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  • HII Shipbuilding Division Launches Philanthropic Initiative
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    HII Shipbuilding Division Launches Philanthropic Initiative

    A shipbuilding division of Huntington Indalls Industries has introduced a program to offer startup funds for nonprofit organizations that aim to address key community needs in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region. HII said Friday its Newport News Shipbuilding business will support projects in the areas of education and workforce development, environmental stewardship, inclusion and diversity, and health, wellness, safety and human services […] More

  • Tote Services to Help Navy Manage Sea-Based Radar Vessel
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    Tote Services to Help Navy Manage Sea-Based Radar Vessel

    Tote Services has received a potential 5.5-year, $65.3M contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain a vessel equipped with the Sea-Based X-Band Radar system. The service branch’s Military Sealift Command on Thursday awarded the contract that contains a one-year base period, four option years and a six-month option, the company said Friday. Work will […] More

  • Report: USAF-Lockheed Contracts Likely to Boost Hypersonic Dev’t Work in Orlando, Fla.
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    Report: USAF-Lockheed Contracts Likely to Boost Hypersonic Dev’t Work in Orlando, Fla.

    Lockheed Martin could hire more employees and collaborate with small businesses in Orlando, Fla., to support hypersonic weapon development work under two U.S. Air Force contracts worth up to $1.4B combined, the Orlando Business Journal reported Friday. Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business secured on Aug. 13 a potential $480M contract to build an air-launched […] More

  • QTS Completes First Phase of Mega Data Center Construction in Northern Virginia
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    QTS Completes First Phase of Mega Data Center Construction in Northern Virginia

    QTS Realty Trust has finished the first-phase construction of a new facility in Ashburn, Va., in 10 months to meet the increasing demand for hyperscale data center and hybrid colocation products and services. The data center services provider stood up a three-story center that has 32 megawatts of critical power capacity that will be used […] More

  • Forcepoint to Develop Insider Threat Detection Tool for Air Force
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    Forcepoint to Develop Insider Threat Detection Tool for Air Force

    Forcepoint’s federal business has secured a three-year, $9.1M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide a tool for the U.S. Air Force to monitor user activity on the service branch’s classified network. USAF asked the cybersecurity firm to develop a user activity monitoring technology that will work to detect, thwart and address insider threats, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Army Sources for Next-Generation Transponder Technology
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    Army Sources for Next-Generation Transponder Technology

    The U.S. Army is sourcing for information on next-generation transponder technology to provide worldwide cellular- and satellite-based coverage in support of the Defense Department‘s asset tracking operations. The service branch intends to use the transponders to perform logistics activities and generate asset in-transit visibility, the Army said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice. The Army plans to […] More

  • SAP Concur-Led Team to Modernize DoD Business Travel System
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    SAP Concur-Led Team to Modernize DoD Business Travel System

    A SAP Concur-led industry team has secured a $9.3M “other transaction” agreement to develop a technology platform for Defense Department employees to manage travel bookings. DoD said Thursday SAP Concur will collaborate with Accenture‘s federal services unit, Booz Allen Hamilton and CWTSato Travel to build a prototype for the Defense Travel System replacement effort. More than two million active duty, reserve and […] More

  • SSL to Develop Satcom Antenna Tech Prototypes for Air Force; Richard White Quoted
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    SSL to Develop Satcom Antenna Tech Prototypes for Air Force; Richard White Quoted

    The Space Enterprise Consortium has chosen Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary to develop antenna subsystems for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center to secure tactical satellite communications. SSL said Thursday it aims to create, analyze and test subsystem prototypes as part of a military satcom resiliency demonstration effort under the contract from the Advanced Technology International-managed consortium. Richard White, president of […] More

  • NASA, ULA Partner for Cryogenic Fluid Mgmt, Spacecraft Retrieval Projects
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    NASA, ULA Partner for Cryogenic Fluid Mgmt, Spacecraft Retrieval Projects

    NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center has partnered with United Launch Alliance to develop systems to manage cryogenic liquid and retrieve space vehicles in midair. The Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture will receive $2 million to demonstrate how very-low cryogenic fuel boil off can support long-duration missions with the Centaur Cryote-3 rocket stage under the Cryogenic Fluid Management Technology Demonstration effort, NASA said Thursday. The agency’s Kennedy Space […] More

  • Lockheed-KAI Team Submits Final Bid for Air Force T-X Trainer Program
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    Lockheed-KAI Team Submits Final Bid for Air Force T-X Trainer Program

    Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries have submitted a final proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s $16B T-X trainer aircraft contract, The Korea Times reported Thursday. The Lockheed-KAI team intends to offer the T-50A jet trainer, which was unveiled in 2016, to succeed the service’s T-38C plane. The latest bid will possibly open more opportunities for […] More

  • ICF to Continue CDC Public Health Surveillance System Support
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    ICF to Continue CDC Public Health Surveillance System Support

    ICF has won a potential three-year, $20 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update a cloud-based public health surveillance system. The company said Thursday it will provide technical expertise and support services for the surveillance, information management, technology, data management and analytic tools of the agency’s BioSense platform. The recompete task order contains a one-year […] More

  • Intel Stages Concluding Event for NASA AI Research Program
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    Intel Stages Concluding Event for NASA AI Research Program

    Intel has hosted a concluding event for a two-month study that focused on dealing with challenges in space science and exploration missions using artificial intelligence. The technology company said Thursday the NASA Frontier Development Lab Event Horizon 2018: AI+Space Challenge Review Event wrapped up FDL’s research program, which involved adopting AI to predict solar activity, […] More