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A U.S. Army command is soliciting proposals for a contract to provide a range of non-personnel support services to the Army Watercraft Systems. In a notice posted on SAM.gov, the Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command said that it will award a potential $58.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to a vendor that can deliver design, engineering, maintenance […] More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has expanded the remote sensing license for Maxar Technologies’ satellites to include non-Earth imaging services. The NOAA approval allows Maxar to use NEI to gather and share images of space objects with commercial and government customers, the company said Monday. Maxar’s on-orbit imaging constellation and next-generation WorldView Legion satellites […] More
U.S. leadership in semiconductor design can be maintained in the long run if the federal government invests between $20 billion and $30 billion in research and development until 2030, according to a joint report by the Semiconductor Industry Association and Boston Consulting Group. The report, published Wednesday, noted that the CHIPS and Science Act provides […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released a solicitation for a new development and demonstration program for an unmanned X-plane capable of vertical landing and take-off and long endurance leap-ahead in small spaces. The SAM.gov notice posted on Thursday centers on the Advanced Aircraft Infrastructure-less Launch and Recovery, or ANCILLARY, project. DARPA is looking […] More
Electric vehicle developer Canoo has supplied the U.S. Army with a bulletproof, all-electric light tactical vehicle that converts into multiple types of conveyance. The service branch ordered the LTV in July for analysis and demonstration in military outposts and operational environments, the company said Thursday. The LTV is equipped with carbon Kevlar to provide protection […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business completed a test showing the effectiveness of laser communication in relaying network data at low probability of intercept and low probability of detection. The demonstration, which involved ground, mobile and airborne lasercomm terminals, was conducted at the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic in Charleston, South Carolina, and is intended for […] More
Carahsoft Technology and Amazon Web Services have sealed a strategic collaboration deal to expand their partnership and drive the adoption and modernization of cloud services. The multi-year agreement is expected to benefit independent software vendors and resellers as well as public sector clients that use AWS cloud and other software tools through Carahsoft, the technology […] More
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. worked with Lockheed Martin and Tactical Air Support in a joint effort to conduct a flight demonstration of multi-platform infrared sensing. The test flight was carried out using GA-ASI’s MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft system, a Sabreliner jet, and two F-5 Advanced Tigers equipped with Lockheed’s next-generation Tactical Infrared Search and […] More
An Aleut Federal subsidiary is helping the Department of Agriculture improve user experience on its websites under a potential two-year contract award. The company said Tuesday Aleut Information Technology was chosen to provide IT consultation and modernization support to the public web portals of four USDA mission areas. The project, which commenced in September, has […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s uncrewed Orion capsule has surpassed the farthest distance ever traveled by a human-rated spacecraft, CNN reported Monday. NASA confirmed that the capsule, which launched Nov. 16 aboard the Space Launch System powered by Boeing‘s core stage, has so far flown 270,000 miles from Earth. The distance is more than 40,000 miles past the […] More
AvePoint has named Kevin Briggs, former executive at Qualtrics’ federal business, as vice president of its U.S. public sector segment. Briggs will focus on AvePoint’s growing education, federal, state and local government clients that need support in cloud-based applications and digital collaboration security, the company said Tuesday. Before Qualtrics, Briggs worked for nearly a decade […] More
The Internal Revenue Service awarded ECS a two-year, $26 million contract to lead data migration at the agency’s Services and Enforcement Division. The award is part of the six-year IRS Modernization Plan, which includes standardizing data and cybersecurity and improving services to taxpayers, the Fairfax, Virginia-headquartered technology services provider said Wednesday. Under the contract, ECS […] More
