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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has chosen five companies to help the agency develop portable laser-based technology for the detection of biological agents, chemical weapons, narcotics and explosives at a range of up to 100 feet, Nextgov reported Friday. Frank Konkel writes IARPA will award funds to Leidos, LGS Innovations, Block Engineering, Physical Sciences and Photonics through […] More

Mabbett & Associates has been awarded a $15.4 million contract to provide environmental management advisory and technical assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Friday the company will help MDA develop a comprehensive environmental planning, compliance and sustainability framework for its Ballistic Missile Defense System and other emerging weapon programs. Work will take place in Huntsville, […] More

Harris has been chosen by Australia’s government to provide an integrated tactical communications network in support of modernization efforts for the country’s army. The company said Friday the Land 2072 program is on its third phase and will work to build up the Australian army’s operational tempo, command and control once it is complete. Harris added its voice and data services network will be designed to support line-of-sight […] More

NASA is asking industry for ideas on how to build satellite technology for advanced communications, imaging and robotic science exploration as part of the agency’s Journey to Mars project. The agency said Friday it aims to launch a Mars orbiter sometime in the 2020s that will work to facilitate bandwidth communications, high-resolution imaging and radio-frequency data transmission. “Currently, we depend on our orbiting science missions […] More

Christina Back, lead physicist for General Atomics‘ reactor concept, has testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on clean air and nuclear energy. Back discussed the Energy Multiplier Module reactor concept and the four core challenges that it works to address to aid the modernization of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and progress research for reactors, General Atomics […] More

Deltek estimates contractor-addressable spending on the U.S. government’s mission-critical programs will increase by $18 billion to about $682 billion in fiscal year 2017 if Congress approves the White House’s latest budget request. The company’s “FY 2017 Federal Budget Request: Challenges and Opportunities” report examines potential business opportunities the $1.14 trillion discretionary spending plan offers to the GovCon sector, Deltek said Thursday. The report forecasts […] More

Institute for Excellence in Sales has selected Immixgroup co-founders Steve Charles and Jeff Copeland, plus former president and CEO Art Richer to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. The company’s team of executives has been selected from a pool of 30 finalists for demonstrating sales success, leadership, peer respect and an ability to run sales-driven organizations, Immixgroup said Wednesday. “Each year, the IES […] More

A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer left a General Dynamics Bath Iron Works subsidiary shipyard in Maine to begin a series of tests to evaluate the vessel’s navigation, propulsion and other systems, Scout Warrior reported Wednesday. Matthew Leonard, a spokesman for the Navy, told Scout Warrior that the acceptance trials of USS Zumwalt seek to demonstrate the […] More

A team of scientists and engineers at Battelle has developed a process that works to convert biomass-derived coal into jet fuel through a cost-sharing initiative backed by the Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its hybrid process facilitated the production of syncrude from coal solvents at low pressure without using a catalyst or gaseous hydrogen. The […] More