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  • Unisys Secures $242M Virginia IT Support Contract
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    Unisys Secures $242M Virginia IT Support Contract

    Unisys has received a potential six-year, $242.4M contract to provide storage, server and data center services to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. VITA said Wednesday it selected the company after the agency and experts from the state’s executive branch units conducted in-depth studies and evaluations of proposals for the project. Virginia Chief Information Officer Nelson […] More

  • Viasat Gets NSA OK for Handheld Link 16 Radio Tech; Ken Peterman Quoted
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    Viasat Gets NSA OK for Handheld Link 16 Radio Tech; Ken Peterman Quoted

    The National Security Agency has approved Viasat‘s handheld Link 16 radio technology for deployment to military customers from the “Five Eyes” alliance composed of U.S, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and U.K. ViaSat said Wednesday it designed the Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System-Dismounted device to help air and ground forces communicate with one another and increase their situational awareness. Ken Peterman, president of […] More

  • CACI to Support DIA Counterintelligence Training Operations Under Potential $80M Contract
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    CACI to Support DIA Counterintelligence Training Operations Under Potential $80M Contract

    The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $80.4M contract to support operations at DIA’s Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy located in Quantico, Va. The Virginia Contracting Activity in Washington, D.C received four bids for the labor-hour contract via an unrestricted solicitation process and will obligate $9M in fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance […] More

  • KBR’s Government Unit Awarded $71M DHA Cybersecurity Support Order
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    KBR’s Government Unit Awarded $71M DHA Cybersecurity Support Order

    KBR‘s government services business has received a potential three-year, $71M task order to help the the Defense Health Agency secure health care information technology systems. The company said Wednesday KBRwyle will support DHA’s assessment and authorization division in efforts to comply with information assurance directives and processes; prepare risk management framework packages; assess potential risks; and standardize IA test […] More

  • NASA Solicits Space Relay Infrastructure Studies, Designs
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    NASA Solicits Space Relay Infrastructure Studies, Designs

    NASA is soliciting industry for designs and studies that would help the agency modify its space relay infrastructure through the use of public-private partnerships. The space agency intends to employ an augmented space relay to develop shared satellite systems and provide commercial communications or navigation services, NASA said Aug. 16 in a FedBizOpps notice. The solicitation […] More

  • Cubic Named as 2019 Military Friendly Employer; Bradley Feldmann Quoted
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    Cubic Named as 2019 Military Friendly Employer; Bradley Feldmann Quoted

    VIQTORY, a veteran-owned recruitment marketing business, has named Cubic as a military friendly employer, citing its efforts to citing its efforts to provide opportunities for the military community. Cubic said Wednesday it received the recognition as a 2019 Bronze Military Friendly Employer, following an evaluation based on a comprehensive survey, as well as publicly available data. […] More

  • DOE to Fund 64 R&D Projects Under Commercial Energy Innovation Program
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    DOE to Fund 64 R&D Projects Under Commercial Energy Innovation Program

    The Energy Department has announced that it will allocate more than $20M for 64 projects aimed at developing innovative energy technologies and promoting them to the commercial industry. DOE will support teams of national laboratories and private sector companies through the Office of Technology Transitions’ Technology Commercialization Fund, which will also require private, non-federal entities to […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Initiates Boundary Layer Transition Experiment for Hypersonic Vehicles
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    Johns Hopkins APL Initiates Boundary Layer Transition Experiment for Hypersonic Vehicles

    A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory researchers has launched a three-year experiment that aims to determine the state of the thin layer of air near the surface of hypersonic vehicles. APL said Wednesday the Boundary Layer Transition effort seeks to help developers identify materials to produce hypersonic aircraft and missiles, as well […] More

  • Kratos Completes Second Phase of Air Force Enterprise Ground Services Study
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    Kratos Completes Second Phase of Air Force Enterprise Ground Services Study

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed the second phase of a nearly three-year, four-phase study that aimed to migrate a military satellite communications ground system to the U.S. Air Force’s Enterprise Ground Services architecture. The company said Wednesday it offered its EPOCH telemetry and command server and TAO-DSI platform, among other things, to automate […] More

  • Northrop Demos 100 Gbps Data Transmission Under DARPA’s 100G RF Backbone Program
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    Northrop Demos 100 Gbps Data Transmission Under DARPA’s 100G RF Backbone Program

    Northrop Grumman and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have established a new wireless transmission standard through a demonstration of a two-way data link that transmitted data at speeds of 100 gigabits per second over a 20-kilometer range. Northrop said Wednesday the demonstration conducted on Jan. 19 in Los Angeles marked the conclusion of the […] More

  • Army Mulls User License Agreement to Access Online Real Estate Database
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    Army Mulls User License Agreement to Access Online Real Estate Database

    The U.S. Army seeks potential industry sources of a web-based platform designed to store data on the non-residential property market. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday the Army Corps of Engineers is considering entering into a user license agreement to access an online database that offers information on non-residential rental rates, listing prices, property locations, transaction history, […] More

  • NIST Seeks Microelectromechanical System Design Tool
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    NIST Seeks Microelectromechanical System Design Tool

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a request for information on companies that offer design and layout software for microelectromechanical systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says NIST is interested in an electronic design automation technology designed to generate masks for MEMS device production. The agency requires software for creating geometrical figures and hierarchical models, as […] More