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  • FBI considers $5B IDIQ for IT support services
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    FBI considers $5B IDIQ for IT support services

    The FBI has released a request for information on potential vendors of information technology products and support services as it considers creating an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract designed to meet IT requirements across the Justice Department. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the bureau looks to establish a potential 10-year, $5 billion IDIQ for IT consulting, cybersecurity, […] More

  • Raytheon to demo mobile intell software under Army contract; Todd Probert comments
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    Raytheon to demo mobile intell software under Army contract; Todd Probert comments

    Raytheon has received a contract from the U.S. Army to demonstrate its software offering that works to help deployed warfighters gather and access data on the battlefield. FoXTEN is a mobile intelligence platform that can be loaded onto a commercial laptop and can run at low-transmission speeds, the company said Wednesday. “Our soldiers need real-time […] More

  • Boeing invests in UK-based hypersonic propulsion tech developer Reaction Engines via HorizonX
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    Boeing invests in UK-based hypersonic propulsion tech developer Reaction Engines via HorizonX

    Boeing has invested in Reaction Engines through its ventures arm to assist the U.K.-based company in its efforts to develop a hypersonic propulsion technology. Reaction Engines has developed a heat exchanger that works to prevent overheating of engine components at high speeds as part of its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine technology program, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More

  • Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK supports readiness through expansion of missile production facilities
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    Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK supports readiness through expansion of missile production facilities

    Orbital ATK has hired 1,000 additional employees and expanded several weapons facilities to increase production capacity as it expects a rise in the demand for munitions and missiles from the Defense Department in the next few years, Defense News reported Wednesday. “We have invested a decent number of millions, tens of millions, in a number of […] More

  • Polaris Alpha to expand offices, create 450 jobs in Colorado
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    Polaris Alpha to expand offices, create 450 jobs in Colorado

    Polaris Alpha has announced plans to expand its offices in Colorado in a move that will generate 450 jobs in the state over the next eight years. The company said Wednesday it will establish a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Metro Denver area and hire 150 employees under the expansion plan’s initial phase. Polaris Alpha will […] More

  • GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine
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    GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine

    General Electric’s marine solutions business has completed a weight and noise attenuation testing between a carbon fiber-based gas turbine enclosure and steel module. GE said Monday test results showed that the lightweight composite-based module for the LM2500 marine gas turbine reduced noise by 60 percent and weight by approximately 2,500 kilograms compared with the steel enclosure. […] More

  • TAPE gets ISO/IEC IT security certification; Michael Kelliher comments
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    TAPE gets ISO/IEC IT security certification; Michael Kelliher comments

    Technical and Project Engineering has received a certification from the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission for cybersecurity practices. TAPE said Tuesday the ISO/IEC 27013:2015 certification seeks to demonstrate the company’s efforts to implement an integrated data security and information technology service management system in support of government clients. Michael Kelliher, vice president […] More

  • CACI to Support Army’s Commercial Based Technology Analysis program; DeEtte Gray comments
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    CACI to Support Army’s Commercial Based Technology Analysis program; DeEtte Gray comments

    CACI International has received a potential one-year, $41.5 million task order to provide engineering services for a U.S. Army program that seeks to facilitate the analysis of commercial-based technologies in support of mission requirements worldwide. “Our partnership with the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate in support of its critical Commercial Based Technology Analysis […] More

  • Lockheed-Cobham team to compete for Navy’s low-band jamming pod replacement program
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    Lockheed-Cobham team to compete for Navy’s low-band jamming pod replacement program

    Lockheed Martin and Cobham have teamed up to compete for a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the ALQ-99 tactical jamming pod system onboard the service’s Boeing-built EA-18 Growler electronic warfare aircraft. The Next Generation Jammer Low Band program aims to develop a system that will work to build up the Growler’s electronic attack capabilities […] More

  • Iridium eyes May 19 launch for 6th ‘NEXT’ satellite batch, rideshare mission
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    Iridium eyes May 19 launch for 6th ‘NEXT’ satellite batch, rideshare mission

    Iridium Communications plans to launch on May 19 the Iridium-6 rideshare mission aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Falcon 9 will send into orbit five Iridium NEXT satellites and two satellites as part of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On mission of NASA and GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Iridium said Monday. […] More

  • Report: Lockheed names 3 industry partners for Navy’s MQ-25 tanker drone program
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    Report: Lockheed names 3 industry partners for Navy’s MQ-25 tanker drone program

    Lockheed Martin has announced three industry partners for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, Defense News reported Monday. Lockheed officials announced Monday that General Electric and United Technologies Corp. will respectively supply the F404 turbofan engine and the F-35C landing gear, while Triumph Aerostructures will produce the drone’s internal structure. Lockheed’s Skunk […] More