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  • U.S. Air Force, Army Order ZOLL Vital Signs Monitoring Systems
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    U.S. Air Force, Army Order ZOLL Vital Signs Monitoring Systems

    ZOLL Medical will provide deployable vital signs monitors to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army through a sole-source contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. Propaq M is designed to function even in austere military environments and to be configurable into the Propaq MD variant through the addition of an integrated defibrillator and pacer, ZOLL said Wednesday. The company […] More

  • Workhorse Gets FAA OK to Test-Fly Electric Hybrid Helicopter
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    Workhorse Gets FAA OK to Test-Fly Electric Hybrid Helicopter

    Workhorse Group has received an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct test flights of an electric hybrid helicopter platform. Workhorse said Wednesday it aims to commence the first test for the company’s SureFly helicopter in Las Vegas before the 2018 Consumer Electronic Show kicks off on Jan. 8. Additionally, the company also announced plans to […] More

  • BAE Debuts Cloud-Based Supply Chain Cybersecurity Service
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    BAE Debuts Cloud-Based Supply Chain Cybersecurity Service

    BAE Systems has launched a cloud-based service offering designed to help organizations protect supply chains against cybersecurity threats, IFSEC Global reported Friday. The company’s Supply Chain Assurance service includes guidance on how to identify risks and measures to avoid a supply chain breach. The cybersecurity service uses a three-step approach that covers self-assessment, evidence-based analysis […] More

  • Transcom Issues RFI on Surface Transportation Automation, Information Services
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    Transcom Issues RFI on Surface Transportation Automation, Information Services

    The U.S. Transportation Command has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of an distribution and deployment automated information system. Transcom said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Jan. 2 the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s data integration and enterprise architecture branches need technical engineering support in efforts to deliver surface transportation automation and information services to […] More

  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Brings ‘Zuma’ US Govt Payload Into Low-Earth Orbit
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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Brings ‘Zuma’ US Govt Payload Into Low-Earth Orbit

    A classified U.S. government payload launched aboard a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Space.com reported Sunday. The Zuma mission took off aboard the rocket’s second stage, which continued its ascent into low-Earth orbit. The booster’s first stage separated from the second stage […] More

  • SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni Warns That Terrorists  Could Exploit Bitcoin’s Anonymity
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni Warns That Terrorists Could Exploit Bitcoin’s Anonymity

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said he thinks there is only “anecdotal evidence” about individuals who use bitcoin, Yahoo Finance reported Friday. Testoni noted that the cryptocurrency’s anonymity has made bitcoin an ideal platform for terrorists. “This is a modern-day version of Swiss bank accounts,” Testoni said of bitcoins. “It’s […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Completes Test Milestone for Dream Chaser Spacecraft
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    Sierra Nevada Completes Test Milestone for Dream Chaser Spacecraft

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has achieved a contractual milestone with NASA for the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft after a test vehicle completed a free-flight test in November. SNC said Friday Dream Chaser cleared Milestone 4B under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability contract, confirming that the spacecraft is designed to perform safe runway landings from space to Earth. NASA’s Commercial […] More

  • Comtech to Supply, Sustain Ethernet Bridging Device for Navy SPAWAR
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    Comtech to Supply, Sustain Ethernet Bridging Device for Navy SPAWAR

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $19.1 million contract to provide a layer-2 Ethernet bridging platform for installation on U.S. Navy ship, shore, and submarine platforms. Comtech EF Data will supply and sustain the Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Interface Processor system under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the service branch’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the Defense […] More

  • Airborne Systems to Build Multimission Parachute Tech for Marines
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    Airborne Systems to Build Multimission Parachute Tech for Marines

    Airborne Systems of North America has won a potential five-year, $26.7 million contract to develop a parachute system and provide related reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps received two proposals for the the Enhanced Multi-Mission Parachute System procurement contract and will obligate $2.3 million on the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More

  • Northrop to Update, Repair Navy Navigation & Ancillary Equipment
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    Northrop to Update, Repair Navy Navigation & Ancillary Equipment

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential five-year, $30 million contract to help repair or update various U.S. Navy navigation and ancillary equipment. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop will support the AN/WSN-7 intertial navigation system, AN/WSN-7A ring laser gyro navigation systems and AN/WSN-7B ring laser gyrocompass under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The systems are designed to offer full ship […] More

  • Lockheed to Produce Ballistic Missile Defense Equipment for Navy’s USS Stout Destroyer
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    Lockheed to Produce Ballistic Missile Defense Equipment for Navy’s USS Stout Destroyer

    Lockheed Martin has received a $10.2 million contract modification to provide ballistic missile defense equipment for installation on a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will provide version 4.0.2 of AEGIS BMD equipment for the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship USS Stout (DDG 55). The modification exercises an option under […] More

  • Navy Orders GE Engine Assemblies, Electronic Control Kits
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    Navy Orders GE Engine Assemblies, Electronic Control Kits

    General Electric has received a $14.7 million order to supply LM2500+ power turbine and gas generator assemblies along with LM2500 integrated electronic control kits to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday the kits will be used to modernize the service branch’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers. The LM2500+ gas turbine engine employs a […] More