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The U.S. Transportation Command has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of an distribution and deployment automated information system. Transcom said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Jan. 2 the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s data integration and enterprise architecture branches need technical engineering support in efforts to deliver surface transportation automation and information services to […] More

A classified U.S. government payload launched aboard a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Space.com reported Sunday. The Zuma mission took off aboard the rocket’s second stage, which continued its ascent into low-Earth orbit. The booster’s first stage separated from the second stage […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has achieved a contractual milestone with NASA for the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft after a test vehicle completed a free-flight test in November. SNC said Friday Dream Chaser cleared Milestone 4B under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability contract, confirming that the spacecraft is designed to perform safe runway landings from space to Earth. NASA’s Commercial […] More

A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $19.1 million contract to provide a layer-2 Ethernet bridging platform for installation on U.S. Navy ship, shore, and submarine platforms. Comtech EF Data will supply and sustain the Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Interface Processor system under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the service branch’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the Defense […] More

Airborne Systems of North America has won a potential five-year, $26.7 million contract to develop a parachute system and provide related reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps received two proposals for the the Enhanced Multi-Mission Parachute System procurement contract and will obligate $2.3 million on the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More

Northrop Grumman has received a potential five-year, $30 million contract to help repair or update various U.S. Navy navigation and ancillary equipment. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop will support the AN/WSN-7 intertial navigation system, AN/WSN-7A ring laser gyro navigation systems and AN/WSN-7B ring laser gyrocompass under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The systems are designed to offer full ship […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $10.2 million contract modification to provide ballistic missile defense equipment for installation on a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will provide version 4.0.2 of AEGIS BMD equipment for the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship USS Stout (DDG 55). The modification exercises an option under […] More

General Electric has received a $14.7 million order to supply LM2500+ power turbine and gas generator assemblies along with LM2500 integrated electronic control kits to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday the kits will be used to modernize the service branch’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers. The LM2500+ gas turbine engine employs a […] More

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for innovators who can help DHS prototype, test and deploy emergency response systems equipped with “smart city” and “internet of things” tools to first responders by 2020. DHS said Thursday the RFI notice is part of a broader effort the department’s science and technology directorate announced in September. The directorate partnered with the […] More