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Dewberry will lead an industry team to complete a mapping project in Florida using airborne light detection and ranging technology under a potential $20M contract from the U.S. Geological Survey. The company said Wednesday it will collaborate with seven industry partners to collect lidar, survey the ground and prepare digital elevation models and bare earth point […] More
Boeing has received a one-year, $75M order from the U.S. Air Force to provide logistics support services for an aircraft platform built to function as a command-and-control post in the event of a national emergency. The order is for E-4B support work and part of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity sustainment contract, the Department of Defense said […] More
Perspecta will continue to help the U.S. Army develop and integrate tools for the U.S. Army‘s human resource system under a potential $23.5M contract. The follow-on contract has a base period of 10.5 months and includes security and exercise operations, risk management, network engineering, application portfolio and asset management and service desk support. Mac Curtis, president […] More
George Mason University’s School of Business has opened an academic facility dedicated to government contracting research, training and collaborative efforts. The Center for Government Contracting will host courses, activities and programs meant to help students, companies and agencies build GovCon competencies, the university said. The center will conduct its inaugural public event on Dec. 11 […] More
Engility has secured $54M in contracts during the fourth quarter of 2018 to provide systems engineering, analysis and mission support services to the U.S. intelligence community. The company said Thursday it has invested in data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies designed to assist intelligence analysts in their day-to-day responsibilities. “We are very proud to […] More
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information on machine learning research projects, particularly studies related to deep learning. IARPA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice the government will consider industry input to formulate a potential program and list of potential sources. Interested vendors should indicate their experiences in implementing machine learning techniques […] More
Engility CEO Lynn Dugle has said the company has identified areas of commonality with Science Applications International Corp., Politico reported Wednesday. She told the publication in an interview that both companies have invested in projects related to multi-constellation planning, data exploitation, analytics and mission management. SAIC agreed to acquire Engility in September through a $2.5B all-stock deal to […] More
The U.S. Navy received on Friday the Raytheon-built array transmitter component of the Littoral Combat Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Package. The company handed over the Dual-mode Array Transmitter Mission System to the service branch after the completion of acceptance trials at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Florida, Naval Sea Systems Command said Tuesday. The Navy will utilize […] More
A team composed of Lockheed Martin, GeoNorth Information Systems and the University of Alaska Fairbanks will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s surveillance project in the Arctic region under a potential $15 contract. The Arctic GeoData Cooperative aims to create, monitor, update and maintain Arctic terrain elevation models for the NGA with the use of a geospatial processing technology, Lockheed […] More
SRC will sustain and upgrade AN/TPQ-49 radar systems under a potential five-year, $93M contract with U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers production of new AN/TPQ-49A radar systems, program management, live-fire testing, technical manual production, sustainment spares, field service representative support, equipment training and kit installation. AN/TPQ-49 is a counterfire radar platform that works to help warfighters […] More
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has said the company plans to expand its Airband Initiative to give broadband access to 1M more rural residents from across the U.S. by July 2022. He wrote in a blog post published Monday that the company originally planned to bring internet to 2M people but early progress following the launch in […] More
AT&T has finished one-third of its project to deploy a 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum to support the First Responder Network Authority, UrgentComm.com reported Wednesday. The company expects the effort to result in a 50 percent capacity increase for FirstNet by the end of 2019 ahead of a transition to a 5G network. AT&T CEO […] More
