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  • Raytheon to Add Software-Defined Radio on Army Helicopters; Scott Whatmough Comments
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    Raytheon to Add Software-Defined Radio on Army Helicopters; Scott Whatmough Comments

    Raytheon will update radio systems on U.S. Army helicopters with the RT-1987, a software-defined radio that is part of the company’s SkyFire product line and features both cryptography tools and Mobile User Objective System support. Raytheon said Sunday that it demonstrated the features of what the company says would be the first major upgrade of a radio system in nine years. Scott Whatmough, vice president […] More

  • Thomas Bussing: Raytheon Designs SeaGriffin Missile for Littoral Waters
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    Thomas Bussing: Raytheon Designs SeaGriffin Missile for Littoral Waters

    Raytheon has completed a guided flight test of its SeaGriffin missile to demonstrate the weapon’s semi-active laser guidance system and newly-added imaging infrared seeker. The SeaGriffin missile took flight from an integrated surface launch system in London and provided command and control operators for target verification before homing in on a strike, the company said Monday. The company said […] More

  • Systems Made Simple Wins Recompete Contract to Support VHA’s Innovation Sandbox Cloud
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    Systems Made Simple Wins Recompete Contract to Support VHA’s Innovation Sandbox Cloud

    Systems Made Simple has won a recompete contract to provide enterprise systems engineering services for the Veterans Health Administration‘s Innovation Sandbox Cloud. SMS designed its cloud service to drive innovation in health information technology by providing innovators with a centralized virtual environment for concept development and testing, Systems Made Simple said. The company is a New York-based provider […] More

  • ICF to Oversee Post-Construction Habitat Restoration for Utility; Ted Lee Comments
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    ICF to Oversee Post-Construction Habitat Restoration for Utility; Ted Lee Comments

    ICF International won a five-year, $24 million contract to provide an undisclosed U.S. utility company with program management services centered on habitat restoration following the client’s construction of an electrical transmission line. The company said Thursday it will help restore lands that could have been disturbed during the transmission line’s construction in compliance with environmental regulations. Ted Lee, an ICF vice president, said […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Receives Northrop’s CERES Instrument for Integration Into NOAA Satellite
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    Ball Aerospace Receives Northrop’s CERES Instrument for Integration Into NOAA Satellite

    Ball Aerospace and Technologies has received the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System instrument built by Northrop Grumman for integration into the Joint Polar Satellite System beginning later this year. Ball Aerospace said Thursday that CERES will help JPSS-1 support the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership‘s weather and climate measurement missions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. CERES is designed to measure thermal radiation and […] More

  • Triple-i to Provide Web, App Hosting Services for HHS Public Websites
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    Triple-i to Provide Web, App Hosting Services for HHS Public Websites

    Information Innovators Inc. has won a task order from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide web and application hosting services to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The company said Monday that the system is expected to host public-facing HHS websites such as Health.gov and HealthyPeople.gov. ODPHP, a unit within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for […] More

  • DLT to Offer CloudBees Continuous Delivery Tools in Public Sector; Jim Propps Comments
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    DLT to Offer CloudBees Continuous Delivery Tools in Public Sector; Jim Propps Comments

    DLT Solutions has joined CloudBees‘ partner ecosystem to leverage government contract vehicle positions and bring CloudBees’ Jenkins Enterprise and continuous delivery platform to the federal, state and local government markets. “We have seen a growing need for continuous integration in government to enable agencies to accelerate cost-effective application development and delivery,” Jim Propps, director of enterprise platform sales at DLT, said […] More

  • Lockheed-Supported Air Force Shared IT Environment Enters Next Deployment Phase
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    Lockheed-Supported Air Force Shared IT Environment Enters Next Deployment Phase

    The Air Force National Capital Region is undertaking the second phase in the four-phase deployment of the AFNCR Shared Computing Environment with support from prime contractor Lockheed Martin, GCN reported Tuesday. William Jackson writes the SCE program, which provided AFNCR with a unified IT infrastructure and shared enterprise services, is focused on load balancing during the second deployment phase. […] More

  • Iridium Implements Oracle Billing, Revenue Mgmt System; Jose Varela Comments
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    Iridium Implements Oracle Billing, Revenue Mgmt System; Jose Varela Comments

    Iridium Communications has implemented the billing and revenue management offering from Oracle‘s communications arm to support the expansion of Iridium’s service portfolio for after the launch of the Iridium NEXT constellation. The companies said Thursday Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management is expected to standardize and streamline Iridium’s billing, invoicing and revenue life-cycle management processes. “Our legacy billing systems had grown […] More

  • Verizon Launches Web Application Firewall on Cloud; Andy Bokor Comments
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    Verizon Launches Web Application Firewall on Cloud; Andy Bokor Comments

    Verizon‘s Digital Media Services arm is launching a beta version of its Web application firewall that is designed to protect Web applications and websites from cyber threats using rule sets deployed to the cloud. The company said Wednesday that it is deploying Verizon WAF to the cloud instead of on-premise in order to help users navigate command-and-control tools for access, […] More

  • ULA Wraps of Design Review of Boeing Spacecraft Launch Pad; Ellen Plese Comments
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    ULA Wraps of Design Review of Boeing Spacecraft Launch Pad; Ellen Plese Comments

    United Launch Alliance has completed the critical design review phase of work to evaluate a launch site in Florida that Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation -100 spacecraft will launch from. The CDR was supported by Boeing, NASA and the Air Force and sought to evaluate the CST-100 crew module’s and emergency systems, ULA said Tuesday. “This was a critical milestone to […] More