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Lockheed Martin has finished assembly and integration work on the first of two communications satellites the U.S. aerospace contractor is building for Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City’s Science and Technology organization in Saudi Arabia. Lockheed said Thursday it shipped the Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite to a company facility in Sunnyvale, California to undergo environmental tests that would simulate various  launch and space […] More

Esri has signed an enterprise agreement to extend Airbus‘ access to a geographic information system to support the intelligence program line of the latter’s defense and space business. Airbus seeks to expand its use of Esri-built ArcGIS platform in efforts to help address  environmental, social and economic challenges globally with the use of the mapping and geospatial analysis […] More

Capgemini has received a potential seven-year contract to provide SAP software management and operation consulting services to Sweden’s armed forces. Work covers strategic, tactical and operational support intended to address the Swedish military’s economic, logistical and technological requirements for multiple SAP platforms,  Capgemini said Thursday. The company will support the PRIO system that currently runs on Sweden’s military information technology platform. […] More

Mercury Systems has received a $2.2 million microelectronics order from a defense contractor that currently supports a U.S. ballistic missile defense program. The order is for radio frequency modules that will be integrated into the radar system of a ballistic missile defense platform, Mercury Systems said Thursday. Kevin Beals, vice president and general manager at the company’s […] More

Capgemini has been selected by the U.K. cabinet office to establish a center of excellence for robotic process automation over a two-year period. The company said Wednesday the CoE will aim to help accelerate the British government’s adoption of RPA technology designed to automate clerical processes. The center will employ a team of RPA experts who […] More

NCI has won a three-year, $21 million task order to modernize wired and wireless local area networks currently installed at U.S. Army medical facilities and related outlying or remote posts worldwide. The Army awarded the order through the multiple-award Total Engineering and Integration Services III contract that was unveiled in March 2011, NCI said Wednesday. Paul Dillahay, president and CEO […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has received a contract from the Defense Department to design a low-Earth orbit satellite system to support weather forecasting across maritime regions. The company said Wednesday it will serve as prime contractor on the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave program and conduct risk reduction efforts for the LEO satellite. WSF-M will be designed […] More

Harris has received a potential $71 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for the delivery of single-channel ground and airborne radio systems. The Defense Department said Wednesday the award modifies a previously awarded contract that covers tactical net radios, equipment, training and fielding support services to Morocco as part of a foreign military sales transaction. The company […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a five-year, $71.6 million modification under a U.S. Navy contract to support the military branch’s deployed Trident II fleet ballistic missile system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform work under the cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification through Sept. 30, 2022. Locations of work include California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. Trident II […] More

ECS Federal has received a potential $9.1 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deliver environmental and professional support services to NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Fisheries. The company said Tuesday contract work covers data analysis, policy development, strategic planning and outreach, training and meeting facilitation, web content management and grant administrative support. The services […] More