Jane Edwards

ViaSat has received a potential five-year, $13 million contract to provide manufacturing and engineering support for the U.S. Air Force’s Mini Crypto program. Mini Crypto is a small cryptographic module that works to safeguard data in various communication devices and allow such devices to authenticate other communication tools, the Defense Department said Monday. The Air […] More

A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has been awarded a $1.7 million contract to supply Ka-band power amplifiers to an unidentified U.S. systems integration service provider for use with high-throughput satellite gateways. The 500-watt Ka-band traveling wave tube amplifiers from Comtech Xicom Technology will be used to set up new HTS gateway facilities in Africa and expand existing infrastructures […] More

Boeing has awarded Avcorp Industries a subcontract to produce panoramic camera fairings for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft of the U.S. Air Force. Avcorp will assemble metallic components of panoramic camera structures into a fully integrated system for installation on the 767-2C fuselage at Boeing’s facility in Everett, Washington, Avcorp said Monday. The Boeing-built KC-46 works to refuel military planes […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Canadian arm has completed the design review phase on combat systems for Anzac-class frigates in New Zealand’s naval fleet. The design review process on Combat Management System 330 is part of a contract awarded by New Zealand’s navy to Lockheed in April 2014 to update the combat platforms onboard two Anzac-class ships, Lockheed said Thursday. Lockheed will transition into […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency wants information on potential contractors that can provide development, engineering, infrastructure and sustainment support for a data discovery service that DISA uses to acquire open source-based information from content providers. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Friday that it is in search for vendors that can provide systems engineering […] More