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Envistacom has supported the deployment of communications networks and supporting infrastructure to the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s facility at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. The company said Thursday it led the design, installation, configuration and testing of three communications networks at DISA’s 164,000-square-foot complex. Tom Proctor, vice president of operations at Envistacom, said the company also applied its network […] More

Atlantis Resources has installed off the coast of Scotland its first 1.5 megawatt turbine with the Lockheed Martin-built subsystems designed to generate tidal energy. The deployment is part of the MeyGen project that seeks to produce approximately 400 MW of tidal energy to provide electricity to up to 175,000 households in Scotland, Lockheed said Thursday. […] More

A new report from EY says that the deal value of global technology mergers and acquisitions reached an all-time high of $466.6 billion due to digital transformation trends. EY said Thursday its “Global technology M&A report: October-December 2016 and year in review” study found that disruptive cloud, mobile, social and big data analytics technologies drove the 2016 […] More

Inmarsat has secured grant funds from the U.K.’s space agency to develop satellite application programs that will help to address disaster relief, healthcare and sustainable fishing challenges in three emerging markets. The company said Wednesday that it applied lessons learned from UKSA International Partnership Space Program projects to identify opportunities for potential use of satellites to help […] More

L3 Technologies has secured a potential two-year, $17.3 million contract to supply 800-horsepower transmission systems to the South Korean army’s infantry fighting and light-recovery vehicles. The company expects product deliveries to start in the third quarter of 2017 and conclude by 2019, L3 said Thursday. Michael Strianese, L3 chairman and CEO, said the contract seeks […] More

A new study by Onvia lists the top 10 fastest-growing areas in government contracting for 2017 that include technology, telecommunications, healthcare and construction. The report titled “10 Hotspots in Government Contracting” released Thursday says growth areas include school bus services, services for persons with disabilities, and disaster response services. Information technology, connectivity, education and medical equipment are other areas Onvia […] More

Masten Space Systems has completed an environmental monitoring experiment that carried multiple technologies onboard a company-built reusable rocket. NASA said Thursday Masten Space Systems’ Xodiac rocket contained an electromagnetic field measurement experiment, called JANUS, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The company is one of six firms that provide suborbital reusable launch vehicle flight and payload integration services […] More

SunLink Corp. has received a contract from Swinerton Renewable Energy to deliver fixed tilt ground mount systems to three solar energy projects located at Defense Department sites in Florida. Mill Valley, California-based SunLink said Wednesday it will provide the company’s GeoPro fixed tilt platform for three ongoing construction projects in Valparaiso, Navarre and Pensacola. SunLink collaborated with Swinerton to modify the GeoPro […] More

Leonardo has secured an $11.6 million contract from a NATO agency to supply friend-or-foe identification systems for the Italian navy’s NH90 frigate helicopters. The company said Tuesday it will equip the NH90 fleet with the Mode 5 SIT434/5 IFF platform to help Italy’s naval personnel distinguish between potential threats and friendly forces. NATO member countries are required to install Mode […] More

Meggitt‘s training systems business has conducted a joint final inspection and physical configuration audit of an indoor small arms trainer developed for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer was built as part of a $39 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awarded to Meggitt in 2014 and designed to train Marines in marksmanship, collective and judgemental video scenarios, […] More

Six companies have secured $1.2 million in total funds from the Department of Homeland Security to research and develop platforms that would help address security issues  associated with internet of things. DHS said Tuesday Factom, Ionic Security, Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corp., Pulzze Systems and Whitescope will build and demonstrate pilot-ready prototypes under the the second phase of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program. Factom will work […] More