SRC, a not-for-profit research and development company, has received a seven-year, $60 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide R&D services for avionics development. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the contractor will develop new and emerging concepts related to the development, integration, assessment, evaluation and demonstration of several technologies focusing on the electric warfare piece of the avionics.

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Guidehouse has booked a $12 billion U.S. Air Force contract to provide systems engineering and integration services for an intercontinental ballistic missile program. Under this 18-year award, Guidehouse will service the Minuteman III – the USAF’s current land-based ICBM – and its replacement, the Sentinel, the Chicago, Illinois-based company said on Monday.

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The Air Force Materiel Command has issued a request for information for the follow-on to the North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex – Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Support Contract II, or NISSC II. The government intends to move the contract from a single engineering sustainment model to one "that supports tailored work efforts focused on software development, security, and operations; integration; and lifecycle sustainment," according to the RFI posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.

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VivSoft Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Cryptologic and Cyber System Division to extend its work on Platform One, or P1. Issued through the Small Business Innovation Research program, this award is VivSoft's second contract under the P1 initiative and aims to solve enterprise-wide digital identity challenges, the Fairfax, Virginia-based organization told ExecutiveBiz on Thursday.

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The U.S. Air Force has concluded the initial operational test and evaluation of a BAE Systems-built electronic warfare system for the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15EX Eagle II aircraft. BAE Systems said Tuesday it supported the service branch’s operational test and evaluation center during the IOT&E effort for the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System as part of the Northern Edge 2023 large force exercise.

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Immersive training services provider HTX Labs has added Craig Wills, former 19th Air Force commander, to its advisory board. In a statement Thursday, Chris Verret, president and chief technology officer at HTX Labs, said, “We’re excited to officially bring Craig onto our board as we expand our immersive training capability more broadly across the Air Force and the other services.”

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Parsons has secured a three-year, $28 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance command and control and space software baselines for the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance toolset. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL continuously research, develop, prototype, integrate, test, demonstrate, deploy and maintain technologies and concepts throughout the contract life cycle.

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Beyond New Horizons, a joint venture between engineering consultancy business Astrion and engineering and construction company Fluor, has been awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment II contract by the U.S. Air Force. Worth more than $3.7 billion, TOS II calls on BNH to provide support for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Astrion said Monday.

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The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has released the solicitation for the $12.5 billion Base Infrastructure Modernization multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract opportunity will have a five-year base period of performance followed by a single five-year option period, according to the request for proposal posted Friday on SAM.gov.

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At its core, the Air Force Zero Trust is the military’s response to high-profile cyber attacks. Recognizing the need to bolster cybersecurity defenses, the U.S. Air Force has initiated efforts to implement the zero-trust security framework.   Let’s take a closer look at this security model, focusing on its principles, benefits, and effects on the […] More

KBR has received a 10-year subcontract from Bering Straits Information Technologies to deliver human performance optimization services for the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command. Under the subcontract, KBR said Monday it will enhance the physical and cognitive performance, reduce occupational injury rates, expedite return-to-duty procedures and ensure the combat readiness of military personnel globally.

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The U.S. Air Force has conducted a static fire test of the stage-3 solid rocket motor of the ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile system being developed by Northrop Grumman as a replacement for the Minuteman III ICBM. The test was conducted at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee and validated the design and performance of the LGM-35A Sentinel's propulsion system, the Air Force Materiel Command said Saturday.

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