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A joint venture of Bechtel National and Parsons Government Services has wrapped up the construction of a facility built to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass established the plant in Richmond, Kentucky, under a contract with the Defense Department’s Program Executive Office – Assembled Chemical Weapons […] More
Alexium International Group has been tapped by the Defense Department to develop and supply fire retardant treatments for use on nylon-cotton uniforms of U.S. Army personnel. DoD will finance the final development phase of Alexium-made Alexiflam FR treatment and expects the chemicals development firm to complete work on the product by the first half of next year, […] More
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and General Dynamics are potential bidders on the Defense Department’s $460 million digital services contract in support of U.S. Cyber Command, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Chris Strohm writes the Pentagon has increased spending on cyber over the past two fiscal years even as spending declines on other programs. Nadia Short, vice president and […] More
Pwnie Express will offer and provide a company-built security threat detection technology to U.S. government agencies through an acquisition contract vehicle run by the General Services Administration. The company said Tuesday it also partnered with gvTechSolutions to help customer agencies protect their infrastructure assets from attacks with the Pwn Pulse platform. “Adversaries know that organizations, both in the private and public sector, spend […] More
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has obtained new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the company’s public safety, mapping, messaging and location-based services. Among the patented systems, the Voice-over Internet Protocol E911 metro street address guide is intended to determine the location of a 911 caller, TCS said Wednesday. The company also obtained a patent […] More
Capstone Turbine and Argonne National Laboratory, a University of Chicago-run engineering and science research facility, have formed a partnership to take part in the Energy Department’s Technologist in Residence pilot program. The Capstone-Argonne team is one of the seven pairs that will receive $2.6 million in total funds over two years under the TIR pilot […] More
SRI International has received a $40 million contract to develop new contraceptive products for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development. SRI Biosciences will perform the preclinical development and testing of potential therapeutic products in compliance with Investigational New Drug requirements, SRI said Tuesday. “We are pleased to continue supporting this […] More
The U.S. Navy intends to purchase from Rockwell Collins‘ government systems business a set of radio receiver-transmitters and ancillary equipment under the ARC-210 family of communications products. A presolicitation notice posted Oct. 21 on FedBizOpps indicated that Naval Air Systems Command plans to send a delivery order for 12 RT-1747D/ARC receiver-transmitter and 12 C-11898A/ARC control and radio set. According […] More
Intel Security has renewed its strategy to focus on integrated and open security system in an effort to help customers combat cyber attacks. The new corporate strategy is intended to bolster endpoint and cloud security systems by unifying the threat defense lifecycle, Intel said Tuesday. “The rising volume and complexity of attacks present a vicious cycle […] More
The U.S. Navy has asked industry to provide information on X-band radar systems and active antenna platforms designed for tracking and surface surveillance operations. The Naval Sea Systems Command said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 21 that it also wants information on scalable X-band exciters, receivers and frequency synthesizer tools that can be integrated […] More
Cobham has received a three-year, $4.17 million contract to produce landmine detection systems for the U.S. Army. The company will develop a demonstrator handheld technology that will work to identify explosive devices buried in the ground, Cobham said Tuesday. “As a result of this program Cobham will deliver enhanced handheld counter-explosive hazard detection systems for […] More
Avaya‘s government solutions business will deploy its Fabric Connect technology at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas in support of that military facility’s efforts to modernize its network architecture. The company said Tuesday Fabric Connect utilizes IEEE-standard shortest-path bridging protocols as it operates in response to changing conditions and network traffic. Susan Keys, a vice president at Avaya Government Solutions, […] More
