The U.S. Army has awarded Mercury Systems, Elbit Systems of America and Physical Optics other transaction authorities to help the service develop the Aviation Mission Common Server, Inside Defense reported Monday.

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Vinnie Tran, president and chairman of the Board of Directors for DirectViz Solutions (DVS), made the announcement on Friday that Michael McHugh, formerly the company’s chief operating officer, has now been appointed DVS’ new CEO, effective immediately. 

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A miniature atomic clock device on board the General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed continues to function nominally nearly six months after the OTB satellite launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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Michael Daniels, a member of CACI International’s board of directors, has received an award that highlights his business leadership efforts in support of the Washington metropolitan area.

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NASA has started commissioning efforts for an atomic clock device aboard the General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed satellite.

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Lockheed Martin and Intel have jointly developed a new virtualization platform designed to help customers avoid cyber attacks by isolating crucial data and protecting shared resources.

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Northrop Grumman has received a potential $37.5M contract modification to provide materials needed to update the Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link system of the U.S. Navy's E-6B Mercury command post and communications relay aircraft. The modification falls under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and covers the delivery of seven MR-TCDL B-kits, a mission avionics systems trainer B-kit and related spares for the Boeing-built aircraft, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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IAP Worldwide Services has received a potential one-year, $76.8M contract modification to provide logistics support services for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The company will maintain and support E-6B weapon system components, associated aircraft equipment and support sites, the Defense Department said Thursday. IAP will perform work in Oklahoma, Maryland, Nebraska and […] More

Vcinity has launched a technology platform designed to help enterprise customers access real-time data on demand and obtain insight from information assets. The company said Monday its patented offering will allow users to move and view geographically dispersed data on premise or in a cloud environment to support their organizations’ digital initiatives. An International Data Corp. […] More

The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a sole-source contract to help install updated auxiliary power units into the U.S. Navy‘s E-6B Mercury planes. Work will cover APU installation, sustainment and engineering support for 16 E-6B aircraft units and training systems, the Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The service branch noted […] More

Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary has selected Northrop Grumman to provide a navigation system for integration into a satellite constellation. Northrop said Thursday it will supply the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit designed to support a space vehicle’s attitude control and sensor pointing/stabilization functions through the contract with SSL. Scalable SIRU is built for commercial, government and civilian space […] More

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