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  • Hera Systems to Launch 1st Satellites in Oct 2016; Bobby Machinski Comments
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    Hera Systems to Launch 1st Satellites in Oct 2016; Bobby Machinski Comments

    Hera Systems plans to launch its first imaging satellites in October 2016 after it completed preliminary design review of the spacecraft and secured an initial round of funds from investors led by Firsthand Capital. The company said Thursday the nine-satellite constellation will work to produce images and video that its analytics platform will utilize to generate insights offered as […] More

  • Lockheed to Update Sweden Airport Operational Systems; Mark Cooper Comments
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    Lockheed to Update Sweden Airport Operational Systems; Mark Cooper Comments

    Lockheed Martin has been selected to upgrade Sweden’s airport operational systems in an effort to help share information with stakeholders across the network under a five-year contract. Swedavia tapped Lockheed to install the latter company’s Chroma suite that comprises a multi-airport operational database, resource management system and flight information displays, Lockheed said Thursday. Mark Cooper, […] More

  • NVRC Study: California, Northern Virginia Top Federal Contracting States for 2010-14
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    NVRC Study: California, Northern Virginia Top Federal Contracting States for 2010-14

    California and Northern Virginia were respectively the first- and second-largest states in terms of federal contract spending between 2010 and 2014 if the latter region was a state, a new study says. The r said Monday California received approximately $255 billion in federal non-payroll, defense and non-defense contracts over that four-year period and Northern Virginia got nearly $219 billion for those same items. NVRC […] More

  • Booz Allen-Xerox PARC Team to Eye Sensor Tech, Internet of Things
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    Booz Allen-Xerox PARC Team to Eye Sensor Tech, Internet of Things

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary have partnered to offer technical expertise to government and commercial organizations as both companies aim to help clients address their mission and business challenges. Michael Farber, a Booz Allen executive vice president, said Thursday the alliance will also explore strategies to integrate PARC’s sensor technology and printed electronics offerings into Booz […] More

  • CACI Debuts ‘SkyTracker’ UAS Detection System; Ken Asbury Comments
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    CACI Debuts ‘SkyTracker’ UAS Detection System; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has released a new system for customers to detect and identify unmanned aerial systems they believe could be in restricted airspace. The SkyTracker precision system uses radio links to monitor drones that fly in protected airspace and locate ground operators, CACI said Thursday. Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, said the company designed the system “to address the rapidly […] More

  • DARPA Extends Xerox Subsidiary’s Disappearing Electronics Contract; Gregory Whiting Comments
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    DARPA Extends Xerox Subsidiary’s Disappearing Electronics Contract; Gregory Whiting Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has extended a contract with Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary for continued development work on a transient electronics technology. PARC made the Disintegration Upon Stress Release Trigger for DARPA’s Vanishing Programmable Resources program as the agency seeks to develop electronic systems that dissappear on command, Xerox said Wednesday. “This technology can help commercial organizations as well […] More

  • General Atomics, Army Fly Gray Eagle for South Korea Exercises; Frank Pace Comments
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    General Atomics, Army Fly Gray Eagle for South Korea Exercises; Frank Pace Comments

    A Gray Eagle drone General Atomics built for the U.S. Army has completed a series of joint manned-unmanned aircraft teaming exercises in South Korea. General Atomics said Wednesday the Gray Eagle worked to stream video and metadata to the AH-64 Apache helicopter from a remote location for operators to control the drone’s sensors and identify targets. The Apache helicopter […] More

  • Mach37 Seeks Applications for Cyber Startup Mentorship Program; Bob Stratton Comments
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    Mach37 Seeks Applications for Cyber Startup Mentorship Program; Bob Stratton Comments

    The Mach37 Cyber Accelerator has opened the application process for its 90-day mentorship program that seeks to help startups develop and market their information security platforms with a $50,000 investment. The business accelerator will select up to eight early-stage firms for the Spring 2016 Cohort program that is scheduled to launch on March 14, Mach37 […] More

  • Mercury Systems to Build Digital RF Memory Modulators for Navy
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    Mercury Systems to Build Digital RF Memory Modulators for Navy

    A Mercury Systems subsidiary has been awarded a potential five-year, $41.8 million contract to build 200 miniaturized digital radio frequency memory modulators for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday Mercury Defense Systems will also provide repair and evaluation services for the mini I/J band DRFMs. Miniaturized DRFMs work to help users produce high-fidelity threat simulation tools […] More

  • HHS, OptumLabs Form Healthcare Research Partnership; Susannah Fox Comments
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    HHS, OptumLabs Form Healthcare Research Partnership; Susannah Fox Comments

    The Department of Health and Human Services has teamed up with OptumLabs, a healthcare research center co-founded by Mayo Clinic and Optum, in an effort to utilize OptumLabs’ databases of de-identified patient data for healthcare research. OptumLabs will work with HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to compare identified trends in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey with […] More

  • State Dept Clears Argentina’s $80M Bell Helicopter Purchase Request
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    State Dept Clears Argentina’s $80M Bell Helicopter Purchase Request

    Argentina’s request to buy $80 million in Bell 412EP helicopters built by the Textron subsidiary Bell has received clearance from the State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday the proposed foreign military sale includes four Bell 412EPs, helicopter major components and spare parts, pilot and maintenance training and logistics support. DSCA said Argentina seeks to bolster its air mobility efforts […] More

  • Raytheon Completes Sonar Platform Delivery to DARPA
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    Raytheon Completes Sonar Platform Delivery to DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has received a Raytheon-built sonar system for integration with the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Raytheon said Wednesday it handed the Modular Scalable Sonar System to DARPA as part of a subcontract it won from Leidos. MS3 is an open architecture-based platform designed to perform torpedo warning, search-and-tracking and small-object […] More