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  • AECOM Subsidiary to Help Navy Expand Guantanamo Expeditionary Legal Complex
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Help Navy Expand Guantanamo Expeditionary Legal Complex

    An AECOM subsidiary has won a potential $18.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy to design and build structures at the Expeditionary Legal Complex located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Defense Department said Friday URS Group will construct general purpose administration and legal buildings, such as sensitive compartmented information facilities, as well as implement security measures in accordance with DoD’s […] More

  • Manhattan Construction to Build Instrument Developent Facility for NASA
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    Manhattan Construction to Build Instrument Developent Facility for NASA

    Manhattan Construction has received a potential $31.1 million contract to build an instrument development facility at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. NASA said Saturday the company will construct a 54,200-square-foot multistory building to house Science and Exploration Directorate and the Planetary Environments Laboratory. The agency expects the facility to obtain the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership […] More

  • In-Q-Tel, Red Balloon Forge Embedded Security Tech Devt Partnership
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    In-Q-Tel, Red Balloon Forge Embedded Security Tech Devt Partnership

    In-Q-Tel has established a strategic partnership with Red Balloon Security to help the New York City-based cybersecurity firm further develop a security platform for embedded devices. Red Balloon’s Symbiote Defense technology is compatible with firmware stacks, operating systems and hardware and works to provide embedded devices with endpoint security, IQT said Wednesday. Ang Cui, CEO and founder of […] More

  • Army Engineers Tap ARDL for Environmental Services Contract
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    Army Engineers Tap ARDL for Environmental Services Contract

    Applied Research and Development Lab has received a potential five-year, $40 million contract to provide environmental services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE received four bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and will determine locations and funds with each order, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will perform work through April 16, 2023. […] More

  • Engility Intros Data Analytics Tech for Intell, Defense Clients; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility Intros Data Analytics Tech for Intell, Defense Clients; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has unveiled a technology platform designed to help intelligence and defense agencies examine huge amounts of data and turn information into actionable insights. MetaSift is based on an open architecture and works to help analysts automate data management processes as well as identify content linkages, Engility said Monday. The data analytics platform debuted at the […] More

  • AeroVironment Gets Army Contract Modification for Aerial Missile System Equipment
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    AeroVironment Gets Army Contract Modification for Aerial Missile System Equipment

    AeroVironment has received a $44.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide hardware and parts for Block 10C Switchblade miniature aerial missile systems. The company will supply equipment for inert training vehicles and all up rounds, multi pack launchers and modular battery payloads, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted the service branch will use fiscal 2017 missile procurement appropriations […] More

  • Navy Selects L3 to Provide New Data Link for 3 Future Littoral Combat Ships
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    Navy Selects L3 to Provide New Data Link for 3 Future Littoral Combat Ships

    L3 Technologies has been selected to produce a new communications data-link system for three future U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships to receive imagery from multiple aircraft platforms simultaneously, Defense News reported Friday. The report said L3 will provide Maritime Surface Terminals for installation aboard the Independence-class Mobile and Savannah vessels and the Freedom-class Marinette ship. John Van Brabant, […] More

  • Metabolon to Help Veterans Affairs Build Database of Retired Military’s Metabolomic Profile
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    Metabolon to Help Veterans Affairs Build Database of Retired Military’s Metabolomic Profile

    Metabolon will provide metabolomic profiling services to help the Department of Veterans Affairs identify health biological markers of military retirees through the company’s partnership with AKESOgen. The profiles will be used to build a database of genetic, military and environmental exposure, lifestyle and health information of retired service members for the department’s Million Veteran Program, Metabolon said Thursday. “The […] More

  • Raytheon Completes SDB II Developmental Test; Mike Jarrett Comments
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    Raytheon Completes SDB II Developmental Test; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon has finished the development testing phase for its Small Diameter Bomb II technology and started integrating the weapon on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet planes. The company said Thursday fighter pilots dropped and assessed 44 SDB II units to destroy maneuvering targets during the test. “SDB II can eliminate a wider range of targets with fewer […] More

  • Leidos Makes Military Times ‘Best for VETS’ Index
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    Leidos Makes Military Times ‘Best for VETS’ Index

    Leidos has been added to the 2017-2018 ‘Best for VETS’ Index of the Military Times for the company’s support for U.S. military veterans and their families and for three consecutive years on the publications’ rankings for employers of former service members. The company said Thursday it is one of the 36 firms included in this year’s […] More

  • Lockheed, Rovsing Partner on Solar Array Simulator Test Project; Brad Holland Comments
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    Lockheed, Rovsing Partner on Solar Array Simulator Test Project; Brad Holland Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Rovsing have partnered to test the Denmark-based space engineering firm’s Solar Array Simulator as both companies aim to help address a demand for new test equipment in the satellite industry. The Danish Business Authority approved the project in accordance with the country’s Guidelines for Industrial Co-Operation, Lockheed said Thursday. Brad Holland, senior manager for electronic ground support equipment testing […] More

  • Commvault Expands Data Protection Support for Government Clients Through AWS Marketplace
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    Commvault Expands Data Protection Support for Government Clients Through AWS Marketplace

    Commvault has expanded its cloud-based data protection technology offerings to the government sector via an Amazon Web Services online store. The AWS Marketplace now offers the Commvault Data Platform designed to help U.S. federal agencies, system integrators and contractors protect sensitive data in the cloud, Commvault said Thursday. Craig McCullough, area vice president of U.S. federal sales at Commvault, said the company’s platform […] More