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  • General Atomics Demos Network Centric Communications Pod Capacity at Marine Corps Exercise
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    General Atomics Demos Network Centric Communications Pod Capacity at Marine Corps Exercise

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has demonstrated its network centric communications pod offering’s function to facilitate communications data links between U.S. Marine Corps ground and air forces and unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Tuesday it has integrated the system aboard a Predator B Block 5 and operated using a Block 30 ground control station during an exercise in July […] More

  • Smiths Detection Chosen to Supply Berlin Airport Baggage Screening Equipment
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    Smiths Detection Chosen to Supply Berlin Airport Baggage Screening Equipment

    The procurement agency of Germany’s national interior ministry has tasked Smiths Detection to provide hold baggage screening equipment at Berlin Brandenburg Airport that comply with the federal police agency’s EDS Standard 3 regulation. Smiths Detection said Wednesday the HI-SCAN 10080 XCT systems use x-ray technology, computed tomography and detection algorithms to provide levels of security and meet threat identification and false […] More

  • Sierra Nevada-UN Partnership Targets 2021 Launch of Multicountry Microgravity Mission
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    Sierra Nevada-UN Partnership Targets 2021 Launch of Multicountry Microgravity Mission

    A partnership between Sierra Nevada Corp. and the United Nations’ Office for Outer Space Affairs aims to launch microgravity payloads from UN member states aboard the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft by 2021. The U.N. said Tuesday the collaborative effort aims to give developing nations an opportunity to build and deploy payloads into orbit and that all member nations will have the chance to propose payloads […] More

  • A&D Industry Vet Mike Greenley Joins L-3 as WESCAM Subsidiary President
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    A&D Industry Vet Mike Greenley Joins L-3 as WESCAM Subsidiary President

    Mike Greenley, formerly vice president and general manager of CAE‘s Canadian operations, has been named president of L-3 Communications‘ WESCAM subsidiary. He will be based at the WESCAM headquarters in Ontario, Canada, and report directly to Jeff Miller, president of L-3’s integrated sensor systems sector, L-3 said Tuesday. Greenley was responsible for the general management and operation of CAE […] More

  • Jack London Keynotes at Army Cadet Command Mission Command Workshop; Ken Asbury Comments
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    Jack London Keynotes at Army Cadet Command Mission Command Workshop; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International Executive Chairman Jack London gave the opening keynote address for the U.S. Army Cadet Command Mission Command Workshop held Friday in Fort Knox, Kentucky. CACI said Tuesday London’s speech entitled “The Character Investment” addressed case studies and observations from more than 40 years of military and industry experience on how good character and ethics will play […] More

  • OGSystems Joins Leidos’ Army Geospatial Data Mgmt Contract Team; Omar Balkissoon Comments
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    OGSystems Joins Leidos’ Army Geospatial Data Mgmt Contract Team; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    OGSystems has partnered with Leidos to provide data processing support services to the U.S. Army‘s High-Resolution 3D Geospatial Information program under a potential five-year, $777 million task order. Leidos is the prime contractor for that order to help the Army Geospatial Center gather, process, disseminate, store and maintain geospatial data. Leidos will also collaborate with KEYW, Tenax, Neany, Sigma Space, Pixia and Woolpert to support the […] More

  • General Atomics Unveils Mechanical Arm for DARPA Gremlins UAS Program; Chris Pehrson Comments
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    General Atomics Unveils Mechanical Arm for DARPA Gremlins UAS Program; Chris Pehrson Comments

    General Atomics has rolled out a mechanical arm for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Gremlins program in search of a launch-and-recovery system for unmanned aerial systems in-flight, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg writes General Atomics built the system catch drones in the air and haul collected units into the back of a cargo aircraft. Chris Pehrson, General […] More

  • GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources
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    GSA, DOE Seek Info on Building Tech Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration and Energy Department have started to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide building technology platforms designed to build up the environmental and economic performance of federal and commercial facilities. Both agencies will evaluate potential building technologies through measurement and verification performance studies as part of the Green Proving […] More

  • BAE Builds Electronic Warfare Tool Under DARPA Contract; Joshua Niedzwiecki Comments
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    BAE Builds Electronic Warfare Tool Under DARPA Contract; Joshua Niedzwiecki Comments

    BAE Systems has launched a new portable sensor system designed to perform tactical situational awareness functions for soldiers through detection and analysis of radiofrequency signals. BAE said Tuesday it developed the electronic warfare platform under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in support of DARPA’s Cognitive radio Low-energy signal Analysis Sensor ICs program and […] More

  • Army Orders Additional Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Equipment
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    Army Orders Additional Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Equipment

    Oshkosh Corp.’s defense subsidiary has received a $42 million order to provide additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles as well as installed and packaged kits to the U.S. Army. The order represents the third that the Army has placed with Oshkosh Defense under a potential $6.75 billion contract awarded in August last year, the company said said Monday. Oshkosh Defense will perform the task in Oshkosh, […] More

  • SAIC Receives Task Order for Future Air Force C2 Hub Technical Engineering & Installation Services
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    SAIC Receives Task Order for Future Air Force C2 Hub Technical Engineering & Installation Services

    Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential four-year, $47 million task order contract to provide technical engineering and installation services for a future U.S. Air Force command and control facility in Nebraska. SAIC said Tuesday the Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific awarded the order under the service branch’s SeaPort-e professional services contract vehicle and work will take place over one […] More

  • NCI to Provide IT Services to Army Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center
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    NCI to Provide IT Services to Army Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center

    NCI has secured a potential two-year, $11 million task order to provide information technology services to the U.S. Army‘s Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The company said Monday it will support all IT classified and unclassified networks$ managed by R-NEC as part of the military branch’s Network Campaign Plan. Work covers network administration, systems administration and […] More