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Mercury to Produce Digital Signal Processing Capability for BlueHalo’s BADGER Technology; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

Mercury Systems has received a production contract from BlueHalo to deliver a signal processing technology for the latter's digital beaming platform being developed for the U.S. Space Force's Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program. The company said Thursday it will produce a field-programmable gate array-based common signal acquisition and digital beamforming tool for BlueHalo's BADGER technology, a transportable ground-based communications system that uses re-configurable beamforming tiles for simplifying space operations.

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April 19, 2024, 11:12 am
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BAE Taps Hanwha Defense USA to Upgrade Army Ammo Production Building

BAE Systems' ordnance systems business unit has selected the U.S. defense subsidiary of South Korea-based Hanwha Aerospace to upgrade a production building at a government-owned ammunition manufacturing complex in Virginia. Hanwha Defense USA will help the U.S. Army modernize an existing Radford Army Ammunition Plant facility that manufactures propellants for the service branch, BAE said Thursday.

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April 19, 2024, 9:54 am
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Army Posts Draft Solicitation for OneSAF Simulation Toolkit Maintenance Contract

The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation has released a draft solicitation for a potential $127 million follow-on contract to maintain a computer-generated system for managing the entire constructive modeling and simulation life cycle. PEO STRI requires software development, integration, testing, engineering releases and maintenance of the One Semi-Automated Forces program, which supports force modernization and transformation modeling and simulation initiatives, according to a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.

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April 18, 2024, 11:20 am
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Vibrint, pureLiFi Unveil Wireless Data Communications Capability for Classified Environments; Tom Lash Quoted

Vibrint has partnered with light fidelity technology provider pureLiFi to develop a secure wireless communications capability designed to safeguard government and national security data in classified environments. Tom Lash, CEO of Vibrint, said in a statement published Wednesday the new Vibrint LiFi technology uses light waves instead of radio waves to create ultra-secure wireless data communications networks.

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April 18, 2024, 10:44 am
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Yates Construction Books $148M Navy Engine Assembly Facility Construction Contract

Yates Construction has secured a potential $148.4 million contract from Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast to build an engine assembly facility in Texas that will house rotary wing component rebuild and maintenance activities. The contract covers design, bid and construction services for the Powertrain Engines Assembly Facility at Corpus Christi Army Depot located at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas.

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April 17, 2024, 11:29 am
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Google Cloud to Train Treasury Workforce on Generative AI, Cybersecurity & Data Analytics

Google Cloud will offer its new courses and certifications in generative artificial intelligence, data analytics and cybersecurity to the Department of the Treasury's current and future workforce. Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, said in a blog post published Tuesday that the company's partnership with the Treasury is part of the latter's efforts to drive a skills-based approach to talent acquisition and expand the federal government's access to a broader technology talent pool.

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April 16, 2024, 11:31 am
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Viasat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch on Increasing Threat of Electromagnetic Interference in Commercial Satellite Sector

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Viasat, said the satellite communications industry is seeing an increased variety of tactics, techniques and procedures for deploying electronic warfare and electromagnetic interference. Speaking at the Space Symposium, Cowen-Hirsch said there is an increasing amount of targeted and intentional electromagnetic interference, signaling a need for intervention and information exchange to come up with a different approach to countering threats.

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April 15, 2024, 11:49 am
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Leidos Lands NGA Analytics Services Sustainment Support Contract

Leidos has secured a $33.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help sustain and manage analytics systems and services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the single-award contract covers software development, systems engineering, integration, operations and sustainment support services.

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April 12, 2024, 9:31 am
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Redhorse Wins Spot on $900M Follow-On EIA Support Contract; John Zangardi Quoted

Redhorse will help the Department of Energy develop, operate and maintain energy data collection programs and systems under a potential 10-year, $900 million follow-on indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Energy Information Administration Omnibus Procurement V contract covers the development, operation, management and maintenance of domestic and international energy models for conducting energy-related analyses and dissemination of results to EIA stakeholders, Redhorse said.

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April 12, 2024, 9:04 am
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Trellix to Offer Threat Detection Tools via Google Cloud

Trellix has achieved authorization to deliver its cybersecurity offering to Google Cloud's customers as part of the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program's Build Engagement Model category. Under the partnership program, Trellix will offer its Helix threat detection and response platform and Email Security tool to protect Google Workplace-based emails against phishing, ransomware and attachment-based attacks, the company said Tuesday.

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April 11, 2024, 11:12 am
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BlueHalo Receives Army P-HEL Logistics Support Contract; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

BlueHalo has secured a four-year logistics support contract to help the U.S. Army manage and maintain its laser weapon system designed to defend forces and critical infrastructure against threats from small unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Monday it will serve as the full-cycle lead system integrator overseeing preventative and corrective maintenance and operator and maintenance team training for the Army's Palletized High Energy Laser system.

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April 9, 2024, 11:10 am
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RTX Concludes Thermal Vacuum Testing of 4th VIIRS Environmental Imaging Instrument

Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX, has concluded the thermal vacuum testing of the final Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument that will be used on the Joint Polar Satellite System of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Monday the fourth VIIRS instrument has proceeded to environmental testing after undergoing thermal vacuum tests in late 2023 and ahead of its integration into the JPSS environmental satellite system this year.

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April 9, 2024, 10:56 am