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Accenture has won a potential 57-month, $29 million task order to modernize a system the Department of Veterans Affairs uses to manage VA-guaranteed loans for former military personnel. The company said Thursday its federal services business will update current VA Office of Information and Technology systems to include new web-interface and integration tools designed to automatically load events and updates […] More

The U.S. Army has provided an additional funding of $1 million through a two-and-a-half-year contract for Charles River Analytics‘ effort to develop a training system on tourniquet technology usage. The company said Tuesday it is working in partnership with the University of Wisconsin, Boston Engineering and Compression Works to construct the Tourniquet Master Training system. The TMT system is being […] More

BAE Systems has reported that a U.K. air force squadron fired air-to-surface and air-to-air missiles from a Eurofighter Typhoon during recent trials aimed to showcase the aircraft’s weapon upgrades. The Royal Air Force’s Test and Evaluation Squadron was the first unit to fire-test the  Storm Shadow and Meteor weapons in trials as part of Project Centurion, BAE said Tuesday. RAF aims to […] More

BAE Systems‘ ship repair business in San Diego has received a potential $36.3 million  contract to help the U.S. Navy implement USS Pearl Harbor‘s selected restricted availability for fiscal year 2018. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract has a $34.1 initial value and covers work to maintain, modernize and repair the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship. Work is scheduled to […] More

Atlanta-based Scientific Research Center has won a $10.9 million contract to support the integration and installation of AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver technology on the U.S. Air Force‘s C-130H aircraft. Five offers were submitted to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the firm-fixed-price contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Defense Department said Wednesday. SRC will perform work at […] More

A Valiant Integrated Services subsidiary has won a one-year, $13.1 million contract to help operate and maintain the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Under the contract, Valiant Government Services will also help manage the National Museum of Health and Medicine as well as the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Service, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Corps of Engineers received […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has installed a more than 80-foot caisson fixture inside the Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility located in Virginia. The 400-metric-ton structure is scheduled to reach full operational status later this year to support the construction of Virginia-class submarine Utah‘s bow module, HII said Thursday. HII opened JMAF last year to serve as a venue […] More

The Defense Department has asked industry to submit concept papers on exoskeleton-based approaches to increase warfighters’ performance when they perform missions. DoD is interested in multiple exoskeleton types such as infantry or high mobility, logistics/sustainment/mission support and specialized capability platform, the U.S. Army said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Jan. 29. Light support, medium lift and heavy […] More

Rockwell Collins has granted Taiwan’s state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation rights to manufacture AR-1500 networked communications airborne radios through a manufacturing license agreement between the two companies. Taiwan will become the first international customer to procure the Rockwell Collins-developed radio technology, the company said Sunday. AR-1500 is designed to help airborne and ground users transmit and secure data, voice and […] More