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  • KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order
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    KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order

    KBR‘s government services arm has secured a three-year task order for programmatic support services to the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for aviation. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will help PEO Aviation research, develop and analyze critical milestone documents and other deliverables for cargo helicopter and fixed-wing project management offices. The order falls under the […] More

  • Datapipe to Provide Azure Support for Govt Clients Through Microsoft Partnership
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    Datapipe to Provide Azure Support for Govt Clients Through Microsoft Partnership

    Datapipe has started to offer managed services to public-sector customers of the Microsoft-built Azure Government platform. Datapipe said Wednesday it can now sell integrated offerings, provide direct billing and and help customer agencies manage cloud environments through Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud Solution Provider program. Tom Keane, general manager of Microsoft Azure Government, said the company aims to expand the […] More

  • Leonardo to Update UK Typhoon Aircraft Defense System Under $52M Contract
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    Leonardo to Update UK Typhoon Aircraft Defense System Under $52M Contract

    Leonardo has secured a two-year, $51.7 million contract to update the threat detection system of U.K.’s fleet of Typhoon fighter aircraft, Belfast Telegraph reported Thursday. The Defensive Aids Sub System upgrade effort will help Typhoon jets carry out homeland defense missions as well as air strikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria, the […] More

  • VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities
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    VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities

    Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting has implemented a common database builder system at multiple facilities of the Special Operations Command and other government agencies. VATC said Wednesday the U.S. Air Force and Army will use the CDB Builder tool to conduct training and mission planning activities at various sites in Florida and Tennessee. Sara Moola, co-founder […] More

  • BAE Taps 14 Firms for Type 26 Warship Manufacturing Equipment Supply Contracts
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    BAE Taps 14 Firms for Type 26 Warship Manufacturing Equipment Supply Contracts

    BAE Systems has awarded 14 companies contracts to deliver manufacturing materials to support production work on the first three ships as part of the U.K. government’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. Thales and Tods Defence will produce sonar domes and towed array systems for the ships and Dent Steel Services will supply structural steel materials, […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Help MDA Sustain Trident, Orion Rocket Motors
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    Orbital ATK to Help MDA Sustain Trident, Orion Rocket Motors

    Orbital ATK has secured a five-year, $48 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to help sustain Trident I and Orion rocket motors the agency intends to use in target and interceptor vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will provide engineering, test and analysis, motor logistics storage and disposal static test, and flight test motor preparation support under the […] More

  • GSA Seeks Info on Commercial Automation Tools for FedRAMP ATO Process
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    GSA Seeks Info on Commercial Automation Tools for FedRAMP ATO Process

    The General Services Administration has asked industry to provide information on commercially available tools and methods that could help facilitate the automation of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s authority-to-operate process. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday it collaborates with the American Technology Council and the White House’s Office of American Innovation to […] More

  • Iridium Eyes Global Maritime Distress Safety System Certification in 2018
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    Iridium Eyes Global Maritime Distress Safety System Certification in 2018

    Iridium Communications expects to complete in 2018 the certification process to become an authorized Global Maritime Distress Safety System mobile satellite services provider with plans to begin service delivery in 2020. Iridium said Tuesday the International Maritime Organization cleared amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Treaty and updated the performance standards for GMDSS tools […] More

  • Northrop to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node for Air Force
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    Northrop to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node for Air Force

    Northrop Grumman has won a potential $41.3 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node of the military branch’s Bombardier E-11A aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop will also provide logistics support for four Bombardier E-11A planes as well as subsystems and support equipment for overseas contingency operations. E-11A […] More

  • Air Force Taps Sierra Nevada to Design, Test Mission Network Aircraft
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    Air Force Taps Sierra Nevada to Design, Test Mission Network Aircraft

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a $41 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to design, engineer, integrate and test an aircraft for the Airborne Mission Networking System. The Defense Department said Wednesday that SNC will also provide non-recurring engineering support along with material, over and above, travel and data deliverables under the sole-source […] More

  • Esri, Microsoft Partner to Provide Technology Support for Environmental Conservationists
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    Esri, Microsoft Partner to Provide Technology Support for Environmental Conservationists

    Esri and Microsoft have jointly established a grant process to provide mapping and artificial intelligence tools to environmental conservationists. Eligible organizations and individuals can apply through the grant process to gain access to Esri’s ArcGIS geographic information system software and Microsoft’s cloud and AI platforms, Esri said Wednesday. “Understanding environmental data in the context of location is […] More