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  • Leidos Tests Unmanned Maritime Vessel at Navy Exercise
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    Leidos Tests Unmanned Maritime Vessel at Navy Exercise

    Leidos has showcased an unmanned test vessel designed to autonomously navigate and gather data at sea during the U.S. Navy‘s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017. The company said Wednesday its R/V Pathfinder autonomous ship operated in the waters near Panama City, Florida, where it surveyed the sea floor and sent ocean and meteorological data to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center […] More

  • Aircraft Carrier Alliance-Built HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches UK Homeport
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    Aircraft Carrier Alliance-Built HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches UK Homeport

    A U.K. aircraft carrier built by a BAE Systems–Babcock–Thales Group alliance has arrived at its homeport in Portsmouth, England for the first time. The British defense ministry said Wednesday sailors and a flypast from the Fleet Air Arm welcomed the Aircraft Carrier Alliance-built HMS Queen Elizabeth ship that will support F-35 trial flights beginning next year. “When she enters […] More

  • Lockheed’s Radar Warning Receiver for Combat Rescue Chopper Concludes USAF Technical Readiness Evaluation
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    Lockheed’s Radar Warning Receiver for Combat Rescue Chopper Concludes USAF Technical Readiness Evaluation

    A Lockheed Martin-built radar warning receiver component of the tactical mission platform for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program has completed technical readiness level 6 review. The AN/APR-52 RWR system achieved TRL 6 after the U.S. Air Force demonstrated the platform at its integrated demonstrations and applications laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More

  • ThinkSmart Adds New Features to Workflow Automation Platform
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    ThinkSmart Adds New Features to Workflow Automation Platform

    ThinkSmart has updated a technology platform designed to help government and enterprise customers automate workflows and business processes. The company said Monday it incorporated new features into the Automation Platform that will work to help users configure and integrate the product with any system that runs Salesforce or Google application program interfaces. Paul Hirner, CEO at ThinkSmart, […] More

  • Revolution Lighting to Supply 2,300 LED Tubes for Naval Fleet
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    Revolution Lighting to Supply 2,300 LED Tubes for Naval Fleet

    Revolution Lighting Technologies has been selected by the Defense Logistics Agency  to produce 2,300 military standard light-emitting diode tubes for the U.S. Navy. The company said Thursday it will supply the service branch with T8 LED tubes designed with Buy American Act- and Trade Agreements Act-compliant components. The Navy certified the T8 LED tube’s compliance with the military standard as well as […] More

  • John Paczkowski: ICF to Continue Radiological Preparedness Program Support
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    John Paczkowski: ICF to Continue Radiological Preparedness Program Support

    ICF has received a potential five-year, $20.8 million contract to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency‘s education and preparedness programs designed to protect communities near nuclear power plants. The company said Wednesday it has supported the Radiological Emergency Preparedness program since 2000 through the delivery of policy analysis, program management, training and exercise evaluation services to FEMA and […] More

  • HII Demos Dual-Mode Undersea Vehicle at Navy-Hosted Tech Exercise
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    HII Demos Dual-Mode Undersea Vehicle at Navy-Hosted Tech Exercise

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has demonstrated the performance of a dual-mode undersea vehicle through autonomous contested battlespace missions that took place at the U.S. Navy-hosted Advanced Naval Technology Exercise. The Proteus vehicle delivered and launched three smaller unmanned undersea platforms during the underwater mission segment of the event, HII said Wednesday. HII’s technical solutions division and Battelle jointly […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense to Supply Motor Vehicle Parts, Accessories to Army, Marine Corps
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    Oshkosh Defense to Supply Motor Vehicle Parts, Accessories to Army, Marine Corps

    Oshkosh Defense will supply various motor vehicle parts and accessories to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps under a potential five-year, $26.1 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA’s land and maritime division will use defense working capital funds from fiscal year 2017 through fiscal 2022 to procure the equipment for both service branches, the […] More

  • Vectrus to Support Army Base Operations in Qatar Under $50M Contract Modification
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    Vectrus to Support Army Base Operations in Qatar Under $50M Contract Modification

    Vectrus‘ systems business has received a $49.5 million contract modification to help manage U.S. Army base operations in Qatar. The Defense Department said Wednesday Vectrus will perform work in Doha, Qatar, through Sept. 29, 2018. The Army Contracting Command obligated the full modification amount at the time of award from the service branch’s fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds. Vectrus […] More

  • MTSI Named to Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Fast-Growth Company List; Kevin Robinson Comments
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    MTSI Named to Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Fast-Growth Company List; Kevin Robinson Comments

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has made Inc. magazine’s list of 5,000 U.S. fastest-growing companies and Honor Roll for 2017. “MTSI is honored to have been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list for an eighth time,” said President and CEO Kevin Robinson said in a statement released Wednesday. Robinson added that making the 5000 list and […] More

  • TechCongress Seeks Applications for 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellowship
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    TechCongress Seeks Applications for 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellowship

    TechCongress is looking to recruit up to six technology professionals who can provide technical expertise to policymakers or congressional committees on Capitol Hill through a 12-month fellowship program. Applications for the 2018 Congressional Innovation Fellowship are due Sept. 28, TechCongress said Monday. The organization looks for candidates who have a background or interest in technology […] More

  • Globecomm Builds IP Video, Satcom Systems for USS Gerald Ford Carrier; Dwight Hunsicker Comments
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    Globecomm Builds IP Video, Satcom Systems for USS Gerald Ford Carrier; Dwight Hunsicker Comments

    Globecomm has supplied multiple communications and entertainment technologies for use on board the U.S. Navy‘s USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier as a subcontractor to shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries. Hauppauge, New York-based Globecomm said Wednesday its internet protocol video system and satellite and fiber optic-based communications distribution infrastructure will provide media live streaming, at-sea multimedia programming and pier-side […] More