The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a funding opportunity for industry proposals to build an autonomous undersea robotic platform that would transit large distances and handle objects on the ocean floor without human intervention or use of communications technology.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking to solicit for high performance computing services to support the agency’s weather and climate services. NOAA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it intends to award a potential 10-year, $505.2M contract by Feb. 14, 2020, for services under the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System program. The contractor will […] More

The Virginia Contracting Activity has released a draft request for proposals on a potential five-year contract that will cover intelligence support services to U.S. Central Command. VACA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it seeks a contractor to perform analysis, indications, warning, application and dissemination efforts to help Centcom’s intelligence directorate plan, assess and execute missions. […] More

The Austin-based Capital Area Emergency Communications District, covering 10 Texas counties, is getting AT&T‘s help to update the district’s 911 communications. The company said Wednesday it will offer its ESInet service to provide CAECD with internet protocol-based call routing tools that would modernize the district’s decades-old 911 infrastructure. ESInet is built to help users manage […] More

An experimentation group within the Air Force Research Laboratory is requesting for industry input on high energy laser and high power microwave technologies. The AFRL’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Group intends to use these technologies for strike and defense applications against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, the U.S. Air Force said Oct. 25 in a […] More

Shawn Black, former vice president and general manager of Leonardo DRS‘ electro-optical and infrared systems business, has joined Cobham as the first chief operating officer of its advanced electronic solutions business. Jill Kale, president of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, said in a statement released Monday that Black will oversee profit-and-loss accounts and operational strategies at CAES’ 16 facilities. […] More

The General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service seeks industry feedback on a potential $8B cloud computing project that aims to unify networks and data centers across the Defense Department. The request for information solicits public comment on enterprise hardware, software licenses, and deployment and sustainment services covered in the first capability set of the Defense […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a potential $36M contract to support an information technology platform the Food and Drug Administration uses to monitor adverse drug events. The company subsequently received a $5.6M initial task order under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity that covers IT life cycle services for FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, according to a notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps. Work […] More

Vic Torla, director of business development training and logistics solutions at Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, said in a Shepard Media report published Wednesday the company expects the certification for the Hercules Full Mission Simulator to be completed by September. The Hercules Training Center co-located with the aircraft production and collection facility in Marietta, Ga. […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on July 17 in Arlington, Va., to solicit vendors for the development of insect-scale robotic platforms. Registration for the Short-Range Independent Microrobotic Platforms Proposers Day will run through July 13, DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday. The SHRIMP program will include three 12-month […] More

CAE has selected Rockwell Collins to provide a display system for a full-flight simulator the Canadian air force will implement to help aircrews operate a search and rescue aircraft platform. Rockwell Collins said Thursday it will help install the Panorama collimated display into CAE’s CC-295 FFS. The simulator for Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program will support flight training […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has partnered with CAE, L3 Technologies’ Wescam subsidiary and Maxar Technologies’ MDA business to form an industry team that aims to meet Canada’s requirements for multi-mission remotely piloted aircraft systems. Team SkyGuardian Canada will offer the MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone for the Canadian armed forces’ RPAS project that seeks a medium-altitude, long-endurance […] More