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Vistronix Intelligence & Technology Solutions has been awarded a five-year, $30 million contract to provide information technology and data analytics support to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The company said Friday it aims to help build analytical tools for NIEHS researchers to collect, integrate and visualize data on chemical agents under the National Toxicology Program. The National […] More
The U.S. Air Force has launched a 12th Global Positioning System IIF satellite built by Boeing, marking the completion of the current GPS military satellite constellation. The final GPS IIF satellite took off Friday from Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket, the Air Force said Friday. Boeing noted the satellite reached medium Earth orbit and […] More
Esri has launched an open data initiative to help law enforcement agencies manage and share public safety data with the company’s ArcGIS mapping and spatial analysis software. The ArcGIS Open Data Initiative for Law Enforcement also seeks to help authorities comply with the White House’s police data transparency goals, Esri said Thursday. The company designed its platform for organizations […] More
The National Institutes of Health has granted NetComm a Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program certification that allows the company to implement its software-as-a-service platform to government organizations. Netcomm said Jan. 28 the FedRAMP authority-to-operate certificate is for the company’s Beacon, a cloud computing SaaS designed to help agencies manage and secure workflows. Veris Group audited the Beacon offering as an […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has collaborated with Blackstone Technology Group to develop a shared service platform for agency information technology professionals to build, test and implement mobile applications. Blackstone Technology said Wednesday the DHS’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has featured the development-and-operations platform Carwash as an innovation project model in the department’s IT strategic […] More
The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary a sole-source contract to build friend-or-foe identification systems for military aircraft such as the F/A-18 Hornet, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. The contract with BAE Systems Inc. will cover AN/APX-111 Mode 5 combined interrogator transponders, shop replaceable assemblies, kits for conversion of current AN/APX-111s […] More
A team of Lockheed Martin and NASA engineers has placed a company-built Orion crew module on a “birdcage” assembly platform at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Lockheed said Wednesday the 2,700-pound module for the Exploration Mission-1 will undergo proof-pressure and structural tests at the facility before engineers integrate it with other components of the Orion spacecraft. The […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to award up to $100,000 in competitive grants under the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative for research and development work on 19 technologies. The first phase of the SBIR federal funding opportunity is meant to ascertain the technical feasibility of R&D projects, NIST said Wednesday. Research areas covered […] More
Gabon has chosen online security firm Gemalto to help implement an integrated system for the country’s homeland security personnel to manage border clearance and visa application processes. Gemalto said Tuesday it will base the infrastructure on the company’s Coesys Visa and Border Management System, which is designed to alert authorities of potential security risks. The integrated […] More
Lockheed Martin has put its first satellite for the U.S. Air Force GPS III program through a thermal vacuum test in order to determine if the satellite could withstand simulated harsh space conditions. The simulation took place Dec. 23 and exposed an assembled GPS III system to prolonged extreme temeprature cycles inside a depressurized chamber, Lockheed […] More
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a $7.19 million delivery order to build a virtual small-arms training platform to USMC’s systems command. Meggitt said Tuesday it will produce Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer systems in an effort to help Marines hone their marksmanship, judgment and collective skills. “Utilizing simulation in these three training arenas minimizes range time and ammunition […] More
A Defense Department-formed organization will hold a town hall meeting on Feb. 18 to discuss funding opportunities for small businesses to research and develop national security technologies, DoD News reported Tuesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes the “Decoding DoD” forum will occur between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Defense Innovation Unit Experimental‘s headquarters in Mountain View, California. George Duchak, director of […] More
