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DigitalGlobe has entered into a tentative agreement to provide an unidentified international defense and intelligence agency with direct access to a commercial Earth observation satellite with the receipt of a letter of intent. The company said Wednesday the agreement will cover access to high-resolution Earth imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 satellite for a period of three […] More
SpaceX has announced plans to fly an unmanned space vehicle to Mars by 2018 as part of its Red Dragon Mars mission, Reuters reported Wednesday. Irene Klotz writes NASA will offer technical support to SpaceX on its mission to land Dragon 2 spacecraft in Mars in exchange for entry, descent and landing information that the […] More
Raytheon has received a potential $21.6 million contract to continue to provide software updates in support of the 2016 tactical control system Linux cyber baseline of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system. The company will perform work in Dulles, Virginia, through October 2018 under the sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The […] More
A team led by a joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has received approximately $19.2 million in funds from the French government to conduct research and development work over two years on an autonomous airship. Thales Alenia Space will collaborate with French companies CNIM, Solutions F, Airstar Aerospace and Tronico-Alcen on the structure, electric propulsion system […] More
Engility has received four contracts worth approximately $102 million combined from the Intelligence Community during the first quarter of 2016. Intelligence agencies made the awards in the form of recompete, sole-source and new contracts, Engility said Wednesday. The contracts are in addition to a potential five-year, $82 million contract awarded by the Defense Department to Engility in […] More
Ericsson and the Brazilian communications ministry have partnered to establish a laboratory to explore the potential applications of Internet of Things technology in agriculture, rainforest protection, disaster monitoring and prevention and energy production. The company said Monday the Networked Security Lab will be part of the Ericsson Innovation Center that aims to drive IoT innovation across Brazil and other Latin American […] More
LinQuest has received a potential five-year, $67.8 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide technical support services to the space and missile systems center’s remote sensing systems directorate. The service branch received three offers for the task order that was awarded under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract […] More
A Fluor-led joint venture has completed and unveiled a 23-mile commuter rail line of the Denver Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Project. Denver Transit Partners opened Friday the University of Colorado A Line that connects the downtown Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport, Fluor said Monday. The new electric commuter rail line consists of eight stations […] More
Ballard Power Systems’ Protonex subsidiary has handed prototypes of fuel cell propulsion modules to Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary for integration with an unmanned aerial vehicle. Protonex’s fuel cell-based proton exchange membrane modules will work to provide propulsion functions for the Insitu-built ScanEagle UAV, Ballard Power Systems said Monday. Insitu plans to begin flight demonstrations of ScanEagle with […] More
Textron’s unmanned systems business has joined a National Science Foundation-funded organization that aims to advance research in unmanned aircraft systems. The Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems is under NSF’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Center initiative that works to connect research and development efforts and needs of universities and industry, Textron said Monday. Bill Irby, senior vice president […] More
Science Applications International Corp. will provide simulation and training support services to special operations military personnel and employees of civilian and federal agencies under a potential five-year, $93 million task order with the U.S. Army. SAIC said Monday the software engineering directorate within the service branch’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center awarded the labor-hour, fixed-price […] More
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has chosen five companies to help the agency develop portable laser-based technology for the detection of biological agents, chemical weapons, narcotics and explosives at a range of up to 100 feet, Nextgov reported Friday. Frank Konkel writes IARPA will award funds to Leidos, LGS Innovations, Block Engineering, Physical Sciences and Photonics through […] More
