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Fulcrum has been awarded five additional task areas as part of a modification to its existing position on a potential 10-year, $20 billion governmentwide contract vehicle for information technology products and services managed by a National Institutes of Health office. The company now competes for work in all 10 areas under the NIH Chief Information […] More
Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has said his company’s impending merger with Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions business is part of Leidos’ goal to pursue other market opportunities and expand its client base in an interview with Forbes posted Wednesday. “[W]e will use this transaction as an opportunity to redefine our swim lanes — not walking away […] More
A new report by IHS says India has posted a 13.1 percent rise in its military budget for 2016 to 2017 due to the launch of the One Rank, One Pension program and salary increases to service personnel. The increase in India’s defense budget has made it the world’s top four defense spender, IHS said Wednesday. “Growth in […] More
A joint venture of Lockheed Martin, Serco Group and Jacobs Engineering Group has received an updated contract to manage operations of the U.K. defense ministry’s atomic weapons establishment after a completed a review of the program. AWE Management Ltd. will operate the AWE sites built to develop, maintain and produce warheads in support of the U.K. government’s nuclear […] More
DigitalGlobe has awarded Richmond, Canada-based company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates a pair of subcontracts to build ground station platforms for two international users of the former company’s satellite constellation. The ground stations will work to help international clients receive and process data and imagery from DigitalGlobe’s satellites, MDA said Tuesday. Norman Hannaford, general manager of ground station business […] More
Harris Corp. will supply Falcon III tactical radios to an unnamed country in Africa under an $11 million contract. The contract covers the Harris-built RF-7800H-MP manpack radio, RF-7850M-HH handheld radio and the RF-7800V-HH VHF Combat Net Radio, Harris said Tuesday. The unnamed African country placed the order as part of its communications modernization program, the company added. […] More
Recon Instruments has teamed up with Mutualink to introduce a wearable device designed to allow users to communicate with other first responders and law enforcement personnel during emergencies. Recon Jet is an eyewear with a heads-up display that works to capture and transmit videos, GPS location and other data through a network, Intel‘s Christopher Croteau wrote in […] More
CyberArk has received clearance from the Defense Information Systems Agency to field a company-made account monitoring product inside Defense Department-operated networks. DISA cleared CyberArk’s platform for inclusion in the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List after the agency evaluated the product against interoperability and information assurance requirements, the company said Tuesday. The CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution works to detect […] More
Schafer‘s government services business has secured a five-year contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s biological technologies office. The company said Monday it will support DARPA BTO’s research efforts in the areas of infectious diseases, human-machine interface and neurotechnology under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award also covers programming and […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a seven-year contract to provide forecasting tools to Oman Airports Management Co. for operations management functions at airports in the Middle East country. Lockheed said Tuesday it will supply its BEONTRA-built B Capacity and B Tactical platforms for OAMC to develop strategic resource plans and support daily operations at Salah and Muscat International Airports and at Oman […] More
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will collaborate with SolAero Technologies, Deployable Space Systems and RA Stall Consulting on a NASA program that seeks to develop solar array platforms designed for deep space missions. APL said Thursday the team has entered into contract negotiations with NASA on the Transformational Solar Array for Extreme Environments proposal under the space agency’s Game […] More
Belkin has obtained a security certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership for its portfolio of keyboard, video and mouse switches. The Playa Vista, Calif.-based company’s Secure KVM Switching platforms secured the Common Criteria accreditation through NIAP’s protection profile for Peripheral Sharing Switch Version 3.0, Belkin said Friday. NIAP, a National Security Agency-run program, issues the PP3.0 […] More
