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  • Boundless, New Light Technologies Partner on Cloud-Based Geospatial Offerings for Public Sector
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    Boundless, New Light Technologies Partner on Cloud-Based Geospatial Offerings for Public Sector

    Boundless and New Light Technologies have partnered to develop cloud-based open geospatial technology products to government agencies at the federal and state levels. Both companies aim to offer geographic information systems designed to help customers obtain intelligence and insights from location-based data, Boundless said Wednesday. Boundless CEO Andy Dearing said the partnership seeks to equip government […] More

  • Rockwell Collins-Made Radio Tech Completes Military Comms Security Test; Troy Brunk Comments
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    Rockwell Collins-Made Radio Tech Completes Military Comms Security Test; Troy Brunk Comments

    A Rockwell Collins-built radio technology has passed an evaluation to comply with security requirements for operation with the Defense Department‘s military satellite communications system. The company said Wednesday its AN/PRC-162 software-defined military radio worked in conjunction with the latest version of the Mobile User Objective System during tests led by the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. […] More

  • Fortinet, Interpol Sign Cyber Threat Intell Sharing Agreement
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    Fortinet, Interpol Sign Cyber Threat Intell Sharing Agreement

    Fortinet and Interpol have signed an agreement to facilitate sharing of cyber threat data in an effort to counter cyber crimes and mitigate privacy threats. The company said Tuesday it will designate a threat intelligence professional to work with the Singapore-based Interpol Global Complex for Innovation to assess the threat landscape and help law enforcement […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Raytheon for F-35 Sensor Development Work
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    Lockheed Taps Raytheon for F-35 Sensor Development Work

    Raytheon has been chosen to develop a sensor technology for F-35 pilots to obtain situational awareness and detect threats in battlespace. Lockheed Martin said Wednesday it picked Raytheon after a competitive process for the development of the Distributed Aperture System starting with the fighter program’s lot 15. Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of the F-35 program at Lockheed, […] More

  • IndraSoft Selects Telos ID to Help Support US Census Bureau Hiring Efforts
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    IndraSoft Selects Telos ID to Help Support US Census Bureau Hiring Efforts

    Telos‘ identity management solutions  business will provide subcontractor support to IndraSoft as part of the latter’s $64 million contract to provide identity verification, fingerprinting and photograph services for the U.S. Census Bureau. Telos said Wednesday the services will be in support of the bureau’s recruitment of over 500,000 workers across the U.S. Indrasoft received the prime contract in January […] More

  • KeyW Secures Navy Acoustic Sonar R&D Contract
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    KeyW Secures Navy Acoustic Sonar R&D Contract

    The Department of the Navy has awarded KeyW a potential five-year, $43.7 million contract to help the Naval Research Laboratory’s Physical Acoustics Branch develop sea acoustic techniques. DON announced the contract award in a notice posted Wednesday on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Work covers the development of modeling algorithms and computational tools to support the creation of structural acoustics […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 3D-Printed Engine Thrust Chamber; Eileen Drake Comments
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 3D-Printed Engine Thrust Chamber; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed hot-fire tests of a RL10 engine thrust chamber assembly that was built using three-dimensional printing technology. The company said Wednesday the latest test series follows an initial demonstration of a 3D-printed copper alloy thrust chamber and nickel alloy main injector last year. Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said hot-fire tests […] More

  • Jacobs to Help Maintain NASA Goddard Facility
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    Jacobs to Help Maintain NASA Goddard Facility

    Jacobs Engineering Group will collaborate with Akima Support Operations to help maintain facilities at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center as part of a potential  $131.7 million contract. Jacobs said Wednesday it will serve as Akima’s strategic contract partner to support GSFC’s Facilities Operations and Maintenance Division. NASA awarded the five-year Facilities Operations and Maintenance Services III contract in February. Under […] More

  • General Atomics-Built Avionics Tech Installed on NASA UAS; Linden Blue Comments
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    General Atomics-Built Avionics Tech Installed on NASA UAS; Linden Blue Comments

    A NASA-owned unmanned aircraft system that flew Tuesday was equipped with a detect-and-avoid avionics system from General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business. General Atomics said Tuesday Ikhana, a modified version of the Predator B/MQ-9 UAS platform, used the DAA system that features a collision avoidance technology built to help pilots “see and avoid” other airspace users. NASA’s Ikhana took off Tuesday from southern […] More

  • ECS Lands Spot on $204M DARPA Tactical Technology Office Support IDIQ; Tim Wilde Comments
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    ECS Lands Spot on $204M DARPA Tactical Technology Office Support IDIQ; Tim Wilde Comments

    ASGN‘s ECS division has secured a position on a potential five-year, $204 million contract to provide  technical engineering, financial and programmatic services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office. ECS said Tuesday it aims to help DARPA TTO implement enterprise technology platform, as well as conceptualize and execute programs across the ground, air, space and maritimes domains. “We are […] More

  • Raytheon, Safran Partner to Develop Combat Vehicle Sighting Tech; Kim Ernzen Comments
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    Raytheon, Safran Partner to Develop Combat Vehicle Sighting Tech; Kim Ernzen Comments

    Raytheon and France-based military electronics maker Safran have partnered to develop sighting systems intended for combat vehicles. Both companies signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate their electro-optical and inertial measurement unit technologies to produce a forward-looking infrared sighting device, Raytheon said Wednesday. Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems business, the integrated technology will work to […] More

  • VA Solicits Industry Information on Enterprise Security Migration to FedRAMP Cloud Environment
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    VA Solicits Industry Information on Enterprise Security Migration to FedRAMP Cloud Environment

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information to support plans to transfer its enterprise endpoint security system to a cloud environment certified by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The migration of the Enterprise Anti-Virus Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System will include operations and maintenance support for the current environment and […] More