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  • MC Dean Secures Army IT, Infrastructure Support Contract
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    MC Dean Secures Army IT, Infrastructure Support Contract

    M.C. Dean has been awarded a potential four-year, $45 million contract to provide information technology and infrastructure support services to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday the service branch received five bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet. The Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland will determine funds and performance locations with each order. Contract work is scheduled to […] More

  • CSSA Gets NASA’s 2016 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award
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    CSSA Gets NASA’s 2016 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award

    Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis has received the 2016 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year award from NASA in recognition of its engineering support to the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The company said Wednesday the agency-level recognition came after it secured the MSFC award early this year. CSSA also oversees NASA’s flight and ground […] More

  • Airbus, Intelsat Form Military Satcom Service Partnership; Richard Franklin, Skot Butler Comment
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    Airbus, Intelsat Form Military Satcom Service Partnership; Richard Franklin, Skot Butler Comment

    An Intelsat subsidiary has joined a channel partner program of Airbus‘ defense and space segment for military satellite communication services. Intelsat General will offer Skynet X-band and ultra-high-frequency services to the U.S. government under the channel partner agreement, Airbus said Wednesday. Richard Franklin, head of the secure communications business at Airbus Defense and Space, said the new partnership will provide services to customers via the newly […] More

  • Esri to Offer DOE Lab Access to Spatial Analysis Tools via Enterprise Agreement
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    Esri to Offer DOE Lab Access to Spatial Analysis Tools via Enterprise Agreement

    Esri is poised to sign an enterprise agreement with an Energy Department-funded laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide some federal research and development projects access to the company’s geographic information system. DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can leverage a full set of ArcGIS-based spatial analysis tools and add licenses on an as-needed basis as part of the agreement with Esri, the […] More

  • DHS Seeks Counter-UAS Platforms for Tech Assessment Program
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    DHS Seeks Counter-UAS Platforms for Tech Assessment Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has kicked off a search for developers of counter unmanned aerial systems technologies to participate in technology assessments. DHS released a sources sought notice on FedBizOpps in efforts to engage industry, academia and government organizations to take part in the 2017 Technical Assessment of Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Technologies in Cities program, the […] More

  • General Atomics Unveils Railgun Pulsed Power Container
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    General Atomics Unveils Railgun Pulsed Power Container

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has developed a pulsed power container designed to provide twice the energy density of current railgun pulsed power platforms. The High Energy Pulsed Power Container is equipped with HEPP modules that work to supply energy content of more than 415 kilojoules per module, General Atomics said Thursday. The company added the system can work to […] More

  • Janus to Help Army Engineers Manage Hazardous Waste at South Korea-Based Installation
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    Janus to Help Army Engineers Manage Hazardous Waste at South Korea-Based Installation

    Janus Global Operations will collaborate with the Army Corps of Engineers on a project to manage hazardous waste and materials at a U.S. Army base located in South Korea. The company said Thursday that it will deploy technical staff with knowledge on hazardous waste management to support Camp Humphreys’ directorate of public works as well as help the installation meet environmental compliance […] More

  • Navy, Oceana Energy Develop Power Generation Device for Coastal Communities
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    Navy, Oceana Energy Develop Power Generation Device for Coastal Communities

    Oceana Energy Company and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division have collaborated to develop and test a hydrokinetic device intended to supply power in coastal communities. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday Carderock and Oceana produced the in-stream hydrokinetic device that works to gather ocean currents, tides or river flows as part of a cooperative research-and-development agreement signed in 2006. The device […] More

  • NIC’s Jayne Friedland Holland: Fusion Centers Can Help Agencies Combat Hacktivism
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    NIC’s Jayne Friedland Holland: Fusion Centers Can Help Agencies Combat Hacktivism

    Jayne Friedland Holland, chief security officer at information services provider NIC, has said fusion centers can help government agencies defend against hacktivism and other cyber crimes through intelligence data sharing. Holland wrote in a guest post published Wednesday on GCN the intelligence gathering entities share a similar cybersecurity mission with government, law enforcement and private organizations. She noted that fusion centers are funded through a […] More

  • ViON Secures Potential $50M Contract for On-Demand Computing Services to SPAWAR
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    ViON Secures Potential $50M Contract for On-Demand Computing Services to SPAWAR

    ViON has won a potential seven-year, $50 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide on-demand, on-premise computing, networking and storage services in support of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract has a five-year base value of $34.8 million and covers support for multiple systems applications for SPAWAR’s research, development, […] More

  • Battelle to Update Forecast Analytic Tool for Navy Aircraft Capacity Synchronization
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    Battelle to Update Forecast Analytic Tool for Navy Aircraft Capacity Synchronization

    Battelle has landed a five-year, $38.6 million contract to help the U.S. Navy update a forecast analytic system designed to synchronize aircraft capacity sets.  The nonprofit research and development company said Thursday it will collaborate with subcontractor Veracity Forecasting and Analysis to update the Naval Synchronization Toolset for use on the service branch’s multiple weapon platforms such as the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. […] More

  • Hughes’ Rick Lober: Space Launch Backlog a Concern for Commercial Satellite Industry
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    Hughes’ Rick Lober: Space Launch Backlog a Concern for Commercial Satellite Industry

    Hughes Network Systems’ Rick Lober has said the backlog of launches faced by space launch service providers has raised concerns among commercial satellite operators that work to provide global communications support to military clients, National Defense reported Wednesday. “There are more [satellites] going up so that is fueling demand and there have been a few […] More