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  • Boeing, Huckworthy Partner Under DoD Mentor-Protege Program
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    Boeing, Huckworthy Partner Under DoD Mentor-Protege Program

    Boeing and Huckworthy have forged a partnership through the Defense Department’s Mentor-Protege Program. Boeing’s commercial satellite services business will mentor Huckworthy on how to further commercialize the latter’s Traveller line of tactical communications and technology platforms to the government sector as well as compete for prime and subcontracts under a three-year agreement, Huckworthy said Monday. […] More

  • Metova Federal to Provide Cyber Range Tools Suite for Navy Training Simulator Program
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    Metova Federal to Provide Cyber Range Tools Suite for Navy Training Simulator Program

    Metova Federal has received a potential $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a suite of cyber range platforms in support of the service branch’s Cyber Operations Training Simulator program. The company said Thursday it will support the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command and network operations center through its suite of Cyberoperations Enhanced Network and […] More

  • Army Seeks Info on Counter-UAS Detection Platform Sources for AN/TPQ-53 Radar System
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    Army Seeks Info on Counter-UAS Detection Platform Sources for AN/TPQ-53 Radar System

    The U.S. Army has sought information on potential industry sources that can equip the service branch’s AN/TPQ-53 radar system with a platform that works to detect, monitor and counter unmanned aircraft systems. The Army Contracting Command said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday it wants interested vendors to modify the radar platform’s existing software to detect and track […] More

  • DARPA to Brief Proposers on Microelectronic Tech Programs
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    DARPA to Brief Proposers on Microelectronic Tech Programs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on Sept. 20 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the microsystems technology office’s mission and three technical areas that MTO aims to address in the field of microelectronics. DARPA said Friday those areas of interest include the need to control and exploit the electromagnetic spectrum, development […] More

  • CTC Affiliate Lands Subcontract to Support Air Force Materiel Command’s Logistics Directorate; David Schario Comments
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    CTC Affiliate Lands Subcontract to Support Air Force Materiel Command’s Logistics Directorate; David Schario Comments

    A Concurrent Technologies Corp. affiliate has received a potential $1.2 million subcontract from Dakota Consulting to provide acquisition and technical services for the Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command’s directorate of logistics, civil engineering and force protection. Enterprise Ventures Corp. will also work to help Dakota Consulting provide research, engineering, administrative and financial services in support of HQ […] More

  • Inventor David Findley Gets US Patent for 3D Printing-Based Diamond Formation Process
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    Inventor David Findley Gets US Patent for 3D Printing-Based Diamond Formation Process

    Inventor David Findley has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a three-dimensional printing method that works to produce a diamond object through the use of a pre-ceramic polymer with a nanoparticle filler. USPTO said Lockheed Martin serves as the patent’s assignee. The method involves the placement of alternating layers of […] More

  • Accela Unveils Mobile App for Construction Project Management
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    Accela Unveils Mobile App for Construction Project Management

    San Ramon, California-based cloud-based civic engagement platforms provider Accela has launched a mobile application that works to help contractors manage construction projects across various agencies and locations. The Accela Contractor Central is available on the Accela Civic Platform as a free Android and iOS mobile app designed to help construction personnel request, schedule and monitor […] More

  • Collab9 Obtains FedRAMP Authorization for Unified Comms Platform; Kevin Schatzle Comments
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    Collab9 Obtains FedRAMP Authorization for Unified Comms Platform; Kevin Schatzle Comments

    Los Angeles-based cloud communication services provider collab9 has received an authority-to-operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its unified communications-as-a-service platform to public sector organizations. The Federal Communications Commission sponsored collab9 to comply with the FedRAMP authorization process for its Cisco-hosted UCaaS cloud service designed for voice and collaboration applications, the […] More

  • DARPA Requests Info on Counter-UAS Platforms for Mobile Force Protection
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    DARPA Requests Info on Counter-UAS Platforms for Mobile Force Protection

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked vendors to provide information on mobile layered defense platforms and related components designed to defend mobile and fixed naval and land-based forces against threats posed by small unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said in a request for information posted Aug. 11 on FedBizOpps it is interested in scalable systems, […] More

  • Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments
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    Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments

    Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider iGov has received a potential five-year, $52.5 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide tactical air control party users with a mobile communications system through modifications to an armored vehicle. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the delivery order under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More

  • Lockheed PAC-3 Missile Interceptor Reaches IOC Status; Scott Arnold Comments
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    Lockheed PAC-3 Missile Interceptor Reaches IOC Status; Scott Arnold Comments

    The Lockheed Martin-built PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor has received initial operational capability designation from the U.S. Army. The company’s PAC-3 MSE achieved the IOC status two years after Lockheed obtained  milestone C approval for the missile interception system and received its initial contract for the technology from the service branch in 2014, Lockheed said Tuesday. Scott […] More