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  • Global to Help Naval Sea Systems Command Maintain Vessels
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    Global to Help Naval Sea Systems Command Maintain Vessels

    Global, a 1st Flagship subsidiary, has received a potential five-year, $32 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support vessels assigned to the Naval Sea Systems Command Inactive Ship Maintenance Office and the Guided-Missile Cruiser/Dock Landing Ship Modernization Detachment. The Defense Department said Friday that Global will help inspect, survey, maintain and dispose of vessels at […] More

  • Centra Technology Wins $61M DTRA Contract to Examine Military Asset Survivability
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    Centra Technology Wins $61M DTRA Contract to Examine Military Asset Survivability

    Centra Technology has won a potential $61.8 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to assess the survivability of U.S. military assets. The Defense Department said Friday the company will evaluate U.S. and allied national/theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures and assets from DTRA’s headquarters at Fort Belvoir in Virginia through Aug. 11, 2022. The Balanced Survivability […] More

  • Australia Receives 1st Hobart-Class Destroyer With Lockheed’s Aegis System
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    Australia Receives 1st Hobart-Class Destroyer With Lockheed’s Aegis System

    Australia’s defense department accepted its first Hobart-class air warfare destroyer equipped with the Lockheed Martin-built Aegis combat system during a ceremony held Friday in Adelaide. Australia has become the sixth allied country to receive a destroyer ship with the Aegis system, Lockheed said Friday. Vince Di Pietro, CEO of Lockheed’s Australian arm, said the company […] More

  • Raytheon to Repair Navy P-3 Patrol Aircraft Radar
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    Raytheon to Repair Navy P-3 Patrol Aircraft Radar

    Raytheon has secured a potential $17.8 million delivery order to repair the APS-137 radar system currently installed on the U.S. Navy‘s P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. The Navy obligated $13.6 million in fiscal 2017 working capital funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted the order falls under a previously […] More

  • Boeing’s Chris Ahsmann Named to NCOIC Board; Harry Raduege Comments
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    Boeing’s Chris Ahsmann Named to NCOIC Board; Harry Raduege Comments

    Chris Ahsmann, vice president of mission systems at Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium. He will replace the retiring Rick Baily, VP of Boeing’s test and evaluation business, NCOIC said Thursday. Ahsmann “has a global perspective as well as diverse experience […] More

  • Gabriel Breeman Named F5 Networks VP for Partner Sales, Alliances in APAC Region
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    Gabriel Breeman Named F5 Networks VP for Partner Sales, Alliances in APAC Region

    Gabriel Breeman, formerly senior director of partner sales for the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets at Brocade, has joined F5 Networks as vice president of partner sales and alliances for the APAC region. F5 Networks said Monday he will be responsible for helping grow the company’s sales channels and alliance partner network in his new position. Adam Judd, senior VP […] More

  • Persistent Systems to Deliver Radio Tech Under Potential $100M FBI IDIQ
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    Persistent Systems to Deliver Radio Tech Under Potential $100M FBI IDIQ

    Persistent Systems has secured a position on a potential $100 million FBI indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide mobile ad hoc networking radio systems in support of the bureau’s operational technology division. The company said June 5 it seeks to deliver a wireless internet protocol network to the FBI through the firm’s MPU5 communication system. Herbert Rubens, CEO of […] More

  • Red River Acquires Natoma Technologies
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    Red River Acquires Natoma Technologies

    Red River announced Friday that it has acquired Sacramento, California-based Natoma Technologies, a technical consulting firm and systems integrator specializing in software and application development. “Red River is extremely impressed with the technical competencies and innovative approach that has made Natoma a go-to choice for custom development solutions for the State of California and others,” said […] More

  • Dell EMC to Integrate Analysis Tool With SAIC’s Cloud Migration Services Suite; Steve Harris Comments
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    Dell EMC to Integrate Analysis Tool With SAIC’s Cloud Migration Services Suite; Steve Harris Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with Dell EMC to integrate the companies’ business intelligence software and cloud migration service offerings. SAIC said Thursday its Cloud Migration Edge services suite will incorporate Dell EMC’s Adaptivity platform designed to analyze an organization’s application portfolio and facilitate the decision-making process for technology investments. “Our partnership with SAIC, centered on […] More

  • Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement
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    Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement

    Andrew Rodgers, program manager for light tactical vehicles at PEO Land Systems Marine Corps, said the U.S. Marine Corps plans to increase the number of joint light tactical vehicles it intends to buy from 5,500 to 9,092 units, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Rodgers told reporters Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia that the […] More

  • L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for ‘Longsword’ Digital Avionics, Cockpit
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    L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for ‘Longsword’ Digital Avionics, Cockpit

    The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental type certificate to L3 Technologies‘ modified digital avionics and cockpit for the AT-802L Longsword aircraft. The certification allows L3 to equip the missionized aircraft with a cockpit that consists of a Garmin G600 glass panel system, air data computer, attitude/heading reference system, digital intercommunication system, dual-screen displays and the Electronic Standby Instrument System, said Thursday. […] More

  • NOAA Issues Web-Based Space Situational Awareness Service RFQ
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    NOAA Issues Web-Based Space Situational Awareness Service RFQ

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a request for quotation for a potential one-year contract to provide web-based space situational awareness products and services to facilitate conjunction analysis related to space debris and satellites in low-Earth orbit. NOAA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it will award a small business set-aside contract […] More