Ramona Adams

Cambridge International Systems has received a delivery order from the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide a maritime surveillance system to the Bahamas’ navy. The company said Wednesday it will build a multi-sensor station comprising a radar, day and night optics, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System components, a very small aperture terminal and an automatic identification technology […] More

Communications network technology design and engineering company Klas Telecom has changed the name of its subsidiary Klas Telecom Services in a move to emphasize the unit’s work with U.S. public sector clients. The organization rebranded as Klas Telecom Government and will continue to offer  communications product design and support, integration, sales and training services to government and Defense Department agencies, Klas Telecom said Friday. “It’s important […] More

The Department of Energy has awarded $850,000 in funds to support groundwater restoration and fractured rock characterization projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico under DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund. DOE picked a total of 54 energy technology projects that involve collaboration between 12 national laboratories and 52 companies as part of an effort to help businesses move technologies from the lab to the market, LANL said […] More

A Bluedrop Performance Learning subsidiary has secured a $13 million contract from Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to provide aircrew training instructors and courseware in support of a maritime helicopter program in Canada. Bluedrop Training & Simulation said Tuesday the contract requires 30 technician and aircrew instructors, simulator operators and training program support personnel to train the 406 Operational and Training Squadron to operate Canada’s CH-148 […] More

Boeing has signed an agreement with Turkey-based company iGA Havalimani Isletmesi to provide technical assistance services for an international airport infrastructure development project in Istanbul. Under the deal, Boeing unit Jeppesen will supply a Total Airport and Airspace Modeler tool to help iGA and the General Directorate of State Airports Authority of Turkey design airpace structure for the Istanbul New Airport as well as develop an operations […] More

Smiths Detection has received a $40.9 million follow-on task order from the Department of Homeland Security to supply a handheld radiation detection and identification system to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. The company said Tuesday it will provide its RadSeeker technology for department  personnel to detect, locate and identify the source of radiological materials. “RadSeeker technology was developed in cooperation with […] More

California-based biotechnology firm Lpath has secured a two-year, $1.45 million grant from the Defense Department to examine the use of a monoclonal antibody drug as a potential treatment for neuropathic pain associated with traumatic brain injury. Lpath said Monday it will conduct preclinical studies to assess the effect of the company’s experimental drug Lpathomab on pain that follows neurotrauma as the company seeks to validate the findings […] More

Charles River Analytics has partnered with Systems and Technology Research and Raytheon in an effort to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  produce decision support tools for military command-and-control operators to manage complex missions. STR and Charles River will collaborate to design and build a distributed planning and assessment suite under DARPA’s Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment program as part […] More