A new Research and Markets report has predicted the global small drones market to hit $10.04 billion in value by 2020 as demand for commercial application increases. Research and Markets said Wednesday defense and commercial sector operations and tasks that use small drones increase over the past 10 years following the advancements in payloads technology. […] More

The Naval Sea Systems Command plans to award Northrop Grumman a potential five-year, $44.9 million contract to provide diode-pumped laser designation technology for the U.S. Navy‘s airborne multispectral targeting systems. The Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the contract covers single-color laser designators and dual- and tri-beam emitters and receivers. Northrop will also provide spares, documentation, repairs, […] More

A Siemens subsidiary and the National Park Service have deployed two solar panels at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia under a $29 million Energy Savings Performance contract that Siemens’ federal business secured in 2014. NPS said Jan. 5 that Siemens Government Technologies installed the solar array systems at the park’s ranger office building and headquarters and […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has started a search for sources of general, technical and scientific expertise and support for the agency’s computer security division. In a notice posted Dec. 21 on FedBizOpps, NIST said its sought capabilities cover support for the development of standards, tools and practices for the security of information and information […] More

The Justice Department has announced plans to award up to 12 contracts to procure a range of commercial services intended to help DOJ manage its information technology systems. The department said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it could select five IT service providers for the program’s unrestricted portion and choose six vendors for a small […] More

The State Department has called on industry to submit ideas for the management of the agency’s email in compliance with federal requirements. The department released a request for information Monday as part of market research for commercial off-the-shelf systems and modification of existing hardware and software tools for email management. It seeks storage, search, auditing, extraction, […] More

Visiongain has estimated the global military unmanned ground vehicle market revenue to reach $412.5 million total in 2015. Visiongain the drivers, challenges and trends in the global military unmanned ground vehicle market for its latest report, the company said Nov. 18. The report also features interviews of thought leaders in the industry such as Shahar […] More

Tetra Tech has received a five-year, $46 million task order to support the U.S. Agency for International Development‘s government and social programs in Jordan as part of the company’s Rule of Law contract with the agency. The company said Wednesday it will provide technical services for Jordanian health, social and educational systems and support the promotion of economic […] More

Harris Corp.‘s EDO Corp. subsidiary has been chosen to supply AN/APY-11 radar systems for two surveillance planes that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration uses to track hurricanes. Harris’ Exelis subsidiary and ELTA Systems will collaborate to build the multimode radar technology for integration into NOAA’s WP-3D Orion turboprop aircraft built by Lockheed Martin, Harris said Thursday. The alliance is scheduled to deliver the airborne radars in June […] More

Woolpert has purchased three light detection and ranging systems from Hexagon subsidiary Leica Geosystems in an effort to expand its airborne data acquisition services. Jeff Lovin, senior vice president and director of government solutions at Woolpert, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will use the LIDAR-based Leica ALS80 aerial laser scanners to support the U.S. […] More

The U.S. Army wants information on potential vendors that can help build and demonstrate autonomous unmanned vehicle sensing platforms intended to operate in GPS-challenged locations. The Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center is interested in acquiring architectures and services for the Autonomous Unmanned Systems Teaming and Collaboration in GPS Denied Environments project, the military branch […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for industry proposals for a program that seeks to develop platforms designed to facilitate interoperability of airborne radio networks that manned aircraft and drones use to communicate with each other. The objective of the Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization program “is to enable pilots […] More