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NASA has launched two solicitations worth nearly $50 million combined for new space technologies intended to advance science and human exploration missions. The space agency said Friday it plans to form a public-private partnership to develop and market commercial space systems under the tipping point technologies solicitation. Under this program with a submission deadline of […] More

Australian engineering firm Varley Group has moved to expand its presence through a partnership between the Varley USA subsidiary and Concurrent Technologies Corp.’s commercialization unit Enterprise Ventures Corp. Varley Group and its U.S. affiliate will work with CTC and EVC in U.S. market segments such as specialized vehicles, aerospace and defense, generator and electric motor systems, CTC […] More

International Data Corp. has projected the global Internet of Things market to grow 19 percent in 2015 and highlighted the digital signage area as a trend to watch in IoT. IDC said Tuesday the forecast indicates an increase of IoT applications in consumer, retail, healthcare, government, manufacturing, transportation and other industries. Bob Kraus, senior research analyst for global […] More

BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has wrapped up a 12-month bridge program with $11 million in fundsg to further the development of the U.S. Army’s countermeasure program. The Common Infrared Countermeasure System is a modular laser-based technology intended to protect Army aircraft from infrared guided missiles, BAE Systems Inc. said Wednesday. Terry Crimmins, vice president and general manager […] More

A BAE Systems and Iveco Defence alliance is bidding on a contract to build an amphibious combat vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps. The team offered the military service an ACV platform that has undergone mobility tests and performed amphibious operations, BAE said Tuesday. USMC could award up to two contracts for the engineering, manufacturing […] More

Bechtel has resumed construction work for two natural gas liquefaction trains at the Corpus Christi liquefaction site in Texas. The Corpus Christi liquefaction project is a collaboration between Bechtel and Cheniere Energy, Bechtel said Monday. Charif Souki, chairman and CEO of Cheniere, said the first liquid natural gas export facility at Sabine Pass from Train […] More

Verizon‘s enterprise business is expanding its partner program to the public sector by training partners to deliver the company’s services to U.S. government customers, CRN reported Tuesday. Mark Haranas writes that the public sector channel program seeks to meet the needs of government agencies for communications, cloud, Internet of Things, mobility and networking technologies and services. “Training, […] More

Harris Corp. and Constellation West will collaborate to develop and sustain the U.S. Transportation Command‘s operations software under a $3 million contract. The team will work to operate and maintain the system, update the software and integrate new technologies into the Commercial Operations Integrated System program, Constellation West said Tuesday. The contract contains a one-year base […] More

NASA is seeking ideas from the private sector on how to build a robotic spacecraft technology for future unmanned asteroid and satellite servicing missions. The agency said Tuesday it aims to launch spacecraft in 2020 to snag a large boulder from a near-Earth asteroid’s surface and place the rock in lunar orbit for examination. “Today’s call […] More

Raytheon is set to kick off low rate initial production of small diameter bombs after the company completed a decision briefing for the weapon system in coordination with the U.S. Air Force. The company conducted the Milestone C briefing after performing functional configuration audit, production readiness review and system verification on the Small Diameter Bomb II […] More

In-Q-Tel has invested an undisclosed amount in Atlas Wearables to help that company further develop a technology for monitoring physical activities. Atlas’ flagship wristband product is designed to employ machine learning and analytics to help athletes and fitness professionals monitor workout routine, heart rate and calories burned, Atlas said Monday. The Austin, Texas-based technology firm […] More

The U.S. Navy is examining the potential of a contract competition to help the branch dispose of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes that the Naval Sea Systems Command is considering the use of commercial services to dismantle the Enterprise due to potential capacity or cost limitations with the service’s current arrangement at […] More