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Jerry Wohletz, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ FAST Labs, has said the company aims to continue development of systems designed to help military users collaborate with machines to make decisions. “Autonomy technologies support the warfighter in any mission–on the ground, or in the air, sea or space–and span from the smallest sensor […] More
The U.S. Army has tapped Lockheed Martin to lead a three-year development effort for integrated and autonomous prototype systems under the service’s Expedient Leader Follower program. The company said Monday its offerings will be used to support leader/follower convoy activities within an asymmetric threat environment, as well as to demonstrate operational technologies to develop operating procedures. […] More
Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary and Thales Alenia Space have forged an alliance with the goal to build a fleet of low-Earth orbit satellites and an end-to-end system for Telesat. The partnership’s offering will include designing satellites, gateways, user terminals, operations centers and ground network, Maxar said Monday. Telesat aims to build a satellite constellation to deliver communications services intended […] More
CACI International has obtained certification from NSF International for compliance with industry-recognized standards on information technology service management systems and processes. The company said Monday it received the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 20000-1:2011 designation after NSF assessed the firm’s U.S. operations and platforms that support enterprise IT service delivery. The certification encompasses systems planning, establishment, implementation, operation, monitoring, […] More
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon intend to separately respond to a solicitation for new active electronically scanned arrays for the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of legacy Hornet aircraft, Flightglobal reported Friday. The service branch issued a request for proposals in early July for advanced AESAs as part of a modernization requirement for 88 Boeing F/A-18C/Ds. Raytheon seeks to offer […] More
A NASA satellite designed to explore outer space for potentially life-supporting exoplanets entered service on July 25 and is expected to transmit science data back to Earth in August. The space agency said Saturday the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will work to periodically send data every 13.5 days after the TESS Science Team receives the […] More
The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a request for white papers for a cloud-based data storage and analytics platform, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. In the first phase of the effort, the service will use the prototype to assess data collected from Deployable Mission Support Systems. The Marine Corps will then develop more data analytics models, expand […] More
AT&T has partnered with NPPGov to shrink the FirstNet contracting process for public safety entities such as volunteer firefighters, private ambulance companies, hospitals and non-profit organizations. The Dallas, Texas-based firm said Thursday the partnership involves the Public Procurement Authority signing state contracts to allow NPPGov members to adopt FirstNet in their area without going through […] More
The General Services Administration has selected ECS Federal to compete for information technology support orders through the 10-year, $50 billion Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition vehicle. George Wilson, ECS president and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Thursday the contract offers the Fairfax, Va.-based company new opportunities to serve the Defense Department and other federal civilian […] More
IBM has secured a potential $30.2 million contract from the General Services Administration to provide order management services to support the business lines of GSA’s Office of General Supplies and Services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the agency selected IBM among the pool of offerors on the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle. GSA’s cloud-based OMS […] More
The U.S. Navy has received the 150th identification friend or foe antenna BAE Systems built to help increase situational awareness on naval fleets. The company said Wednesday sailors use the electronically scanned OE-120 IFF technology in efforts to identify friendly aircraft and vessels, as well as counter sophisticated airborne threats. Dave Logan, vice president and general manager of C4ISR […] More
Optum’s federal government health services business has renewed two of its federal health contracts with a total value of $58.7 million to extend its services to 9/11 first responders and the military. The health services provider said Tuesday OptumServe’s Logistics Health subsidiary will participate in the World Trade Center Health Program for another two […] More
