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Battelle has received a pair of contracts worth a combined $23 million to help the Air Force Research Laboratory conduct research on microelectronics security methods. The company said Wednesday both contracts build on Battelle’s previous experience in exploring technologies designed to help address the proliferation of fake integrated circuits and embedded systems in the U.S. military supply […] More

Leonardo DRS has received a potential five-year, $25 million contract to provide tactical data link products along with ancillary equipment to the U.S. Navy‘s fleet readiness directorate and PMW-150 Tactical Data Link program. The Defense Department said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers engineering and technical assistance, software trouble reports, equipment failure technologies and information assurance support services. […] More

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants information on industry sources of information technology security services for ground-based satellite equipment. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says NOAA’s satellite and information acquisition division is conducting the market survey ahead of a potential upcoming procurement effort. SIAD will collect through Dec. 18, 2017 capability statements from interested contractors that have […] More

A virtual server made by a Cubic Mission Solutions subsidiary has completed VMware-standardized compatibility tests and evaluations needed to be listed within the VMware Compatibility Guide. The DTECH Labs-made M3-SE-VSVR-P virtual server has been demonstrated to be compatible with the VMware’s vSphere ESXi 6.5 platform, Cubic said Wednesday. “We are very pleased our M3-SE-VSVR virtual server is now listed in the […] More

An Orbital ATK-built spacecraft will begin to deploy cubesats in orbit and return to Earth’s atmosphere following the platform’s departure from the International Space Station. Orbital ATK said Thursday the Cygnus cargo delivery system dubbed as S.S. Gene Cernan supports the OA-8 mission which marks the fourth time the spacecraft dropped off NanoRacks cubesats in […] More