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L3Harris Taps NXTCOMM Defense to Deliver Electronically Steerable Antenna; Chris Aebli Quoted
L3Harris Technologies has selected the defense unit of NXT Communications to provide an electronically steerable antenna intended to support mobile connectivity among warfighters of the Department of Defense. NXTCOMM Defense’s small form factor ESA has no moving parts and is designed to function in various satellites on the geosynchronous, low, medium and high earth orbit, […] More
by Carol Collins June 28, 2021, 12:01 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News
DOD Kicks Off Open Source-Based Initiative to Examine Defense Companies’ Cybersecurity Posture
The Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center has teamed up with Looking Glass on a pilot program that is aimed at outlining a defense company’s security vulnerabilities and providing recommendations on how to address them amid increasing cyber attacks, Nextgov reported Friday. The Krystal Ball program will provide insight into the cybersecurity posture of a […] More
by Angeline Leishman June 28, 2021, 12:00 pm
in Government Technology, Industry News, News
Northrop Hands Over Spacecraft Bus of Upcoming L3Harris Satellite for Space Force
Northrop Grumman has delivered the spacecraft bus of a future navigation satellite being built by L3Harris Technologies for the U.S. Space Force to help the service branch in reducing interference to position, navigation and timing capabilities. Air Force Research Laboratory said Thursday the ESPAStar-D bus is designed to provide communications, critical subsystems and payload-mounting structures […] More
by Nichols Martin June 28, 2021, 12:00 pm
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News
Alakai, Physical Sciences to Further Develop Machine Learning Tools Under DHS SBIR Program
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded funding worth $1 million each to Alakai Defense Systems and Physical Sciences Inc. to further develop their machine learning platforms to help improve the detection of explosives, narcotics, chemical agents and other threats as part of the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program. “Our impetus […] More
by Jane Edwards June 28, 2021, 11:59 am
in GovCon Expert, Government Technology, Industry News, News
Unanet Signs New ERP Agreement with MPF Federal; GovCon Expert Kim Koster Quoted
Unanet announced on Monday that the company has entered into a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) agreement with MPF Federal, a government contractor (GovCon) supporting a wide range of federal agencies including the Department of Defense (DOD), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and others. “MPF Federal has proven itself to be an invaluable support […] More
by William McCormick June 28, 2021, 11:59 am
in Government Technology, Industry News, News
Verizon Builds 5G-Based Disaster Response Vehicle Prototype ‘THOR’ for Marine Corps
Verizon and the U.S. Marine Corps demonstrated the former’s 5G-based Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response prototype vehicle at the service’s installation in California, Nextgov reported Friday. “At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar this week, we demonstrated THOR’s ability to enable a fully-operational 5G network that allowed: autonomous robot communication to a self-driving battery delivery vehicle, video […] More
by Jane Edwards June 28, 2021, 11:59 am
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News
Unissant to Provide Services for CMS Medical Record Submission Platform; Manish Malhotra Quoted
Unissant has received a $37.4 million contract to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ online medical record transfer system used in payment reviews. The digital company said Friday it will provide software development, testing, cloud migration and hosting support as well as software maintenance services in support of the Electronic Submission of Medical […] More
by Angeline Leishman June 28, 2021, 11:58 am
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News
Jacobs to Provide Architecture & Engineering Services for USAF B-21 Program; Tim Byers Quoted
Jacobs will design and build facilities for the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 bomber aircraft under a potential seven-year, $200 million multiple-award task order contract with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ Kansas City District. The company said Thursday it will perform architecture and engineering services primarily for B-21 facilities at Ellsworth, Dyess and Whiteman air force […] More
by Nichols Martin June 25, 2021, 12:13 pm
in Contract Awards, Industry News, News
Northrop Receives $146M Air Force Order for Laser-Based Missile Countermeasure Systems
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $146 million order to equip domestic and international military aircraft with a system designed to automatically detect and defeat emerging missile threats. Northrop said Friday it will install Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems on fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms, as part of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with USAF. […] More
by Christine Thropp June 25, 2021, 11:35 am
in Government Technology, Industry News, News
AeroVironment-NASA Team Explores New Mars Helicopter Concept
AeroVironment and NASA plan to design a hexacopter for using data from demonstrations of the Ingenuity robotic helicopter on Mars, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The partnership is exploring a new six-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle concept, dubbed Mars Science Helicopter, with a maximum payload capacity of 5 kilograms. “We’re trying to look at the science applications: what […] More
by Carol Collins June 25, 2021, 10:21 am
in Government Technology, Industry News, News
Bell Concludes Flight Testing of V-280 Valor, Shifts Focus on Army’s Future Assault Aircraft Competition
Bell Textron is now shifting focus to an upcoming U.S. Army aircraft program of record competition in summer after ending the three-year flight testing of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft. The Textron subsidiary said Thursday that it would start working on the weapons system and subsystem designs of its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft candidate. Bell […] More
by Angeline Leishman June 25, 2021, 10:19 am
in Government Technology, Industry News, News
FACE Consortium Certifies 2 Collins Aerospace-Made Flight Software Tools
Two flight software products from Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, now conform to standards of the Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment, also known as the FACE Consortium. Collins said Thursday its Mission Flight Management Software and Localizer Performance and Vertical Guidance Calculator have been FACE-certified following the completion of an independent verification and […] More
by Nichols Martin June 25, 2021, 9:31 am