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The Department of Homeland Security plans to purchase between $10.8 million and $11.6 million on cyber tools and sensors for DHS to handle the accounts of its employees, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes DHS and the General Services Administration is currently accepting proposals through March 30 from the 17 companies that hold prime positions on the department’s Continuous Diagnostics […] More
A Custom Market Insights report predicts the military unmanned aerial vehicle market will reach $11 billion in value by 2021 from $3 billion in 2014. “Quantities of fielded military and commercial systems of every size and description are set to increase,” Custom Market Insights said Feb. 3. According to the report, persistent military drones will account […] More
Network Innovations has collaborated with Intellian to convert Inmarsat’s XpressLink service for a European government customer and activate the Global Xpress service for maritime users. Inmarsat said Tuesday Network Innovations, a value-added reseller of Inmarsat satellite technology, worked to assess the customer’s communication requirements in order to help address existing satellite challenges. Roy Sielaff, director of European government […] More
The State Department is set to hold its first overseas small business government contracting conference on May 31 at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization will convene large contractors, agency representatives, suppliers and small businesses during the event to facilitate socio-economic discussions, the department said in a […] More
CSSI has received a five-year, $15.8 million task order to help develop and maintain databases and application management tools for the Federal Aviation Administration. The company will work to update the agency’s Simplified Program Information Reporting and Evaluation system used to oversee and manage nearly 200 acquisition programs, CSSI said March 14. “We’re looking forward to […] More
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a new technology for first responders to gather information during crisis with the use of public television station frequencies. APL said Monday it created the datacasting tool for the Department of Homeland Security‘s first responder group with the goal to transmit video and other data across a wide area. “Datacasting […] More
The U.S. Army has kicked off its search for industry input on the design of secure and no-secure facilities for the Army Intelligence Command and other Defense Department agencies. The Army said in a notice posted Saturday it plans to award a five-year multi-discipline indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract based on the market research. Work under the planned contract […] More
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to hold an industry day event on April 6 to examine and discuss commercial contract writing systems with companies. HHS and industry will jointly explore contract writing products focused on purchase requests, solicitations, awards, modifications, invoices and receipts during the event to be held at the National […] More
Lockheed Martin-built ballistic missiles with 3D-printed components have completed U.S. Navy-led test flights in support of efforts to accelerate the missile manufacturing process. Lockheed Martin engineers built the connector backshell component with an aluminum alloy that works to protect cable connectors in the Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles, Lockheed said Friday. Eric Scherff, vice president of fleet […] More
Cobham will integrate the gallium nitride technology of RFHIC Corp. in South Korea into the former’s radio-frequency products as part of a new strategic partnership. The companies will jointly build GaN high-power amplifier modules set for installation in a prototype 175-kilowatt solid-state transmitter, Cobham said Wednesday. Bob McArthur, vice president for Cobham’s integrated electronic solutions business, […] More
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army have conducted a flight test for the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missile at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The missile detected and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target during the test, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. PAC-3 MSE features updates to its dual-pulse solid rocket motor, control […] More
Evan Slack, desktop virtualization director at Carahsoft, has called for information technology departments to automatically deploy security patches that correspond with access points such as mobile and connected devices. Slack wrote in a blog post published Wednesday organizations should get serious about addressing security gaps amid the development of new devices and applications that access agency networks […] More
