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  • Vencore to Conduct Oceanography R&D for Navy
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    Vencore to Conduct Oceanography R&D for Navy

    Vencore has won a potential five-year, $22.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct a research and development project that will focus on ocean dynamics and prediction oceanography. The service branch received multiple offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a broad agency announcement from the Naval Research Laboratory and obligated $741,951 in working capital funds at the time […] More

  • Air Force Taps BAE for South Korea F-16 Radar Warning Receiver Upgrades
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    Air Force Taps BAE for South Korea F-16 Radar Warning Receiver Upgrades

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received a potential $49.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to update radar warning receivers currently installed on South Korea’s F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $9.7 million in foreign military sales funds at the time of award […] More

  • NTA to Provide Depot-Level Maintenance Support for Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest
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    NTA to Provide Depot-Level Maintenance Support for Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest

    National Technologies Associates has won a potential five-year, $23.5 million contract to provide depot-level maintenance services to the U.S. Navy‘s Fleet Readiness Center Southwest. The company said Wednesday it will help FRCSW maintain industrial plant equipment and well as provide depot logistics, tool control, bill of material, environmental hazard control and second-party internal audit services. Efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Turns Over USS Portland to Navy
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    Huntington Ingalls Turns Over USS Portland to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding unit has turned over the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the U.S. Navy. USS Portland (LPD 29) was delivered during a ceremony wherein a DD 250 document was signed to formally transfer custody of the vessel to the service branch, HII said Monday. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and […] More

  • Air Force F-15C Fleet to Use Lockheed Martin-Built Infrared Search and Track System
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    Air Force F-15C Fleet to Use Lockheed Martin-Built Infrared Search and Track System

    A Lockheed Martin-built infrared search and track system has been selected to support the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of F-15C aircraft. The company said Tuesday that it will produce more than 130 Legion Pod systems which will be integrated on the service branch’s aircraft fleet. Legion Pod is equipped with Lockheed’s IRST21 infrared sensor and […] More

  • Boeing to Continue Air Force Small Diameter Bomb Support
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    Boeing to Continue Air Force Small Diameter Bomb Support

    Boeing has secured a $30 million contract modification to extend the company’s production, engineering and logistics services for a U.S. Air Force weapon system designed to engage and hit targets from a long distance. The modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for life cycle support to Small Diameter Bomb I and increases the potential contract value to $110 […] More

  • C5 Accelerate, SAP NS2 Forge PeaceTech Accelerator Partnership; Mark Testoni Comments
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    C5 Accelerate, SAP NS2 Forge PeaceTech Accelerator Partnership; Mark Testoni Comments

    Technology investment firm C5 Accelerate has teamed up with SAP National Security Services in an effort to further support an accelerator program that seeks to identify and track companies that work to address national security issues. SAP NS2 will share its knowledge in data management, technology and advanced analytics as part of the innovation partnership […] More

  • CACI Gets USAF Task Order for Facilities Mgmt Platform Devt; Ken Asbury Comments
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    CACI Gets USAF Task Order for Facilities Mgmt Platform Devt; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI has received a $28.7 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to continue to develop and deploy an enterprise-wide facilities management platform. The company said Monday the task order covers integration, sustainment and deployment services in support of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s NexGen information technology modernization program. The Air Force Lifecycle Management […] More

  • Air Force Taps PBTS to Lead Startup Tech Accelerator Program
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    Air Force Taps PBTS to Lead Startup Tech Accelerator Program

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boston-based technology accelerator PBTS a contract to operate the military branch’s startup technology accelerator program. The accelerator is part of the Air Force’s AFwerX innovation initiative and would foster relationships with startup firms that can offer autonomous technologies with potential uses in the public and private sectors, the service branch […] More

  • Iron Mountain Opens New Data Center in Northern Virginia
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    Iron Mountain Opens New Data Center in Northern Virginia

    Iron Mountain has opened the first of four planned data centers in Northern Virginia built to help government agencies, enterprises and cloud service providers meet security and compliance requirements. The company said Friday that the new 165,000 square-foot, 10.5-megawatt multi-tenant and cloud facility in Prince William will house operations of pre-leased customers including Dell Technologies‘ […] More

  • General Dynamics Radio Transmits Final Data From Cassini Spacecraft; Manny Mora Comments
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    General Dynamics Radio Transmits Final Data From Cassini Spacecraft; Manny Mora Comments

    A General Dynamics-built transponder conducted the final data transmissions of the Cassini spacecraft while the orbiter plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday to end its 13-year mission. The company said Friday its radio worked to send information from Cassini to Earth at a distance of approximately 900 million miles and within 84 minutes for each radio […] More

  • Report: Qatar Eyes Typhoon Fighter Aircraft Purchase From BAE
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    Report: Qatar Eyes Typhoon Fighter Aircraft Purchase From BAE

    Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah and his U.K. counterpart Michael Fallon have signed a letter of intent to procure Typhoon fighter aircraft for Qatar, Reuters reported Monday. The Middle Eastern country plans to buy 24 Typhoon planes and associated equipment from British defense contractor BAE Systems as part of the agreement, Qatar’s state news agency said. […] More