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  • Exelis Meteorological Imager Moves to Final Production; Eric Webster Comments
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    Exelis Meteorological Imager Moves to Final Production; Eric Webster Comments

    Exelis will move forward to final production of its Advanced Meteorological Imager after the system completed a design review conducted by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The company said Wednesday the now-finished review moves the program closer to the planned 2018 launch of AMI onboard the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A satellite. Eric Webster, environmental intelligence vice president and director at Exelis, said the imager works to build knowledge of weather and […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Enter Low-Rate Initial Production for Fuze Technology
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    Orbital ATK to Enter Low-Rate Initial Production for Fuze Technology

    Orbital ATK has received Milestone C approval for its FMU-167/B Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze to enter into low-rate initial production as part of the program’s completion of the engineering and manufacturing development phase. The company said Wednesday the approval moves the technology into production and deployment as it aims to deliver multiple-delay arming, void sensing and […] More

  • ManTech to Develop Intell Systems for US Marine Corps; Daniel Keefe Comments
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    ManTech to Develop Intell Systems for US Marine Corps; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has been awarded a five-year, $39.8 million contract to develop and integrate intelligence systems for the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Wednesday it would perform research, engineering, testing and evaluation support on the Marine Corps’ program manager marine intelligence system. “ManTech has provided IT, intelligence, and logistics solutions to the U.S. military for […] More

  • Interior Dept Orders A-T Solutions Field Diagramming Tools
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    Interior Dept Orders A-T Solutions Field Diagramming Tools

    The Interior Department has ordered an in-field diagramming tool for law enforcement and emergency response reporting tasks from A-T Solutions. A-T Solutions will provide 1,500 licenses of its V6 Easy Street Draw tool and maintenance services to the department, the company said Wednesday. The tool is designed to help law enforcers and first responders collect […] More

  • Harris CapRock Wins Offshore Field Telecoms Systems Integration Contract
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    Harris CapRock Wins Offshore Field Telecoms Systems Integration Contract

    Harris CapRock Communications has secured a contract to integrate 22 telecommunications systems in order to provide video conferencing services and wireless connectivity for Hess Corp.’s offshore oil and gas field project in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, the Harris subsidiary will perform equipment procurement, design detailing, engineering, factory testing and project management work to build an integrated […] More

  • CTC Subsidiary Launches Info Mgmt Software Tool; David Davis Comments
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    CTC Subsidiary Launches Info Mgmt Software Tool; David Davis Comments

    A Concurrent Technologies Corp. subsidiary has introduced a new online information management software product in an effort to help customers share location-based situational awareness data across different domains. Enterprise Ventures Corp. built the web-based TrackerEM application for users to plan their emergency response activities, create and export marked-up maps and operate information sharing situations, CTC said Tuesday. […] More

  • Canada Selects Cubic C16 Weapon System Adaptation Tech; Bill Toti Comments
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    Canada Selects Cubic C16 Weapon System Adaptation Tech; Bill Toti Comments

    A business segment of Cubic Corp. has won a potential $5.5 million contract to provide a technology for Canada’s army to tailor the C16 Automatic Grenade Launcher System for use in combat training operations. Bill Toti, president of Cubic Global Defense, said Tuesday the adaptation technology is designed to “enable soldiers to truly train as they fight.” […] More

  • Iraq Extends Serco’s Air Traffic Services Contract; David Greer Comments
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    Iraq Extends Serco’s Air Traffic Services Contract; David Greer Comments

    Serco will continue to provide air navigation services for the Baghdad International Airport under a one-year contract extension with the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority. The company will also help train air traffic controllers at the airport through 2016, Serco said Monday. David Greer, CEO of Serco Middle East, said the extension continues the company’s efforts to provide outsourced […] More

  • Dave Acevedo: AtHoc Lands 2-Year Army Contract Extension for Emergency Mass Alert Systems
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    Dave Acevedo: AtHoc Lands 2-Year Army Contract Extension for Emergency Mass Alert Systems

    AtHoc has been awarded a two-year contract extension to continue to provide unified mass notification systems for U.S. Army installations worldwide as part of the Leidos-led Emergency Management Modernization Program. Under the contract, the military branch will continue to use AtHoc’s IWSAlerts platforms to send crisis information and emergency alerts to servicemen and their families stationed […] More

  • Air Force to Integrate New EA Weapon with Lockheed Standoff Missile
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    Air Force to Integrate New EA Weapon with Lockheed Standoff Missile

    The U.S. Air Force wants a Lockheed Martin-built missile system to host a new microwave weapon technology designed to disrupt adversaries’ computer and electronic systems, Flightglobal reported May 14. James Drew writes Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, said the lab will miniaturize the Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project […] More

  • Joe Jordan: FedBid Marketplace Now Includes Contract Mgmt Tools
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    Joe Jordan: FedBid Marketplace Now Includes Contract Mgmt Tools

    FedBid has updated its business-to-government online marketplace to include new tools designed to help agencies create and manage indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity or blanket purchase agreement contracts. “BPAs and IDIQs are often used by government buyers to help leverage savings and streamline the process for purchasing frequently-used goods and services that are needed across their organizations,” Joe Jordan, […] More