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The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking sources on contractor approaches to maintain and support two kinds of software used for processing and reporting survey data. The bureau requires services to support and provide consultation services on the Generalized Instrument Design System and the Surveyor electronic reporting software, the bureau said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. The GIDS […] More
Four companies have booked winning berths in a three-day prototyping competition held in June that sought technologies that could thwart enemy unmanned aerial systems, the National Defense Magazine reported. The U.S. Special Operations Command organized the event called Game of Drones, which is the third and final installment of the ThunderDrone competition. The winning counter-UAS prototype […] More
Timothy McClees, former program manager at Peraton, has joined the Aerospace Industries Association to serve as vice president. In his new role, McClees will lead AIA’s legislative policy and advocacy efforts with members of Congress, the association said Monday. He brings over 30 years of experience in defense and government service areas, having previously held staff roles at […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded Root9B a potential two-year contract to provide onsite cybersecurity training at Fort Gordon in Georgia. R9B said Monday it will help the service branch teach students to conduct defensive and offensive cyber operations via three 170A Warrant Officer Advanced Course classes. Each instruction period can last for up to seven weeks. The WOAC […] More
Caddell Construction has started to build a facility for the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration in Albuquerque, N.M., through a potential $140 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers. NNSA said Monday it broke ground on the agency’s Albuquerque Complex Project that will consolidate 25 buildings into a three-story, 333,000-square-foot facility. The facility is being built within Kirtland […] More
A NASA spacecraft designed to gather information about the sun is scheduled to take off no earlier than Aug. 4 aboard the United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Parker Solar Probe will determine how heat and energy move through the sun’s atmosphere by flying directly […] More
Northrop Grumman has won a potential $23.6 million contract to research and develop a precise reference sensing platform as part of the U.S. Air Force’s collaborative electronic warfare program. The company will help the service branch produce positioning, navigation and timing technology, as well as support prototyping; integration, modeling, simulation, wargaming and analysis efforts at Wright-Patterson AF […] More
Raytheon has received a $10 million contract to design a 100-kilowatt laser weapon system potential integration onto the U.S. Army‘s fleet of medium tactical vehicles. The company said Monday it will conduct preliminary design work as part of the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstration program. Roy Azevedo, vice president of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance systems at Raytheon’s […] More
Engineering Services Network has received a potential five-year, $69.6 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide technical, engineering and logistics support for weapon systems programs of the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said Monday it will help test, engineer and conduct post-event analysis of the Aegis Combat System and the Ballistic Missile Defense […] More
Northrop Grumman started work on a potential 15-month, $23 million follow-on contract to provide operations and maintenance support for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment platform. The contract that was awarded in September 2017 will run through December, Northrop said Monday. EPS works to provide troops in the North Polar Region […] More
John Stewart, formerly president and general manager of BWSR, has been named president of BWX Technologies‘ nuclear fuel services subsidiary. He led the BWXT-Aptim joint venture for six years in efforts to provide decommissioning, demolition and operations support to the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, BWXT said Thursday. Stewart spent 25 years at the U.S. Navy, where he served as a staff […] More
Charles River Analytics and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary will collaborate on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded effort to develop modeling tools for military planners to comprehend potential causes of a conflict. The industry team aims to produce military planning tools using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques as part of DARPA’s Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program, Charles […] More
