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  • IEEE Launches Working Group to Structure Aerial Communications, Networking Standards
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    IEEE Launches Working Group to Structure Aerial Communications, Networking Standards

    Technical organization IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association have launched the IEEE Aerial Network Communications Working Group to structure standards for aircraft systems. Group members will work to establish the IEEE P1920.1 project designed to develop standards for air-to-air communications in an ad hoc aerial network and situational awareness for commercial, civil manned and unmanned aircraft […] More

  • MBDA to Supply Qatar Navy Missiles Under $1.11B Deal
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    MBDA to Supply Qatar Navy Missiles Under $1.11B Deal

    MBDA‘s Italian subsidiary has been awarded a potential $1.11 billion contract to build  three kinds of missile for installation on Qatar’s naval ships. The Qatar Emiri Naval Forces will receive Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles and  Aster 30 Block 1 and Vertical Launch MICA air defense missile systems from MBDA Italia, the company said Wednesday. The weapons will be built to […] More

  • Progress Electric Wins Air Force Base Engineering Services Contract
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    Progress Electric Wins Air Force Base Engineering Services Contract

    Progress Electric has landed a potential $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide a range of base engineering services at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers management, labor, equipment, transportation and design support for maintenance, repair and construction work. Progress Electric will perform work through June […] More

  • BAE to Help Navy Design, Build Airborne Reconnaissance Tech for Buried Threats Detection
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    BAE to Help Navy Design, Build Airborne Reconnaissance Tech for Buried Threats Detection

    A BAE Systems subsidiary has secured a potential $12.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a soil-penetrating airborne reconnaissance prototype for threat assessment and neutralization. The Defense Department said Wednesday the cost-reimbursement contract has a base value of $9.5 million over two years and work could extend through December 28, 2020 if all options are exercised. BAE Systems’ spectral […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Lands $50M Air Force Reentry Field Support Equipment Production Contract
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    Lockheed Martin Lands $50M Air Force Reentry Field Support Equipment Production Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $50 million firm-fixed-priced contract to manufacture and deliver seven reentry field support equipment sets and four support equipment sets. Lockheed’s space systems business will also provide interim contractor support and design requalification and recertification services in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, through March 2020, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added that the Air Force […] More

  • Octo Consulting Secures Army Data Infrastructure Task Order; Mehul Sanghani Comments
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    Octo Consulting Secures Army Data Infrastructure Task Order; Mehul Sanghani Comments

    Octo Consulting Group has received a $29.8 million task order to provide digital services for a U.S. Army program that aims to modernize global network infrastructure for warfighters and coalition partners. The company said Wednesday it will work to manage programs, design business process and develop enterprise network for the Army Project Manager Installation Information Infrastructure – Communications and Capabilities, […] More

  • Textron Systems’ AAI Subsidiary Lands SOCOM Drone ISR Services IDIQ
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    Textron Systems’ AAI Subsidiary Lands SOCOM Drone ISR Services IDIQ

    A Textron Systems subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $35 million contract to continue to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services for the U.S. Special Operations Command through mid-endurance unmanned aerial systems. The sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded to AAI Corp. has a base term of six months and six option months and contains cost reimbursable and […] More

  • Washington Headquarters Services Taps Boston Consulting to Support DoD Cost Mgmt Efforts
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    Washington Headquarters Services Taps Boston Consulting to Support DoD Cost Mgmt Efforts

    The Washington Headquarters Services has awarded Boston Consulting Group an $8.1 million contract to provide subject matter expertise and analysis services in support of the Defense Department‘s efforts to implement cost management policies, systems and procedures. Boston Consulting will perform work at the Pentagon and is scheduled to finish April 25, 2017, the department said Wednesday. WHS obligated the full contract […] More

  • Coast Guard Taps Erickson For Helicopter Transportation Services Purchase Order
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    Coast Guard Taps Erickson For Helicopter Transportation Services Purchase Order

    Erickson has received a purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard to transport USCG Research and Development Center staff and equipment aboard Bell 212 helicopters to locations in Nome, Alaska. The Portland, Oregon-headquartered aviation services provider said Monday the purchase order carries into August and the contract work started on June 13. Erickson was also selected to provide helicopter support for the Alaska […] More

  • Defense News: UK Agency Teams With BAE, Northrop for F-35 Support Hub Bid
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    Defense News: UK Agency Teams With BAE, Northrop for F-35 Support Hub Bid

    A British defense support organization has partnered with BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman to compete for the rights to be Europe’s F-35 avionics sustainment hub, Defense News reported Wednesday. Andrew Chuter writes the U.K.’s Defense Electronics and Components Agency, BAE and Northrop aim to propose a joint framework for maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services provision to the F-35 Joint Program Office by August. DECA […] More

  • Maritime Executive: Elbit Systems Conducts First Torpedo Launch System Tests
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    Maritime Executive: Elbit Systems Conducts First Torpedo Launch System Tests

    Elbit Systems has conducted initial tests of its torpedo launch system aboard the Seagull Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel platform, Maritime Executive reported Tuesday. Tests for the 40-foot self-navigating system were performed off Haifa to demonstrate the system’s capacity to launch a light torpedo munition without targeting. “The test highlighted Seagull’s unique capacity to detect and engage submarines,” said Ofer Ben-Dov, Elbit […] More

  • HPE Public Sector Center Client Hub Nabs CMMI Level 5 Appraisal
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    HPE Public Sector Center Client Hub Nabs CMMI Level 5 Appraisal

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. public sector “Center for Enabling Client Excellence” has received its fifth consecutive Capability Maturity Model Integration level 5 rating from the CMMI Institute, HPE reported Friday. Genevieve De Vera, HPE Enterprise Services U.S. public sector digital content marketing manager and social media lead, wrote maturity appraisal level five is the institute’s highest organizational maturity level and both indicates the center performs […] More