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Cubic has been awarded a $1 million contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific to deliver split radio subsystems in support of the U.S. Navy‘s AN/USQ-167 Common Data Link system. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions division will provide switchable CDL split above and below decks radio systems for installation on Navy aircraft carriers in an effort to help the military branch secure […] More

Communications & Power Industries has landed a potential $13 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the first phase of a program to invest in the development of new approaches to make vacuum electronics. CPI said Tuesday its Microwave Power Products division has secured an initial $5.8 million investment to support the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office’s High Power […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen 19 small businesses to receive grants worth a combined $3.3 million to research and develop a wide range of technology platforms. NIST chose the companies based on their submitted R&D proposals that seek to address advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, biomanufacturing, cyber-physical, technology transfer and advanced sensing for manufacturing challenges, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. DOC noted grantees […] More

Louis Berger has merged its Ammann & Whitney and Louis Berger Group operating companies to establish a new business entity that will serve U.S. clients worldwide. Louis Berger U.S. will maintain the Ammann & Whitney name for a division specialized in long-span bridge engineering, Louis Berger said Tuesday. “The integration follows many years of working together and an intensive period of […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $14.5 million contract to perform support work on the fire control system of four Victoria-class submarines and ground-based team trainers for the Canadian navy. The company said Tuesday it will provide in-service and field service, obsolescence management and technical investigations support under the contract. Lockheed will also help the Canadian navy to integrate layer-based displays, sonar processing upgrades, search-and-attack […] More

Schneider Electric USA and Black & Veatch have formed a joint venture that will design and construct an energy security microgrid system at a U.S. Marine Corps air base in San Diego. Black & Veatch said Tuesday the system will be built to support facility operations across Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in the event of a utility power grid outage. […] More

The U.S. subsidiary of Austal has received an $11.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to plan and conduct repairs to any damage the company-built USS Jackson littoral combat ship will sustain during full ship shock trials. Austal USA will also help remove FSST test equipment and instrumentation after the tests under the modification, the company said Monday. The Navy performed the […] More