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  • Boeing Completes Fuel On-Load Tests for KC-46 Tanker Supplemental Type Certification
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    Boeing Completes Fuel On-Load Tests for KC-46 Tanker Supplemental Type Certification

    Boeing has completed fuel on-load tests needed for Federal Aviation Administration certification of the company’s refueling tanker aircraft. KC-46 received 540,600 pounds of fuel and performed 68 contacts with other tankers as part of the pre-Supplemental Type Certificate test series, Boeing said Wednesday. The recent flight test lasted for three hours and forty eight minutes, during which a KC-46 transferred […] More

  • Northrop Provides Virtual Training to Army Rangers
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    Northrop Provides Virtual Training to Army Rangers

    Northrop Grumman has conducted virtual training sessions for U.S. Army rangers who are certified Joint Terminal Air Controllers. The training took place at Northrop’s Distributed Training Center located at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia and involved simulations of actual battle scenarios with corresponding deployment locations, the company said Wednesday. DTC and Joint Base Lewis McCord’s 5th […] More

  • Report: Raytheon Demos Counter-Drone Microwave, Laser Weapons
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    Report: Raytheon Demos Counter-Drone Microwave, Laser Weapons

    Raytheon demonstrated microwave and laser weapons systems for countering drone swarms at a U.S. Army experiment held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in December, the Albuquerque Journal reported Wednesday. Susan Kelly, Raytheon’s New Mexico site director, told the publication the demonstrations showcased the capacity of a ground-based weapon to simultaneously disable groups of two to three unmanned aerial vehicles […] More

  • Cubic to Demo Maritime, Air Combat Training Tools at Navy League Expo; Dave Buss Comments
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    Cubic to Demo Maritime, Air Combat Training Tools at Navy League Expo; Dave Buss Comments

    A Cubic business division will exhibit air combat and maritime training systems at the Navy League’s three-day Sea-Air-Space Exposition that will kick off Monday, April 9, in National Harbor, Maryland. Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statement published Wednesday the company is committed to delivering game-based and live, virtual and constructive training platforms […] More

  • NIST, Florida International University to Collaborate on Cyber Education
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    NIST, Florida International University to Collaborate on Cyber Education

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has partnered with Florida International University to implement outreach programs that will focus on cybersecurity education, training and workforce development. NIST said Wednesday its National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education program will oversee the agency-university collaboration as part of efforts to help address gaps in training and labor supply. “It is important that we […] More

  • ACT I Among 2018 SECAF Government Project of the Year Award Finalists; Neil Albert Comments
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    ACT I Among 2018 SECAF Government Project of the Year Award Finalists; Neil Albert Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has been selected as a finalist for the “Government Project of the Year” category of the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum’s 2018 awards. ACT I President Neil Albert said in a statement published Thursday the company’s flagship program that supports the Defense Department‘s F-35 Joint Program Office is among the finalists […] More

  • Iridium Satellites Host Aireon’s Space-Based Air Traffic Surveillance Tech
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    Iridium Satellites Host Aireon’s Space-Based Air Traffic Surveillance Tech

    Iridium Communications‘ fifth set of NEXT satellites that launched Friday includes Aireon-built global air traffic surveillance technology payloads. Aireon said Friday its Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system is designed to provide aircraft tracking coverage with a 15-minute update interval and help airlines test aircraft tracking systems via space-based ADS-B. The International Civil Aviation Organization and European Aviation Safety […] More

  • BAE Delivers Armored Multipurpose Vehicles to Army Under $383M EMD Contract
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    BAE Delivers Armored Multipurpose Vehicles to Army Under $383M EMD Contract

    BAE Systems has delivered five variants of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle to the U.S. Army as part of a $383 million initial contract. The Army will test AMPVs the company produced under the engineering and manufacturing design provision of a potential $1.2 billion contract that was awarded in late 2014 and includes low-rate initial production work, […] More

  • AWS Includes Government Contract Search Option in Partner Finder System
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    AWS Includes Government Contract Search Option in Partner Finder System

    Amazon Web Services has added a search option for public sector contract vehicles to an online portal designed to help government customers search and connect with the company’s partner organizations. The AWS Partner Solutions Finder system now includes a tool for users to find AWS Partner Network members that hold positions on various government procurement vehicles through […] More

  • USACE Taps Jacobs to Support US AFRICOM’s Architecture, Engineering Activities
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    USACE Taps Jacobs to Support US AFRICOM’s Architecture, Engineering Activities

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide architectural and engineering consultancy services to the U.S. Africa Command under a five-year indefinite-delivery contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRICOM develop, assess, design, monitor and evaluate infrastructure projects in over 15 African nations as part of the command’s […] More

  • State Dept Seeks Industry Help for EHR ‘Analysis of Alternatives’
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    State Dept Seeks Industry Help for EHR ‘Analysis of Alternatives’

    The State Department has issued a request for information on vendors that can help develop an “analysis of alternatives” for an upcoming electronic health record system procurement effort. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says that DOS needs industry support to evaluate the potential advantages and risks of the department’s shared EHR services with other federal agencies and examine other EHR commercial off-the-shelf […] More

  • DOE to Extend Hanford Site Tank Operations Contract With AECOM-Atkins JV
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    DOE to Extend Hanford Site Tank Operations Contract With AECOM-Atkins JV

    The Energy Department plans to extend a contract with a joint venture of AECOM and SNC-Lavalin‘s Atkins business unit to manage, treat and dispose nuclear waste at the department’s Hanford site. The DOE said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it intends to award a one-year contract extension to Washington River Protection Solutions, with work slated to occur […] More