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  • DRS Wins Army Fluid Distribution System Contract
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    DRS Wins Army Fluid Distribution System Contract

    DRS Technologies has won a potential four-year, $37.7 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with up to 12 early-entry fluid distribution systems. Four bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet, the Defense Department said Thursday. The project is comprised of engineering, manufacturing and development as well as production and […] More

  • Florida Agency Pledges Funds to SpaceX Installation Project at Kennedy Space Center
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    Florida Agency Pledges Funds to SpaceX Installation Project at Kennedy Space Center

    Space Florida, the state’s aerospace economic development agency, has pledged $5 million to support SpaceX‘s project to build an access arm at the 39A launch pad of NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, Florida Today reported Wednesday. James Dean writes SpaceX will build the access arm at the center in an effort to help astronauts board the company’s Dragon capsule that will travel to the International Space […] More

  • MIT Research VP Maria Zuber Elected to Textron Board
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    MIT Research VP Maria Zuber Elected to Textron Board

    Maria Zuber, vice president of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and chair of the National Science Board, has joined the board of directors at Textron. She oversees MIT’s Lincoln laboratory and interdisciplinary research facilities as well as the university’s research partnerships with the federal government, Textron said Thursday. Zuber is also the E. A. Griswold professor of geophysics at MIT […] More

  • Cyber Startups Graduate from Northrop-bwtech@UMBC Cyber Incubator Program
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    Cyber Startups Graduate from Northrop-bwtech@UMBC Cyber Incubator Program

    Australia-based iWebgate and Baltimore-headquartered Light Point Security have completed Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC Speed Tomorrow‘s global cyber startup initiative. The Cync program will work introduce iWebgate’s and Light Point Security’s new cyber offerings into the federal marketplace, Northrop said Monday. Chris Valentino, program director for cyber and intelligence mission solutions at Northrop, said the goal of the program is to […] More

  • PAR Technology Subsidiary to Operate, Maintain Air Force Global Communication Station
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    PAR Technology Subsidiary to Operate, Maintain Air Force Global Communication Station

    A PAR Technology subsidiary has received a $5.2 million subcontract from Delta Solutions & Strategies to support a U.S. Air Force-run global communication station in Puerto Rico. Rome Research Corp. will operate and maintain USAF’s Air Combat Command High Frequency Global Communication System-Puerto Rico Station, the company said Thursday. HFGCS-PRS is one of the thirteen high-frequency stations designed to […] More

  • DoD to Adapt Aware’s Biometric Tech for Applicant Screening Platform
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    DoD to Adapt Aware’s Biometric Tech for Applicant Screening Platform

    Aware will provide web-based biometric products for the Defense Department‘s efforts to gather and store fingerprints as part of DoD’s new SWFT Plus Enrollment applicant screening system. The company said Tuesday its WebEnroll, BioComponents and BioSP tools are designed to collect fingerprints through a web-based biometric enrollment application in an effort to relay, sustain and secure data across the department’s divisions, […] More

  • RSA Adds Intell Tools to Cyber Threat Detection Platform Suite
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    RSA Adds Intell Tools to Cyber Threat Detection Platform Suite

    Dell Technologies‘ network security business RSA has introduced updates to a set of platforms designed to help organizations facilitate detection and response to cyber threats. The RSA NetWitness Suite features new tools called “Hunter Packs” that work to provide intelligence data to help organizations detect known and unknown network vulnerabilities, the company said Wednesday. The Hunter Packs […] More

  • CSG to Assess New Mexico’s Medicaid Info System Replacement Project
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    CSG to Assess New Mexico’s Medicaid Info System Replacement Project

    The New Mexico Human Services Department has chosen CSG Government Solutions to provide independent verification and validation services for the state’s Medicaid Management Information System replacement project. CSG said Thursday it will conduct proactive IV&V assessments of HSD’s MMIS planning, procurement development, vendor integration, risks, technology design, development and implementation quality throughout the project life cycle. “The State’s MMIS replacement […] More

  • Ansera Chosen for Army Chemical, Nuclear Sampling Kit R&D Grant
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    Ansera Chosen for Army Chemical, Nuclear Sampling Kit R&D Grant

    The Defense Department has awarded Ansera Analytics a two-year, $1.04 million grant under the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research program to study, develop and verify the Army’s sampling kits for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives reconnaissance functions. The Olathe, Kansas-based company said it will work on TacDOGS integration for data and sample analyses, a quality assurance/training program and sample collection, […] More

  • Allied Telesis Managed Switches Awarded DoD JITC Unified Capabilities Certification
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    Allied Telesis Managed Switches Awarded DoD JITC Unified Capabilities Certification

    Four Allied Telesis-developed X-series managed switches have passed the Defense Department‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command Unified Capabilities certification and have been certified to connect to the Defense Switched Network. Allied Telesis said Tuesday the certified AT-x930, AT-x510, AT-x310 and AT-DC2552 switches feature the AlliedWare Plus Layer 3 operating system designed to support ease of management and robustness. Philip Yim, […] More

  • NCI to Engineer US Army C4I, IT Systems in South Korea Under $63M Task Order
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    NCI to Engineer US Army C4I, IT Systems in South Korea Under $63M Task Order

    NCI has received a potential five-year, $63 million task order for engineering and integration support services at the U.S. Army Garrison–Humphreys in South Korea. The task order was awarded by the Army’s Information Systems Engineering Command through the Total Engineering and Information Systems III contract vehicle and contains one base year plus up to four option years, NCI said Wednesday. […] More

  • Bell-Boeing JV Taps Cobham to Develop Aerial Refueling System for Osprey Aircraft
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    Bell-Boeing JV Taps Cobham to Develop Aerial Refueling System for Osprey Aircraft

    A joint venture of Boeing and Bell Helicopter has awarded a contract to Cobham to build an aerial refueling system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Cobham said Tuesday the V-22 Aerial Refueling System will be based on the company’s FR300 Hose Drum Unit and will support Osprey’s capacity to refuel F-35B Lightning II and F/A-18 […] More