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  • Whitesell-Green to Help Navy Build Triton UAS Mission Control Facility
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    Whitesell-Green to Help Navy Build Triton UAS Mission Control Facility

    Whitesell-Green has been awarded an $8.5 million contract by the U.S. Navy to build a mission control facility at a military airport in Florida for the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday the company will construct and connect a 12,200-square-foot building to an existing Triton mission control facility located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. “The new building will […] More

  • Marine Corps to Test BAE, SAIC Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototypes in 2017; John Swift Comments
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    Marine Corps to Test BAE, SAIC Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototypes in 2017; John Swift Comments

    The U.S. Marine Corps is scheduled to test prototypes of the new Amphibious Combat Vehicle from BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. in 2017, Marine Corps Times reported Wednesday. Jeff Schogol writes the service branch plans to select one manufacturer in 2018 that would build the new ACVs designed to replace its fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. […] More

  • Integrity Applications to Provide Technical, Logistics Services to DIA
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    Integrity Applications to Provide Technical, Logistics Services to DIA

    Integrity Applications Inc. has won a potential five-year, $50.9 million contract to provide non-personal acquisition, technical, logistical and administrative support services to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract contains a one base year and four option years and work will occur in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region through Sept. 27, 2021. The Virginia Contracting Activity received […] More

  • NIST Seeks Impact Studies on Federal Tech Transfer Programs
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    NIST Seeks Impact Studies on Federal Tech Transfer Programs

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Journal of Technology Transfer have launched a new prize challenge that seeks participants to develop impact studies on technology transferred from federal laboratories. Interested parties will write a paper that describes the economic and/or societal impacts of technology created in federal labs and transferred outside of those facilities, […] More

  • Esri Designated Ambassador of NOAA, NWS Weather Preparedness Program
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    Esri Designated Ambassador of NOAA, NWS Weather Preparedness Program

    Esri will participate in a program that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service aim to prepare U.S. citizens and bolster infrastructure against extreme weather threats. Esri said Tuesday the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador program collaborates with various organizations in an effort to establish preparedness for scenarios during extreme weather. “Our goal is to work with WRN Ambassadors in a whole community […] More

  • ULA, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Sign Cooperative R&D Agreement for Vulcan Rocket
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    ULA, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Sign Cooperative R&D Agreement for Vulcan Rocket

    United Launch Alliance has signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center in support of efforts to certify the company’s future Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle for national security space missions. The Air Force said Tuesday the cooperative, jointly-written agreement will stay in effect until all non-recurring design validation activities for the launch vehicle […] More

  • Reuters: Canada Evaluates Info From 5 Potential Fighter Aircraft Contractors
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    Reuters: Canada Evaluates Info From 5 Potential Fighter Aircraft Contractors

    Marc Allen, president of Boeing’s international business, has said Canada is evaluating data from five potential contractors that could help replace the country’s fleet of CF-18 aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. Leah Schnurr writes Canada requested information such as aircraft features and economic factors from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Saab, Dassault Aviation and the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium comprised of BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Airbus Group. […] More

  • NeoSystems Launches Business Health Diagnostic Survey for GovCon Companies
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    NeoSystems Launches Business Health Diagnostic Survey for GovCon Companies

    Managed services provider NeoSystems has launched a free diagnostic survey that is designed to help government contractors evaluate their business systems and operational health. Tysons Corner, Virginia-based NeoSystems said Tuesday the company’s GovCon personnel developed the GovCon Business Systems Diagnostic Survey that will provide diagnostic grades and advice. Federal Publications Seminars and NeoSystems will also host the “Business Systems Health Check” webinar […] More

  • Smiths Detection Chosen to Supply Berlin Airport Baggage Screening Equipment
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    Smiths Detection Chosen to Supply Berlin Airport Baggage Screening Equipment

    The procurement agency of Germany’s national interior ministry has tasked Smiths Detection to provide hold baggage screening equipment at Berlin Brandenburg Airport that comply with the federal police agency’s EDS Standard 3 regulation. Smiths Detection said Wednesday the HI-SCAN 10080 XCT systems use x-ray technology, computed tomography and detection algorithms to provide levels of security and meet threat identification and false […] More

  • Sierra Nevada-UN Partnership Targets 2021 Launch of Multicountry Microgravity Mission
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    Sierra Nevada-UN Partnership Targets 2021 Launch of Multicountry Microgravity Mission

    A partnership between Sierra Nevada Corp. and the United Nations’ Office for Outer Space Affairs aims to launch microgravity payloads from UN member states aboard the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft by 2021. The U.N. said Tuesday the collaborative effort aims to give developing nations an opportunity to build and deploy payloads into orbit and that all member nations will have the chance to propose payloads […] More

  • OGSystems Joins Leidos’ Army Geospatial Data Mgmt Contract Team; Omar Balkissoon Comments
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    OGSystems Joins Leidos’ Army Geospatial Data Mgmt Contract Team; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    OGSystems has partnered with Leidos to provide data processing support services to the U.S. Army‘s High-Resolution 3D Geospatial Information program under a potential five-year, $777 million task order. Leidos is the prime contractor for that order to help the Army Geospatial Center gather, process, disseminate, store and maintain geospatial data. Leidos will also collaborate with KEYW, Tenax, Neany, Sigma Space, Pixia and Woolpert to support the […] More

  • GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources
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    GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration and Energy Department have started to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide building technology platforms designed to build up the environmental and economic performance of federal and commercial facilities. Both agencies will evaluate potential building technologies through measurement and verification performance studies as part of the Green Proving […] More