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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded separate contracts to Physical Sciences, OEwaves, HRL Laboratories and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to support a program that seeks to develop battery-powered atomic clocks, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday. John Keller writes HRL Laboratories secured a $775,159 contract for phase one work under the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability program with a potential $697,826 phase […] More

SpaceX plans to resume rocket launches in November, two months after a launch pad accident caused a Falcon 9 rocket to explode and destroyed a $200 million communications satellite owned by Space Communication, Reuters reported Tuesday. The space services company has said a second launch site at NASA‘S Kennedy Space Center in Florida would be ready to accommodate a […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for a program that aims to develop a network of airborne sensors that will work to perform wide-area surveillance of small unmanned aircraft systems in urban areas. DARPA posted on FedBizOpps the broad agency announcement for the Aerial Dragnet program that seeks to detect and track small drones that […] More

A General Atomics subsidiary has turned over the first of multiple pulsed power containers to the U.S. Navy as part of the military branch’s railgun development and testing program. The container comprises pulsed power modules and a control system designed to integrate with the Navy’s command-and-control network, General Atomics said Tuesday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense and space systems at General Atomics’ […] More

Orbital ATK has completed the spacecraft preliminary design review for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s three Joint Polar Satellite Systems. The company collaborated with representatives from NOAA and NASA to subject JPSS-2, JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 to the four-day PDR that kicked off Aug. 29 at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert, Arizona-based facility, Orbital ATK said Monday. The […] More

CGI has secured a $39 million contract that extends the company’s enterprise resource planning system support services for Maine’s Office of the State Controller through 2026. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide managed services and platforms designed to secure cloud computing systems, update financial management tools and simplify case workflow for 139 agencies across the state. […] More

Next Century has moved its Maryland-based operations to 2701 Technology Drive, Suite 100, Annapolis Junction, Maryland. The software company has 134 employees who develop software for the Defense Department, Next Century said Monday. John McBeth, Next Century president, CEO and co-founder, said the new offices give Maryland employees room for expansion as well as collaboration spaces. The company secured a […] More

The U.S. Navy and Virginia-based small business First Line Technology have signed an exclusive license agreement that authorizes the company to manufacture a Navy-patented decontamination technology for warfighters and first responders. The Navy said Friday researchers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division developed and patented the Dahlgren Decon decontamination technology in efforts to protect warfighters against chemical, biological and radiological threats. […] More

The Office of Personnel Management has chosen four companies to support employee background investigations of OPM’s current Federal Investigative Services organization and new National Background Investigations Bureau, which is scheduled to be operational in the first week of October. CACI‘s Premier Technology subsidiary, CSRA, Key Point Government Solutions and Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services submitted bids and won separate five-year […] More