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SES‘ government solutions business unit will deliver managed network and low latency Medium Earth Orbit satellite network services as part of contracts received from the U.S. government. The company said Monday that it will provide approximately 4 gigabits per second of managed O3b services to aid 13 sites around the world for customers including the Defense […] More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with the General Services Administration to use the latter agency’s contract vehicles for professional services. GSA said Thursday CMS agreed to procure services through the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services and the OASIS Small Business indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts. The OASIS and OASIS […] More

Leonardo has received a contract of an undisclosed value to provide data management software for integration into six Collins-class submarines of the Australian navy. The company said Thursday it will provide the SmartIDMS platform under the Submarine Communication Information Exchange Management program that seeks to help the service branch transfer data from and to underwater vessels. Australia’s defense department […] More

NASA has started to perform wind-tunnel tests on a small-scale model of a supersonic passenger jet at the space agency’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Langley researchers have begun to subject the 15-percent-scale model of the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane to slower wind speeds at Langley’s subsonic wind tunnel in order […] More

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA have set a November launch date for the first of four polar-orbiting satellites designed to boost weather forecast accuracy. NASA said Saturday the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10 at 4:47 a.m. Eastern time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a […] More

A new survey from nonprofit technology association CompTIA says almost 75 percent of government officials are optimistic about the development of smart city technologies. The “Building Smarter Cities and Communities” report includes responses from 350 government personnel about their views regarding smart cities, CompTIA said Thursday. Respondents indicated expected benefits from smart city platforms such as operational efficiencies, […] More

A new report by Bloomberg Government predicts that professional services contracts will be the U.S. federal government’s highest paying deals for fiscal year 2018, with eight opportunities valued at $152.3 billion in total. The fourth annual Top 20 Opportunities report also ranks information technology and logistics and maintenance requirements as leading categories, Bloomberg said Thursday. The report lists […] More

The U.K. ministry of defense has updated its maritime support delivery framework contract with BAE Systems to cover all classes of vessels homeported at the Portsmouth Naval Base including two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. BAE Systems said Thursday that its engineers from the Solent region will support the U.K. navy’s carriers and the rest […] More

General Motors has developed a military truck that runs on hydrogen fuel cells and can be tailored to perform various missions, Defense One reported Wednesday. The Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure vehicle is based on a fuel cell-powered pickup truck – Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 – the company built for a U.S. Army experiment and has a […] More

The logistics command of Finland’s defense forces has issued a request for information to gather input from industries of seven countries on weapons and equipment for a potential F/A-18 aircraft replacement. The Finnish defense organization said Thursday it sent the RFI notice to the U.S., France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Sweden and the U.K. as part of Finland’s HX […] More