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  • NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies
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    NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe business has received a potential five-year, $7M contract from NASA to provide high-resolution commercial electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery for Earth observation studies. Under the blanket purchase agreement, the space agency will leverage DigitalGlobe’s 100-petabyte imagery library and Geospatial Big Data platform and satellite data from the WorldView constellation, Maxar said Wednesday. […] More

  • D13, XiDrone Forge Counter-UAS Tech Partnership
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    D13, XiDrone Forge Counter-UAS Tech Partnership

    Department 13 International and XiDrone Systems have teamed up to pursue intellectual property development related to counter-unmanned aerial systems, wireless communications and autonomous platforms. The partnership will provide patents rights to D13 to integrate its MESMER counter-UAS system with radar, electro-optical/infrared, radio frequency, acoustics and other sensors to build a platform designed to mitigate commercial […] More

  • FEMA Seeks Identity Verification, Authentication System for Disaster Relief Applications
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    FEMA Seeks Identity Verification, Authentication System for Disaster Relief Applications

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a draft solicitation for identity verification and authentication services to attend to disaster survivors in need of government assistance, NextGov reported Wednesday. FEMA said in a performance work statement that it seeks to incorporate IV&A products and services in the registration process of individuals seeking disaster relief and […] More

  • Eight Companies Enter Into DIA Mentor-Protege Agreements
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    Eight Companies Enter Into DIA Mentor-Protege Agreements

    The Defense Intelligence Agency has approved four three-year partnership agreements under a program meant to encourage large contracting firms to guide smaller businesses in capability improvement efforts. Teams under the Mentor-Protege Program will focus on technological and application areas such as artificial intelligence, counterintelligence, analysis, mission support and organizational effectiveness, DIA said Tuesday. The Defense Department launched […] More

  • Grey Ops Selected for ‘Opportunity Zone’ Defense Tech Funding Vehicle
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    Grey Ops Selected for ‘Opportunity Zone’ Defense Tech Funding Vehicle

    Grey Holdings Group has introduced the Opportunity Zone Fund investment vehicle used primarily for defense technology as part of a tax incentive program under the 2017 Tax Reform Act. Brian Gamble, director of finance at Grey Holdings Group, said the group selected Qualified Opportunity Zone firm Grey Ops as its first Defense Technology Transfer investment due to […] More

  • NSA Licenses Computer Port Protection Tech to PadJack
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    NSA Licenses Computer Port Protection Tech to PadJack

    The National Security Agency has developed and licensed a tool that works to prevent unauthorized access to computers, routers and phones. NSA said Tuesday it granted PadJack licensing rights to the open port protector through agency’s Technology Transfer Program. The tool functions as an anti-tamper seal and offers physical proof if an intruder attempts to break into the […] More

  • Northrop Eyes Nov. 15 Launch for 10th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission
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    Northrop Eyes Nov. 15 Launch for 10th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission

    Northrop Grumman plans to launch no earlier than Nov. 15 its Cygnus spacecraft to bring scientific experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. Cygnus will take off aboard Northrop’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of the company’s 10th cargo resupply services mission, the space agency said Thursday. Some of […] More

  • Nathan to Help USAID, State Dept Promote Economic Growth Policies in Indo-Pacific Region
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    Nathan to Help USAID, State Dept Promote Economic Growth Policies in Indo-Pacific Region

    Nathan has received a potential five-year, $24M contract to help the U.S. Agency for International Development implement an economic growth program across the Indo-Pacific region. The consulting firm said Wednesday it will work with the USAID’s Asia bureau and the State Department to promote policies and best practices under the US Support for Economic Growth in […] More

  • Lockheed-Built AEHF-4 Comms Satellite Launches Aboard ULA Rocket; Tory Bruno Quoted
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    Lockheed-Built AEHF-4 Comms Satellite Launches Aboard ULA Rocket; Tory Bruno Quoted

    Lockheed Martin received in-orbit signals from the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft just hours after the communications satellite launched Wednesday atop United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 rocket. AEHF-4 that took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida completes a geostationary satellite constellation that will deliver tactical military communications coverage to […] More

  • Deltek Completes Integration of Onvia, GovWin Market Intell Platforms; Michael Corkery Quoted
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    Deltek Completes Integration of Onvia, GovWin Market Intell Platforms; Michael Corkery Quoted

    Deltek has completed the integration of its GovWin IQ platform with Onvia’s market intelligence offering in a move to provide government contractors information on business opportunities. GonWin+Onvia is designed to help clients discover contracting leads across the federal, state, local and education sectors, Deltek said Tuesday. The Herndon, Va.-based company unveiled the single platform nearly a year after it […] More

  • NASA Plans IT End User Services Contract Award to Perspecta Subsidiary
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    NASA Plans IT End User Services Contract Award to Perspecta Subsidiary

    NASA intends to award Perspecta‘s Enterprise Services subsidiary a contract to provide consolidated services to agency information technology end users. Work under the proposed sole-source contract will cover management of the agency’s personal computing hardware, standard software, peripherals and accessories, supporting infrastructure and mobile IT services, NASA said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice. The contractor will provide the […] More

  • HII Begins Fabrication of Navy’s Bougainville Amphibious Assault Ship
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    HII Begins Fabrication of Navy’s Bougainville Amphibious Assault Ship

    A shipbuilding arm of Huntington Ingalls Industries has begun to fabricate an America-class amphibious assault ship as part of U.S. Navy‘s LHA Replacement Program. The company said Tuesday fabrication of the Bougainville marks the shipyard’s readiness to start construction work on HII’s 16th large-deck vessel. LHA 8 is designed to have aviation-related features and a well deck for the U.S. Marine Corps […] More