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NASA has launched SpaceX‘s ninth commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with the space agency. NASA said Monday the CRS-9 mission carries 5,000 pounds of cargo, which will reach the space station on Wednesday. The space agency added the cargo contains samples and instruments that will […] More
Lockheed Martin aims to pursue the U.S. Army‘s planned acquisition of a lower-tier air and missile defense sensor that will operate in the Army’s integrated air and missile defense network and replace the Patriot radar. The company said Friday the Army wants a new sensor that could meet mobility and transportability targets as well as reduce sustainment costs. “With this request […] More
A team comprising Cubic, Fae Vectus, Language Directions and Marton Technologies has received a $6.2 million follow-on contract to develop education and training requirements for the U.S. Air Force‘s adviser academic services program. Team Cubic will also continue to provide classroom and scenario-based training on core skills, language, region and culture at the Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Cubic […] More
The U.S. Army has begun preclinical trials of its vaccine candidate against Ebola virus in combination with the PIKA adjuvant platform developed by China-based Yisheng Biopharma. Study results show that mice that received a combination of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases’ virus-like particle-based vaccine and Yisheng’s PIKA adjuvant platform demonstrated 100 percent […] More
Oracle has joined a public-private research project introduced by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy that seeks to examine the advantages and challenges of wireless networking. The company said Monday it will provide engineering and technology expertise as well as core network control, analytics and network orchestration tools to the Platforms Enabling Advanced Wireless Program. PAWR, led by the National Science Foundation, […] More
NASA‘s Glenn Research Center and Sinclair College’s national training and certification center for unmanned aircraft systems will conduct a study on the algae blooms on Lake Erie as part of their new Space Act Agreement. Sinclair said Wednesday it will work with NASA to perform UAS sensor integration tests and flight operations to study the effects of […] More
KBR has received a pair contract extensions of undisclosed terms for base operational support services from the U.S. Defense Department, as well as a five-year integrated support contractor services contract from the Australian defense department. The company said Monday the awards from DoD cover base operations and maintenance services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic in Djibouti and work to […] More
LGS Innovations has received a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to support the migration of assets from the service branch’s facilities across South Korea to U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys. The company said Monday it will update and migrate the Army’s command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems to a new network infrastructure at Camp Humphreys as part of the […] More
An official with Boeing said the company held talks with Japanese government representatives at the Farnborough International Airshow to propose a possible collaboration on the development of a fighter jet that would replace the country’s F2 planes, Nikkei Asian Review reported Saturday. Jeff Kohler, vice president of international business development at Boeing’s defense, space and security business, […] More
FLIR Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide electro-optics sensors for integration with the military branch’s Sea Star Safire III and Brite Star II EOS systems. The Defense Department said Friday FLIR will also deliver spares as well as perform repair, training, data and technical support services under the firm-fixed-price contract. Work will occur […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary a three-year, $9.4 million contract to help the service branch develop, integrate and demonstrate a machine learning platform. BAE Systems Inc. will explore latest machine learning advancements to support the Air Force’s efforts to apply analytics to address space situational awareness challenges as well as leverage high-performance computing and […] More
Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary has partnered with the 502d Air Base Wing’s Career Skills Program at Joint Base San Antonio to offer transition assistance for military servicemen that seek civilian employment. Accenture Federal Services said Friday it will provide apprenticeships, on-the-job training, job shadowing and employment skills training to service members to help them enter the civilian workforce. CSP […] More
