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Lockheed Martin has secured rights to use B-Temia’s Dermoskeleton technology platform in products intended for military, first responder and industrial applications under a license agreement with the latter. Dermoskeleton works to prevent overstress on the lower legs and back in order to increase the user’s mobility and capacity to carry load, Lockheed said Tuesday. Glenn […] More
ARServices has received contracts to provide staffing and management support services for the Defense Logistics Agency’s three new projects. The company said Tuesday it will designate 20 subject matter experts and personnel to work on the three programs with DLA across 10 locations. Under the first project, ARServices will help DLA comply with the Office […] More
The Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service has named Booz Allen Hamilton one of the 35 primary partners for a joint venture initiative that seeks to help federal agencies access, collect, use and analyze federal data and information services. Booz Allen said Monday it will compete with other private firms, research groups, nonprofit organizations and […] More
A new Accenture study has found that 74 percent of U.S. citizens said they do not feel confident with government agencies’ capacity to ensure the security and privacy of digital personal data. Accenture said Monday it commissioned Market Strategy Group to conduct an online survey of 3,469 U.S. citizens from September to October 2016 and found that 65 […] More
The Defense Department aims to generate at least 5 percent in savings on the cost of the next batch of 130Â Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets, Reuters reported Monday. Mike Stone writes sources said Lockheed and DoD are in talks over a deal that seeks to save $660 million on the next lot of 100 F-35A […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day through webcast on April 20 to discuss a program that seeks to verify the accuracy of social science-related modeling methods through the use of computer-based, artificial social simulations. DARPA said Friday the Ground Truth program aims to develop simulated social systems that will work […] More
Orbital ATK has secured orders worth $92 million combined to supply small-caliber rounds to the U.S. Army. The orders cover 7.62 millimeter and 5.56 mm ammunition under the company’s supply contract with the service branch, Orbital ATK said Monday. Orbital ATK will manufacture the ammo at the Lake City Army ammunition facility in Missouri, which […] More
A Kongsberg subsidiary has received a potential $17.3 million contract from Australia’s federal government to integrate a BAE Systems-developed radio-frequency sensor platform with the former’s Joint Strike Missile that will fly aboard the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE’s Australian arm will deliver passive RF sensors to Kongsberg’s defense and aerospace business for use in qualification […] More
Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T’s global public sector solutions business, told Dallas Business Journal staff writer Shawn Shinneman in an interview published Thursday that the company plans to provide priority and pre-emption service to first responders by the end of 2017 under a 25-year public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority. The Commerce Department’s FirstNet awarded […] More
More than 80 industry groups and technology companies have called on House and Senate lawmakers to pass a bipartisan bill that aims to provide the public access to government data, MeriTalk reported Wednesday. Eleanor Lamb writes civil society groups and businesses urged Congress to act on the Open, Permanent, Electronic and Necessary Government Data Act […] More
An official with Orbital ATK has said the company is confident that it will land a contract with the U.S. Air Force by early 2018 to advance the development of a large space launch vehicle, Space News reported Wednesday. “I think we’re pretty confident we’re going to make the [Launch Service Agreement] downselect†for the […] More
Rockwell Collins and affiliated firms to Embraer’s defense and security business have agreed to partner to evaluate and explore business opportunities in defense technology platforms. Rockwell Collins signed the cooperation agreement Tuesday with Embraer’s Savis and Bradar subsidiaries at LAAD Defense & Security expo in Brazil, Embraer said Tuesday. Bradar and Savis will work to integrate a […] More
