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General Dynamics, Thales and Mercedes-Benz could submit proposals to the U.K. defense ministry by Sept. 28 for the second package of the Multi-Role Vehicle-Protected program that seeks to support the establishment of strike brigades for the U.K. army by 2025, Defense News reported Sunday. “A second package aims to procure, through competition, troop carriers and […] More
A business unit of BAE Systems has received $24.4 million in contract options to support post-shakedown availabilities for two U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. BAE’s San Diego Ship Repair business will provide manpower, technical data, material, non-standard equipment and support services necessary to complete PSA work on USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Omaha. The contractor will also help […] More
Leidos‘ Australian subsidiary has secured an export deal with the government of Falkland Islands to provide a set of technology products designed to support legislation content drafting and publishing processes. The company said Friday it will deploy the TeraText product suite to make Falkland Island laws available for public access. TeraText technology was originally developed at RMIT […] More
ManTech International has received a $44.9 million contract modification to provide logistics sustainment and support services for mine-resistant ambush vehicles of the U.S. Army, Egypt and Iraq. The Defense Department said Friday the full obligated amount at the time of award is from the Army’s fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance; “other” procurement; research, development, test and evaluation funds; […] More
Engility has won a five-year, $49 million contract to provide research and development support for the U.S. Air Force‘s weapon systems testing technology program. The Defense Department said Friday Engility will develop multi-spectral and multi-modal phenomenology modeling tools as well as help the Air Force build and transition weapon systems under the Kinetic Kill Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Technology […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems unit has secured a four-year, $27 million contract modification to supply the U.S. Navy with periscope detection and discrimination radar kits. The Defense Department said Friday Lockheed will deliver 16 standard and SEED retrofit kits to the Navy’s H-60 Automatic Radar Periscope Detect and Discrimination program. Work under the modification […] More
Jimmy Pappas, formerly a managing director of professional services company PwC, has been named a partner at Grant Thornton‘s forensic advisory services business. Grant Thornton said Friday the more than 20-year forensic and audit accounting veteran will be responsible for helping expand the firm’s forensic accounting, civil litigation, corporate governance and internal investigation service offerings in […] More
Textron Systems President and CEO Lisa Atherton has joined the board of directors at Bluemont, Virginia-based nonprofit organization Boulder Crest. Atherton will work with Board Chairman Ken Falke, Vice Chairman Fred Malek, Executive Director Dusty Baxley and 15 other directors, Boulder Crest said Monday. The nonprofit provides support to military veterans who are dealing with post-traumatic […] More
Lieberman Software has released a new white paper which details how the company helps boost the cybersecurity of government agencies via the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. The company said Thursday that its Lieberman RED rapid enterprise defense technology covers five cybersecurity modules designed to help information technology organizations repair potential […] More
Iridium Communications has partnered with Dutch satellite company Magnitude Space to facilitate the delivery of space-based internet of things service offerings through the development of low power global area network technology platforms. Iridium said Thursday it will work to investigate and develop low power, high latency IoT service alternatives under a memorandum of understanding with […] More
Northrop Grumman has secured a potential three-year, $37 million task order to develop and deploy a cyber operations system for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it will continue to develop, integrate, field and sustain the Cyber Mission Platform under the contract, which has a one-year base period valued at $9.4 million. The Air Force […] More
The U.K. government has issued a National Shipbuilding Strategy that calls for the procurement of new general purpose frigates. The first five Type 31e frigates would cost less than $329 million each and are slated to enter service by 2023, the British government said in a press release posted Wednesday. Type 31e vessels will be built in […] More
