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  • Lynn Orr: DOE Funding Program to Support Clean Energy, Grid Modernization Initiative
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    Lynn Orr: DOE Funding Program to Support Clean Energy, Grid Modernization Initiative

    The Energy Department will allot $25 million in funds to aid the efforts of software developers, solar companies and utilities to integrate solar energy into the power grid in support of DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative. The Enabling Extreme Real-Time Grid Integration of Solar Energy funding program seeks concepts for utility distribution system planning and operations that work to utilize sensing, communication […] More

  • Raytheon Secures Socom Contract to Produce ‘Silent Knight’ Radar System
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    Raytheon Secures Socom Contract to Produce ‘Silent Knight’ Radar System

    Raytheon has landed a potential $49.5 million contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command to continue low-rate initial production of the Silent Knight radar system. The company’s space and airborne systems business will perform work in McKinney, Texas, and Forest, Mississippi, through October 2018 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Silent Knight radar works to serve as a terrain following […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Launch Thaicom 8 Broadcast Comms Satellite in Late May
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    Orbital ATK to Launch Thaicom 8 Broadcast Comms Satellite in Late May

    Orbital ATK has delivered the Thaicom 8 communications satellite that it built for Thaicom to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to prepare for a scheduled May launch. The Dulles, Virginia-headquartered company said Friday Thaicom 8 is based on its GEOStar-2TM platform and is designed to support Thailand’s broadcast industry and deliver broadcast and data services to clients across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. […] More

  • Air Force, Lockheed Partner to Build Integrated Battle Mgmt System
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    Air Force, Lockheed Partner to Build Integrated Battle Mgmt System

    Lockheed Martin has won a $16.2 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force build an integrated system for the military branch to manage air-to-ground and air-to-air combat missions in a peer threat contested environment. Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide software, hardware and reports for the development of an integrated Distributed Battle Management infrastructure, the Defense Department said Monday. The Air Force Research Laboratory received two offers […] More

  • NASA Awards Ames Aeronautics, Exploration Modeling & Simulation Contract to STC
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    NASA Awards Ames Aeronautics, Exploration Modeling & Simulation Contract to STC

    Hampton, Virginia-based small business Science and Technology Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $39.3 million contract from NASA for services under the Aeronautics and Exploration Mission Modeling and Simulation contract. The company will provide services to aid the space agency’s Ames Research Center along with research and development support to two advanced supercomputing division branches, the systems […] More

  • Army Selects 3 Companies for Medical Equipment Supply Contract
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    Army Selects 3 Companies for Medical Equipment Supply Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded positions on a multi-year, $49.4 million contract to TQM Inc., Lighthouse for the Blind and MSGI Corp. to deliver a wide range of medical and laboratory equipment to Army medical units. The Defense Department said Monday the indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract also includes surgical, dental, pharmaceutical and veterinary equipment as well as materiel sets for nonmedical and medical support programs of […] More

  • DOJ Requests Info on Body-Worn Cameras for Market Survey
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    DOJ Requests Info on Body-Worn Cameras for Market Survey

    The Justice Department has issued a request for information in support of the National Institute of Justice’s upcoming market survey that aims to identify commercial body-worn cameras designed for use in law enforcement operations. DOJ’s justice programs office said in a Federal Register notice posted Thursday the survey will work to help law enforcement agencies’ purchasing agents […] More

  • Exabeam Names DoD, DOE, AF Cyber Vets to Federal Advisory Board; Robert Lentz Comments
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    Exabeam Names DoD, DOE, AF Cyber Vets to Federal Advisory Board; Robert Lentz Comments

    Exabeam, a security intelligence platforms provider, has created a federal advisory board in an effort to help federal and state government agencies detect and respond to cyber threats. The company said Monday the board will consist of Robert Lentz, president of Cyber Security Strategies and former chief information security officer at the Defense Department; and […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Solar Farm Receives Environmental Award From Arkansas Gov’t
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Solar Farm Receives Environmental Award From Arkansas Gov’t

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has become the first recipient of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality TECHe Award for its solar farm at the Highland Industrial Business Park in East Camden. The TECHe award was- presented by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and ADEQ Director Becky Keogh to recognize the company’s efforts to develop environmentally-friendly technology, the company said Monday. Aerojet Rocketdyne noted its […] More

  • AeroVironment Showcases Mantis i45 EO/IR Payload for UAS at Unmanned Tech Conference
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    AeroVironment Showcases Mantis i45 EO/IR Payload for UAS at Unmanned Tech Conference

    AeroVironment will display its new electro-optical/infrared gimbal payload for small unmanned aircraft systems at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans. Mantis i45 is used on the Puma all-environment unmanned aerial vehicle for commercial and military applications and features a suite of sensors such as EO and IR imagers, dual-color cameras, an illuminator and an […] More

  • Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments
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    Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments

    A team led by a Raytheon subsidiary will work to develop techniques that seek to extend the functionality of mobile applications for up to a century under a four-year, $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. Raytheon BBN Technologies will collaborate with Securboration, Syracuse University, Vanderbilt University and Oregon State University on the project as part of the Defense Advanced […] More

  • Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change to ‘Leonardo’
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    Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change to ‘Leonardo’

    A near-unanimous majority of shareholders at Italy-based defense and industrial conglomerate Finmeccanica have approved the company’s proposal to officially change its name to Leonardo from Jan. 1, 2017 after the famous scientist Leonardo Da Vinci. Finmeccanica said Thursday it will operate under the name Leonardo-Finmeccanica through Dec. 31, 2016 in an effort to facilitate continuity of relationships with other […] More