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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

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

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

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

Iridium Communications remains on schedule to launch the first 10 satellites of the Iridium NEXT constellation in July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes the initial launch date may change by a few weeks based on SpaceX’s availability and will be followed by six sets of 10 satellites that are expected to […] More