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Boeing has delivered eight AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indonesia’s army as part of a foreign military sales transaction, Defenseworld.net reported Thursday. Ryamizard Ryacudu, Indonesian defense minister, said the Apache units will aid national efforts to protect sovereignty against potential threats. A turn-over ceremony occurred Wednesday at a military base located at Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang. More
Woolpert is set to receive a five-year, $2 million contract to provide photogrammetry services for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The company said Thursday it will conduct geodetic survey and photogrammetric mapping for stereo-compliant aerial and mobile lidar collections under the contract. Services will also encompass vertical and oblique aerial photography acquisition, aerial lidar and mobile lidar acquisition, geodetic mapping, conventional surveys, global […] More
A Huntington Ingalls Industries division held a keel-authentication ceremony on Wednesday for the 21st Virginia-class submarine of the U.S. Navy. The ceremony for the SSN 794, which will be named after the state of Montana, featured former Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell, the sponsor of the ship, chalking her initials on a steel plate traced by […] More
Accenture‘s federal services business has received the “Above and Beyond†award from a Defense Department group for offering non-mandated benefits to employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve. The Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented the award to Mark Hild, senior manager at Accenture Federal Services, at an event […] More
Julie Ann Phinney, a senior business development executive at CACI International, has joined Ensco as a director. Phinney will serve as business development director of Ensco’s aerospace sciences and engineering division, the company said Thursday. “She is a seasoned business development professional and has spent a great deal of her career pursuing and working programs […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected SRI International to construct an artificial intelligence platform with machine learning features to gradually improve task performance. The company said Wednesday it will perform this work under DARPA’s Lifelong Learning Machines Program. Modern AI systems may be prone to catastrophic forgetting that occurs when new content disrupts previous information, SRI […] More
Alaska-based Alutiiq‘s Advance Security Solutions business has received a potential $75.9 million contract to provide physical security services for multiple NASA sites. The company will work to secure Goddard Space Flight Center, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Wallops Flight Facility and the Independent Verification and Validation Facility, the space agency said Wednesday. The contract has a base of $18.1 million, with $15 million covering the […] More
Systems Planning and Analysis has opened an office in Canberra, Australia, to serve current and new government customers in the country. SPA said Wednesday it intends to recruit local professionals in the coming months to work at the new facility. William Vantine, president and CEO of SPA, said the company has supported the Australian navy’s Future Submarine Program over […] More
The Philippines plans to launch a potential $14 billion development project that seeks to establish a new sustainable city approximately 75 miles outside the Manila capital, Business Insider reported last Wednesday. BCDA Group and Surbana Jurong will serve as developers of the New Clark city project that is set to enter the construction phase in […] More
New York-based firm CA Technologies has received approval from the Defense Department to operate the CA Privileged Access Manager system as a cybersecurity tool. CA Technologies said Wednesday CA PAM is now included in the DoD Information Network’s Approved Product List and National Information Assurance Partnership’s Product Compliant List. Mordecai Rosen, general manager for cybersecurity […] More
U.K.-based air traffic control services provider NATS has made a $69 million equity investment in Aireon in order to help speed up the development of technologies for aviation surveillance. NATS said Wednesday its decision to buy a 10 percent equity stake in Aireon comes as the latter prepares to offer a space-based service – Aireon […] More
Microsoft has signed a six-year agreement with the U.S. intelligence community to expand the use of the company’s technology offerings by 17 agencies within the IC. The transformative agreement extends an enterprise licensing deal awarded to Dell and covers the provision of Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud, Office 365 for US Government and Windows 10 offerings […] More
