis feature, The Lead reported Monday. Caleb Radford writes the software is designed to interpret text descriptions of various real-world scenarios and develop procedures after it registers text understanding methods. […] More

  • Air Force Taps Veramine for Phase 1 Cyber Deception R&D Contract
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    Air Force Taps Veramine for Phase 1 Cyber Deception R&D Contract

    Bothell, Washington-based software development company Veramine has landed a $149,979 contract from the U.S. Air Force under the Small Business Innovation Research program to conduct cyber deception research in support of the military branch’s network defense efforts, C4ISRNET reported Friday. Mark Pomerleau writes Veramine will design and develop tools for use in a representative cyber scenario as well as perform […] More