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The Federal Aviation Administration has granted a certificate of waiver that permits Intel to operate multiple small unmanned aircraft systems at night within special security notice flight restricted areas in the U.S. Intel said Thursday the Part 107 waiver extends a Section 333 exemption that the company obtained to fly 100 small UAS for its Drone 100 light show in Palms Springs, […] More
Phase One Consulting Group has obtained funds of an undisclosed sum that will support the company’s federal business as well as modernization efforts in the federal information technology sector. Alexandria, Virginia-based Phase One said Thursday that Salesforce‘s corporate investment group Salesforce Ventures serves as one of the consulting firm’s investors. Dave Rey, executive vice president for Salesforce’s North America public sector […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will obligate $36 million in annual funds to 12 organizations to run Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers that will support small- and medium-sized manufacturers. NIST said Thursday the organizations will operate the MEP facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Puerto Rico under cooperative agreements that […] More
Northrop Grumman will demonstrate a sensor technology designed for mine detection, localization and classification at the Unmanned Warrior exercise to be hosted by the U.K. navy in October. The company said Thursday its AQS-24B mine-hunting system will be towed by an Atlas Electronik UK-built ARCIMS unmanned surface vessel in a simulated environment during the event to exhibit how the sensor […] More
NASA has chosen 21 innovation proposals from 41 U.S. small businesses and research institutions that aim to help the space agency develop adaptive space robotic technologies and other exploration systems. The selectees will have an opportunity to enter negotiations with NASA for phase 2 contracts under the Small Business Technology Transfer program, with each contract valued at up to $750,000 over […] More
Cummins and Ceres Power will collaborate to develop fuel cell power generation technology for potential use in data centers under a $4.9 million contract awarded by the Energy Department. The partnership seeks to create a modular solid oxide fuel cell system in efforts to increase the efficiency of electrical systems by at least 60 percent and support distributed power applications up to 100 kilowatts, Ceres Power said Thursday. “This is […] More
CH2M has been chosen by a government agency in Ontario, Canada, to serve as a vehicle technology consultant for the province’s Regional Express Rail program. The RER program is part of the Ontario government’s plan to invest $11.5 billion over 10 years in transit development efforts in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area that includes the electrification […] More
DynCorp International has won a potential three-year, $22.5 million contract from the Defense Department to support U.S. contractor, military and civilian personnel based in Egypt. McLean, Virginia-based DynCorp said Thursday the contract covers daily living services for personnel who support the Egyptian air force’s foreign military sales programs or agencies as part of an agreement between Egypt and the U.S. “We are honored […] More
The Small Business Administration has awarded 68 business accelerators with a $50,000 grant each as winners of SBA’s third annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. SBA said Thursday that a panel of government and industry professionals chose the winning accelerators out of more than 400 grant applicants from across the U.S. The agency facilitated the competition in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, […] More
A Raytheon subsidiary has secured an $8.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Transportation Command for support work on a transportation modeling and simulation application. The Defense Department said Thursday Raytheon BBN Technologies will continue to support the Analysis of Mobility Platform that works to simulate the Defense Transportation System. DoD added the modification exercises the third option year of the contract and […] More
World Wide Technology has won a potential five-year, $9.3 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide commercial firewall hardware and incidental services to naval shipyards. DISA received seven proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via the Federal Business Opportunities website, the Defense Department said Thursday. The agency obligated $284,285 from its fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance […] More
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida prior to the rocket’s static fire test, Space News reported Thursday. Brian Berger and Jeff Foust write the explosion early Thursday destroyed the rocket’s communications satellite payload Amos-6, built as part of Facebook’s plan to beam Internet access to remote areas in […] More
