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  • Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract
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    Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract

    Allied Associates International has secured a $23.4 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on the technical, engineering, advisory and management aspects of MDA’s international affairs and foreign military sales. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers studies, analyses, evaluations, management and professional services to support the Aegis, Sensors and Terminal High Altitude ballistic missile defense […] More

  • DARPA Taps Northrop for RF Signal Processing Tech Development Contract
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    DARPA Taps Northrop for RF Signal Processing Tech Development Contract

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $7.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop new technology platforms for a program that seeks to facilitate radio and radar communications in contested radiofrequency environments. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the contract awarded through the Signal Processing at RF program has a base […] More

  • Sweden Orders Helmet Mounted Display System for Gripen Pilots
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    Sweden Orders Helmet Mounted Display System for Gripen Pilots

    Saab has been awarded an estimated $13.2 million contract to supply helmet mounted display systems to Sweden’s defense material agency. Pilots of the Swedish air force’s Gripen E fighter aircraft will use the Targo system to detect, track, identify and engage air and ground targets, Saab said Monday. AEL Sistemas will manufacture the Targo helmets and Saab […] More

  • Toshiba Establishes Mobile Computing Subsidiary in Australia & New Zealand
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    Toshiba Establishes Mobile Computing Subsidiary in Australia & New Zealand

    Toshiba Corp. has formed an Australia-based subsidiary within Toshiba America Information Systems to deliver mobile computing platforms and services in Australia and New Zealand. Toshiba Client Solutions ANZ will serve small and medium-sized businesses as well as the enterprise, government and education markets, Toshiba said Tuesday. TCSAN will operate in Sydney with Mark Whittard as managing director and chief executive […] More

  • Ideal Innovations to Support DIA Document, Media Exploitation Mission
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    Ideal Innovations to Support DIA Document, Media Exploitation Mission

    Ideal Innovations Inc. has secured a potential four-year, $6.5 million contract to provide biometric examination services for the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s document and media exploitation mission. I3 said Nov. 2 it will support DIA’s National Media Exploitation Center under the contract, which contains one base year and three option years. Bob Kocher, I3 president and CEO, […] More

  • Micro Craft CEO Kenneth Sullivan to Chair NDIA Manufacturing Division
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    Micro Craft CEO Kenneth Sullivan to Chair NDIA Manufacturing Division

    The National Defense Industrial Association has named Kenneth Sullivan, president and CEO of Micro Craft, as chairman of NDIA’s manufacturing division. He previously served as vice chairman of the same division and chaired the association’s  supply chain network committee, NDIA said Monday. Bruce Roulstone, vice president of program development at NDIA, said Sullivan will work to help advance issues that […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Names Andreas Schell Power Business CEO
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    Rolls-Royce Names Andreas Schell Power Business CEO

    Rolls-Royce has named Andreas Schell, former digital strategy vice president at United Technologies Corp.‘s aerospace systems segment, to succeed Ulrich Dohle as CEO of the Rolls-Royce Power Systems unit. Schell will work with Dohle on the transition into the new role that takes effect Jan. 1, 2017, Rolls-Royce said Nov. 2. “[Schell] has a thorough understanding of product and […] More

  • Engility to Exhibit HPC Platforms at Supercomputing 2016 Conference; Kirk Dye Comments
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    Engility to Exhibit HPC Platforms at Supercomputing 2016 Conference; Kirk Dye Comments

    Engility will present its high-performance computing platforms at the six-day Supercomputing 2016 conference that will kick off Nov. 13 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kirk Dye, senior vice president of Engility’s federal civilian business, said in a statement released Tuesday that the company works to help clients address big data challenges through HPC platforms as well […] More

  • LAC Federal to Align Commerce Research Library’s Catalog Records
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    LAC Federal to Align Commerce Research Library’s Catalog Records

    LAC Federal has received a contract of an undisclosed value to help the Commerce Department align catalog records and reflect the physical holdings of the Commerce Research Library. The company said Monday it will conduct shelf-reading of the library’s collection, identify items in need of conservation and compare each item to the electronic catalog record and Online Computer Library […] More

  • Booz Allen, Techstars Name 6 Teams for Cyber Tech Development Program
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    Booz Allen, Techstars Name 6 Teams for Cyber Tech Development Program

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Techstars have unveiled six teams comprised of startups and Booz Allen’s product teams that will work to develop cybersecurity technologies. Techstars said Monday it entered a partnership with Booz Allen to support and develop emerging technologies that could help address cybersecurity threats. The first class of the Startup Next Cyber pre-accelerator program includes Booz […] More

  • DCS-Millenium JV Nabs Task Orders to Support Army Night Vision Work
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    DCS-Millenium JV Nabs Task Orders to Support Army Night Vision Work

    A joint venture of DCS and Millenium has secured three task orders worth $21 million combined to support U.S. Army sensors and night vision work as part of the Warrior Enabling Broad Sensors contract. DCS said Monday the DMJV venture will offer support to the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate and Army Project […] More