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BAE Systems has partnered with Japan’s Daicel Corp. to offer cockpit airbags for U.S. Army helicopters in a push to establish military and industrial ties with Tokyo, Reuters reported Monday. Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo write that the partnership with the British defense contractor also works to build on Japan’s military exports following the repeal of a […] More
The U.S. Army hosted an industry day for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to discuss modernization ideas for the FMTV with interested contractors at the Nevada Automotive Test Center. The Army said Friday the acquisition leaders and Army Transportation Corps also shared their experiences on the FMTV program as the service branch seeks to award […] More
Visual Systems Group Inc. has received a five-year, $10 million blanket purchase agreement to provide unified communications services and technology to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Treasury Department. The company said Thursday it will design, install and maintain communications and collaboration equipment at the bureau and support standardized video teleconferencing between internal and external participants. […] More
The State Department has approved the request of Saudi Arabia to purchase weapons system upgrade and logistics support from Raytheon under a potential $154.9 million foreign military sale. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday Saudi Arabia’s order includes the conversion of five Block 0 MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems to the Block 1B Baseline 2 configuration. […] More
CAE‘s U.S. business unit has received authorization from the U.S. Navy to begin technology refresh work on simulator and training systems for the service branch’s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday the Navy gave the signal for CAE to proceed following the Government Accountability Office‘s decision over a bid protest on the MH-60R/S Tech Refresh […] More
The Energy Department has issued the first request for proposals on the office of technology transition’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which seeks to support the transfer of energy-related technologies to the commercial market. DOE said Friday the $20 million funding opportunity aims to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed as part of federally funded research projects at the 17 […] More
CACI International has partnered with the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech to provide support for cybersecurity research on unmanned aerial vehicles. The company said Tuesday the five-year partnership under the Hume center’s Cyber-Physical System Security program covers student mentorship, curriculum development and research projects. “The threat of cyber attacks […] More
Virginia-based cybersecurity firm Ntrepid plans to offer free access to the consumer version of its Passages virtual browser to the people affected in last year’s data breach on the Office of Personnel Management. The company said Wednesday those qualified under the initiative can use Passages Consumer without cost for a year following its general availability. The OPM data breach […] More
NATO has approved and deployed Polycom‘s RealPresence Centro tool to support communications and collaboration through its restricted network. The company said Thursday the alliance is the first to deploy the technology, which will become commercially available late this month. “For the agency, this means saving time, resources, working securely from almost anywhere and an exceptional user experience,” said Catherine Galoppin, […] More
Boeing will provide P-8AÂ maintenance training devices to the Australian air force in an effort to prepare the crew to support the P-8A aircraft. “This provides the [Royal Australian Air Force] with the ability to train its maintainers on more than 1,400 maintenance procedures using the Boeing-provided suite of devices,” Tom Wagner, Boeing’s P-8A maintenance program […] More
U.S. Air Force Col. Steven Whitney believes the updated global positioning system satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the service will work to deliver increased accuracy and security in GPS services, C4ISR & Networks reported Tuesday. Rutrell Yasin writes that Whitney, director of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s GPS directorate, indicated the Air Force plans […] More
Minnesota-based Adventium Enterprises will work to upgrade the security of medical devices under a $2.2 million contract as part of the Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate’s Intrinsically Secure, Open, and Safe Control of Essential LayErS project. DHS said Tuesday the project aims to protect medical devices from cyber threats. “Many medical devices are networked into hospital […] More
