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  • NSA Vet Curt Dukes Joins Center for Internet Security in EVP Role; John Gilligan Comments
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    NSA Vet Curt Dukes Joins Center for Internet Security in EVP Role; John Gilligan Comments

    Curt Dukes, former director of the National Security Agency‘s information assurance directorate, has joined the Center for Internet Security as executive vice president. He will oversee the center’s security best practices automation group that handles  CIS controls and security benchmarks as well as tools designed to automate standards evaluation, CIS said Tuesday. Dukes will also lead efforts to expand the nonprofit’s standards content, […] More

  • Former NASA CTO Deborah Diaz Named Principal at Deep Water Point
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    Former NASA CTO Deborah Diaz Named Principal at Deep Water Point

    Deborah Diaz, formerly chief technology officer and deputy chief information officer of  NASA, has joined federal market consulting firm Deep Water Point as a principal. She will provide assistance in strategy development, implementation planning, information technology investment planning and technologies projects to Deep Water Point clients in her new role, the company said Wednesday. “Deborah brings a wealth […] More

  • Airbus Adds New Portable Jamming System to Counter-UAV Product Line
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    Airbus Adds New Portable Jamming System to Counter-UAV Product Line

    The electronics and border security arm of Airbus‘ defense and space business has introduced a new portable jamming system to its portfolio of counter-unmanned aerial vehicle products that detect illicit intrusions of small drones, Trade Arabia reported Tuesday. The report said the counter-UAV product line, which will be christened as Xpeller at the Consumer Electronics Show […] More

  • DOE, AMSC to Collaborate on Superconductor Wire R&D; Daniel McGahn Comments
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    DOE, AMSC to Collaborate on Superconductor Wire R&D; Daniel McGahn Comments

    AMSC has received a $4.5 million contract to research and develop a superconductor wire for the Energy Department‘s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the DOE-run Next Generation Electric Machines program. “This work with the DOE is complementary to our efforts to enable the U.S. Navy’s Electric Ship objective and will allow our team to […] More

  • Decisive Analytics to Help Air Force Develop Target Detection, Typing Algorithms
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    Decisive Analytics to Help Air Force Develop Target Detection, Typing Algorithms

    Decisive Analytics has received a contract of an undisclosed value to develop target detection and typing manifold algorithms for the remote sensing system directorate of the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center. The company said Tuesday it will incorporate algorithms into the Tools, Applications and Processing laboratory’s open framework architecture in an effort to help […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Unveils New Rugged Mission Computer for Military, Civilian Vehicles
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    Curtiss-Wright Unveils New Rugged Mission Computer for Military, Civilian Vehicles

    Curtiss-Wright has rolled out a new mission computer system designed for civil and military command-and-control embedded computing applications, fixed-wind aircraft and helicopters, ground vehicles and maritime vessels, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday. The report noted that the ultra-small-form-factor Parvus DuraCOR 312 computer offers high-performance embedded computing and general-purpose graphics processing for deep learning, electronic warfare, ISR and targeting applications. […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts
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    L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts

    L3 Technologies‘ WESCAM subsidiary has received a set of contracts worth more than $90 million combined to provide electro-optical/infrared imaging systems to multiple U.S. and international defense customers. The contracts cover the supply of MX Series EO/IR systems to the U.S. Navy, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, Thailand’s navy and Australia’s air force, WESCAM said Tuesday. […] More

  • Report: India to Seek Bids from Foreign Firms for Single-Engine Fighter Jet Production Contract
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    Report: India to Seek Bids from Foreign Firms for Single-Engine Fighter Jet Production Contract

    India plans to invite international contractors to submit bids for a program to build a new single-engine fighter aircraft in the country, Defense News reported Tuesday. Manohar Parrikar, India’s defense minister, said at a news conference that the government will select a foreign partner to produce the fighter jet based on technology transfer terms and […] More

  • GSA Seeks Contractors to Repair, Modify New York-Based Govt Facilities
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    GSA Seeks Contractors to Repair, Modify New York-Based Govt Facilities

    The General Services Administration has begun to solicit proposals from small businesses that can provide repair and alteration construction services for government owned and leased facilities in New York. GSA plans to award two $30 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts that will each contain a one-year base period and four option years. The agency will award up […] More

  • Air Force Taps Sotera for Predictive Analysis Software Prototyping Contract
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    Air Force Taps Sotera for Predictive Analysis Software Prototyping Contract

    Sotera Defense Solutions has won a potential $9.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Air Force for predictive analysis software prototyping and reporting services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will work to develop systems that can offer multi-source data fusion, predict malicious cyber operator activities and act as an integrator of the experimental software prototype. […] More

  • Raytheon to Provide Test Support for Qatar Missile Defense Center Under AF Contract Modification
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    Raytheon to Provide Test Support for Qatar Missile Defense Center Under AF Contract Modification

    Raytheon has received a $9.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for system verification test support to Qatar’s air and missile defense operations center. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will support development of cross-domain platforms for the center as part of a foreign military sales deal between Qatar and the U.S. Work […] More

  • Teledyne Subsidiary to Update Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles for DoD
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    Teledyne Subsidiary to Update Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles for DoD

    Teledyne Technologies‘ SeaBotix subsidiary has secured a multimillion contract to update underwater remotely operated vehicles for the Defense Department. The company said Tuesday the contract covers the delivery of 60 new vLBV300 ROV systems to explosive ordnance disposal mobile units worldwide. SeaBotix received the operational capability upgrade contract through DoD’s Atlantic Diving Supply distributor. The vLBV300 ROV systems will be fitted […] More