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Cubic‘s global defense unit has selected Leonardo DRS to provide over 500 internal subsystems of a combat training platform for the F-35 aircraft. The effort would globally bring the number of F-35 units equipped with the P5 Combat Training System to over a thousand, Leonardo DRS said Friday. The P5CTS is designed to record real-time mission […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential five-year, $14.6M task order to Battelle for information technology services in support of the Defense Technical Information Center’s data search needs. The company said Friday it will work with Securboration and Information International Associates under the Cybersecurity Technical Area Task multiple-award contract to augment the center’s capacity […] More
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division has started to build a supersonic demonstrator aircraft at its facility in Palmdale, Calif., under a potential $247.5M contract that NASA awarded in April. The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft is designed to travel at a speed of approximately 940 miles per hour at 55K feet and reduce sonic boom noise […] More
Amazon has teamed up with real estate investment trust company JBG Smith to help build a new headquarters at National Landing in Arlington, Va. JBG said Tuesday it will provide Amazon exclusive rights to buy land properties and lease space at its buildings through an agreement. Northern Virginia’s Arlington is one of the two locations […] More
NASA has issued a request for information on potential switch designs for a communication payload network as part of the agency’s Laser Optical Near-Earth Satellite System project. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday, the agency encourages both large and small businesses to submit capability statements describing their abilities to address the LOCNESS switch requirement. The […] More
General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems business has won a one-year, $14.4M contract to provide ground mobility vehicles and related kits to the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received three proposals for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and the military service will determine funds and work locations upon issuance of orders, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More
A team of Lockheed Martin engineers has commanded NASA‘s OSIRIS-REx space probe to move a robotic sampling arm designed to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Lockheed said Friday its engineering team tested movements of the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism to determine the TAGSAM device’s readiness for upcoming asteroid surface material collection. OSIRIX-REx, which lifted off in September 2016 aboard an Atlas V […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a potential $83.1M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to develop, integrate, certify and test a “dual capable” aircraft system for the U.S. Air Force F-35A jets. The Air Force will obligate $24.6M in fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD […] More
Red Hat has selected Carahsoft Technology as a recipient of the Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year award for the fifth year in a row. Carahsoft said Thursday the award recognizes its efforts to drive net revenue and support for Red Hat’s public sector partner program. The recognition was given during the 2018 North […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has obtained a Government Competency designation from Amazon Web Services as a provider of cloud offerings to the public sector. SAIC said Thursday the status recognizes the company’s services and experience in efforts to deliver government information technology applications and workloads via AWS. The Reston, Va.-based IT services contractor designs, generates and manages cloud-based workloads, […] More
Northrop Grumman, the mission package integrator for the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ship program, will serve as a “captain level” sponsor to the commissioning of an 11th LCS. The company said Thursday it provided mission modules, minehunting systems, integrated bridge and navigation equipment and an MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system for the USS Sioux City. Northrop […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced a potential five-year, $30M scholarship initiative to help college and high school students pursue degrees in computer science and engineering. The company said Thursday its science, technology, engineering and math program will provide yearly scholarship grants worth $10K to 200 chosen students starting in 2019. Lockheed will continue to pick up […] More
