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Booz Allen Hamilton has won a potential five-year, $47.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop technology platforms to support the military service’s operational cyber resiliency initiatives. The Defense Department said Monday the company will help USAF build a system to address cyber assurance requirements and associated mission programs of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s […] More
Lockheed Martin has transported a military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin preparations for a scheduled October launch aboard the United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. The company said Monday it built and tested the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite in Sunnyvale, Calif., before delivering the system to the launch site. The U.S. […] More
David Mahoney, an executive vice president of Dewberry, has been named manager for the alternative project delivery operating unit at the Fairfax, Va.-based professional services firm. Dewberry said Friday Mahoney will oversee the company’s vertical, horizontal and water/wastewater design-build services for public sector facilities as well as bridge, highway and transit projects nationwide. The more than three-decade […] More
U.S. military leaders have said that service branches need a modernized information technology network that can help troops collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data from internet-of-things platforms, C4ISRNET reported Saturday. Mike Leff, vice president for global defense at AT&T‘s public sector business, said military personnel need a “robust” network in order to secure and connect to ISR […] More
A state agency has proposed to establish a new launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to support the launch of Boeing’s Phantom Express unmanned vehicle, Florida Today reported Sunday. The  Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s teamed up with Boeing in May 2017 under the Experimental Spaceplane 1 program to help design, build and test a […] More
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the U.S Navy to facilitate a pilot program that aims to increase service members’ access to medical services. APL said Thursday it will integrate systems, assess tools and analyzes data in an effort to update healthcare delivery models for active-duty servicemen in Pensacola, Fla., through the Connected Corpsmen in […] More
NASA has named nine U.S. astronauts who will fly aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxis as part of the first crewed flight test and mission to the International Space Station. The spaceflight capability will provide the space agency an opportunity to maintain a seven-person crew on the ISS to support scientific […] More
Motorola Solutions has introduced a handheld device built to operate with a nationwide public safety communications system AT&T is building for the First Responder Network Authority under a public-private partnership. FirstNet Ready LEX L11 is designed with tools that will work to support communications in high-noise environments and transmit information to dispatch centers, Motorola said Monday. The company developed the […] More
Northrop Grumman has made an agreement with Verdugo Fire Communications to modernize dispatch systems in California to boost the operational capability of emergency response personnel and services in the state. The Falls Church, Va.-based firm said Friday it will initially deploy its CommandPoint computer-aided dispatch technology and CommandPoint Mobility products to the Glendale Fire Department […] More
Jon Rambeau, vice president and general manager for Lockheed Martin‘s C6ISR line of business, has said the company has increased the number of its cybersecurity employees within the Orlando, Fla., area by 400 percent over the past five years, the Orlando Business Journal reported Friday. He told the publication in an interview the defense contractor aims to […] More
The International Institute of Space Commerce has named Mary Hill, operations manager for Systems Planning and Analysis’ Australian business, as one of the recipients of the 2018 35 Under 35 in the Space Industry award. William Vantine, CEO and president of SPA, said in a statement published Friday that Hill has the potential to become […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $32.1 million contract modification to help the military service implement the operational resiliency phase for the fourth satellite vehicle in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program. Lockheed will perform work in Sunnydale, Calif., through Jan. 31, 2021 and will receive $4.1 million at the time of award […] More
