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  • DigitalGlobe to Debut Multisource Satellite Imagery Service; Dan Jablonsky Comments
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    DigitalGlobe to Debut Multisource Satellite Imagery Service; Dan Jablonsky Comments

    DigitalGlobe will introduce a premium monitoring service offering for customers to access current satellite images of worldwide locations from multiple commercial sources to obtain information on changes that occur within clients’ areas of interest. The SecureWatch Sites service is meant to help customers view at least petabytes of imagery data from DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation as well as SI Imaging Services’ KOMPSAT-3 and KOMPSAT-3a […] More

  • Report: Boeing Remains Optimistic on Proposed $21B F-15 Sale to Qatar
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    Report: Boeing Remains Optimistic on Proposed $21B F-15 Sale to Qatar

    Boeing continues to expect that a potential $21.1 billion foreign military sales deal  between the U.S. and Qatar over F-15 aircraft and related support will push through amid President Donald Trump’s comments on the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries, Defense News reported Tuesday. “We have been working closely with the U.S. […] More

  • Aquabotix UUV Placed on GSA Contract Vehicle for Govt Procurement
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    Aquabotix UUV Placed on GSA Contract Vehicle for Govt Procurement

    An Aquabotix-built unmanned underwater vehicle is now available for purchase on General Services Administration contract vehicles, Naval Today reported Tuesday. Aquabotix’s Endura UUV platform has been approved for federal, state and local government procurement via the GSA Schedule and GSA Advantage contract vehicles. “Inclusion on the GSA Schedule and in the GSA Advantage catalog now allows for […] More

  • CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments
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    CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a $200,000 subcontract from Azimuth Consulting Services to support a Defense Department project to demilitarize conventional ammunition. CTC said Tuesday it will collaborate with Azimuth Consulting, the project’s prime contractor, to determine requirements for the replacement of a current demilitarization optimization software platform. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO, said the company has supported the department in efforts […] More

  • State Dept Requests Info on Proposed Innovation Platform & Toolkit
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    State Dept Requests Info on Proposed Innovation Platform & Toolkit

    The State Department has begun to search for potential sources of services for a proposed platform and toolkit designed to support the deployment of innovative tools and practices across the agency. A FedBizOpps notice posted May 26 says the department’s office of global partnerships wants data on potential vendors that can provide services related to hackathons, competitions, crowdsourcing, design […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement
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    Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. arm has received a contract to build a cockpit display replacement unit for Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. Elbit Systems of America will develop a panoramic cockpit display as part of the fighter program’s Technology Refresh 3, the company said Tuesday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, said the company is  committed to supporting customers […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Composite Aerostructure Fabrication, Repair Partnership
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    Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Composite Aerostructure Fabrication, Repair Partnership

    Orbital ATK has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to determine opportunities to address design, fabrication, repair and inspection of composite aerostructures of military aircraft. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will also collaborate with the service branch to facilitate future aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul activities at the Air Force Ogden Air Logistics Complex and […] More

  • Bethel Federal-Unit Company JV Secures Army Facility Construction Contract
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    Bethel Federal-Unit Company JV Secures Army Facility Construction Contract

    A joint venture of Bethel Native Corp.‘s federal arm and Unit Company has won a two-year, $37.3 million contract to build a four-bay facility for the U.S. Army to house aircraft, maintain propulsion systems and manage corrosion. The Bethel Federal–Unit JV will construct the facility at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska and is scheduled to complete the project by […] More

  • Dell Vet Rola Dagher to Lead Cisco’s Canadian Operations
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    Dell Vet Rola Dagher to Lead Cisco’s Canadian Operations

    Rola Dagher, former vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s infrastructure solutions group in Canada, has been named president of Cisco Systems‘ Canadian arm. She succeeds Bernadette Wightman and brings more than 25 years of technology and sales leadership experience to her new position, Cisco said Monday. Dagher most recently managed Cisco’s portfolio of server, networking, storage and […] More

  • Lockheed Names Student Winners of Mars Spacecraft Design Challenge; Rick Ambrose Comments
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    Lockheed Names Student Winners of Mars Spacecraft Design Challenge; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has announced the winners of a video challenge that aimed to encourage students to design a spacecraft that could help transport astronauts to Mars. The company said Tuesday the challenge winners include an individual participant from D. Russell Parks Jr. High School in California as well as student teams from the John Adams and Woodrow Wilson middle […] More

  • Unisys’ Melissa Carson Among 2017 NVTC Greater Washington Tech CFO Award Winners
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    Unisys’ Melissa Carson Among 2017 NVTC Greater Washington Tech CFO Award Winners

    Melissa Carson, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Unisys’ federal systems business, has won the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2017 CFO of the Year award in the division/group category in recognition of her contribution to the Washington metropolitan area’s technology industry. Carson is one of the four executives who were recognized at NVTC’s […] More

  • Bob Genter: SAIC to Support NASA Goddard’s Applied Engineering Work Under $620M IDIQ
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    Bob Genter: SAIC to Support NASA Goddard’s Applied Engineering Work Under $620M IDIQ

    Bob Genter, senior vice president and general manager of the federal civilian customer group at Science Applications International Corp., has said the company will support current and future applied engineering technology programs at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center under a potential five-year, $620 million contract. The company will also carry out support for the components, subsystems, systems and instruments of […] More