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  • Saab Awarded Potential $66M Order for US Army Camouflage Systems
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    Saab Awarded Potential $66M Order for US Army Camouflage Systems

    Saab will provide desert and woodland camouflage systems under a potential $66M order from the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it will manufacture the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems at its U.S. defense and security business unit’s Lillington, N.C.-based facility and expect deliveries to run from 2019 to 2020. Erik Smith, president and CEO […] More

  • Sikorsky VH-92A Aircraft Passes Initial Test to Become New Presidential Helicopter
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    Sikorsky VH-92A Aircraft Passes Initial Test to Become New Presidential Helicopter

    Sikorsky‘s VH-92A rotary aircraft passed its initial flight assessment to replace older VH-3D and VH-60N units as the presidential helicopter, USNI reported Tuesday. Sikorsky received a $1.2B contract in 2014 to build up to 23 new helicopters, right before Lockheed Martin‘s acquisition of the company. The first new helicopter landed on the White House during a […] More

  • Report: Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Lander Probe Set for Mars Descent
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    Report: Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Lander Probe Set for Mars Descent

    A Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft for NASA‘s Mars exploration mission is scheduled to make its seven-minute descent on the planet’s surface on Nov. 26, the Denver Business Journal reported Monday. The InSight lander probe is set to begin a 12K mile-per-hour landing on the red planet prior to its 728-day research expedition. The lander’s robotic arm will deploy […] More

  • Abaco, EIZO Forge Video Processing Tech Dev’t Partnership
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    Abaco, EIZO Forge Video Processing Tech Dev’t Partnership

    Abaco Systems has partnered with EIZO Rugged Solutions to meet the video processing requirements of military and aerospace clients.  Abaco said Tuesday it will leverage EIZO’s experience in general-purpose graphics processing unit and video processing technology to offer new platforms for use in electronic warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; remote sensing; and other compute-intensive operations. The collaboration with EIZO allows […] More

  • Three Firms Awarded Spots on EPA Zone 3 Technical Support Contract
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    Three Firms Awarded Spots on EPA Zone 3 Technical Support Contract

    Booz Allen Hamilton, Eastern Research Group and Toeroek Associates have secured positions on a potential five-year, $30M contract to provide technical support services for the Environmental Protection Agency. The companies will support the agency’s environmental activities and coordinated efforts with state governments, tribes and other federal agencies within the EPA Zone 3, according to a […] More

  • Boeing Announces $230M in Corporate Philanthropy Programs; Dennis Muilenburg Quoted
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    Boeing Announces $230M in Corporate Philanthropy Programs; Dennis Muilenburg Quoted

    Boeing expects its corporate giving efforts to reach more than $230M in 2018. The investment includes $55M in new charitable grants as well as donations from business units and employees, the company said Monday. The $55M grants package includes $13M for veterans’ recovery and workforce transition initiatives and a $1.1M investment to support the National Archives Foundation’s […] More

  • Oracle Gets Security Certification for Session Board Controllers; Doug Suriano Quoted
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    Oracle Gets Security Certification for Session Board Controllers; Doug Suriano Quoted

    Oracle has obtained security accreditation for five Enterprise Session Board Controllers designed to secure communications between government networks. The company said Monday the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification seeks to validate the capability of its E-SBCs to shield internet protocol networks from cybersecurity threats. “We are proud to have met this high standard so we can continue to […] More

  • DHS Seeks Info on Counter-Drone Systems
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    DHS Seeks Info on Counter-Drone Systems

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for information from potential providers of counter-unmanned aircraft systems in a move to address security concerns over hostile drones. DHS said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice its science and technology directorate will use the collected data to assess and identify commercial-off-the-shelf counter-UAS platforms in 2019 that could be […] More

  • Engility Secures Air Force Follow-On Systems Engineering Support Contract
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    Engility Secures Air Force Follow-On Systems Engineering Support Contract

    Engility will provide follow-on systems integration and engineering services for the U.S. Air Force under a potential $30M contract. The company will deliver the services in support of the service branch’s Space-Based Environmental Monitoring and Space Overhead Persistent Infrared platform, the Defense Department said Monday. The service will obligate $15.5M in fiscal 2019 development, research and […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Present at Upcoming Training Industry Event
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    Rockwell Collins to Present at Upcoming Training Industry Event

    Rockwell Collins will unveil a new aircraft simulation system and a new data security product at the upcoming Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference. The company said Monday it will also demonstrate live, virtual training; the Coalescence mixed reality system; the Integrated Digital Vision System; and the Enhanced Reality Vision System during the event taking […] More

  • Rite-Solutions Lands $50M Naval Undersea Warfare Center IT Services Contract
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    Rite-Solutions Lands $50M Naval Undersea Warfare Center IT Services Contract

    Rite-Solutions has secured a $49.6M contract to provide information technology services to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. The company said Monday it will support NUWC’s activity chief information officer/information technology division, which handles compliance, maintenance, operations and strategic planning of the center’s IT architecture. The contract covers delivery of services such as application management, software […] More