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Redwood City, California-based internet services company Box has unveiled a new industry product built to help government agencies at the federal, state and local levels manage cloud computing resources. Sonny Hashmi, managing director at Box, said Thursday in a blog post on the company website that “Box for Government” looks to provide agencies a single product to […] More
An Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary has offered five Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle variants to market in an effort to meet mission requirements for armed forces worldwide. Oshkosh Defense developed its M-ATV family of vehicles to deliver a combination of protection and off-road mobility features for peacekeeping, internal security, border security, special forces, counterinsurgency and conventional military operations, the […] More
Sandia National Laboratories has received a three-year contract renewal from the Energy Department to manage regional test centers that assess the performance, reliability and economic viability of solar photovoltaic technologies. DOE’s SunShot Initiative funds the RTC program launched in 2012 that works to make solar energy have similar costs in comparison with other electricity forms by 2020, Sandia said Tuesday. […] More
Insitu has formed a strategic alliance with PrecisionHawk in an effort to develop unmanned aircraft system services that work to help commercial enterprises meet safety requirements for unmanned flights. Boeing subsidiary Insitu said Wednesday the alliance will utilize the UAS research and testing capacity of the companies, which are both Federal Aviation Administration Pathfinder program participants. Ryan Hartman, Insitu president and CEO, said the alliance […] More
Jacobs has secured a six-month, $9.8 million bridge contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to provide research operations support services to the Air Force Research Laboratory. More than 100 Jacobs staff will continue supporting the planning, scheduling, management and evaluation of propulsion system tests for AFRL, the company said Wednesday. Jacobs added that the company […] More
General Dynamics has landed a $20.9 million modification from the U.S. Air Force for a previously awarded KIV-78 Identification Friend or Foe system production contract. The company’s C4 systems business will deliver contract line items for the new IFF configuration and associated spares as well as an estimated 700 additional units annually for foreign military sales, […] More
CACI International‘s U.S. operations business has received the International Organization for Standardization ISO 9001:2015 credential for quality management. The enterprise-wide ISO certification was awarded as a result of an external audit that examined every aspect of the company’s quality management system that includes internal processes established to meet quality service, customer satisfaction, product and process conformance […] More
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have partnered to carry out a mission that saw engineers at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center sent aviation data from the ground to an airplane over a wireless communication system for aircraft. Engineers used an Aircraft Access to System Wide Information Management prototype to convey the aviation information to an FAA […] More
Tunisia has asked to buy $100.8 million in equipment, training and support services for the country’s future fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters from the U.S. under a foreign military sales deal approved by the State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the sale covers 25Â embedded GPS/inertial navigation systems, 24Â AN/AAR-57Â common missile warning systems, […] More
An Airbus business segment has signed an agreement with Europe’s pan-continental agency to start development work for the next Earth Explorer mission referred to as the Biomass satellite. Airbus Defence and Space will aid the project expected to launch in 2021 that works to measure forest biomass to help assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes, the company said Tuesday. “Collecting […] More
A Cubic business unit will display some of its training and C4ISR products at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference May 9 through May 12 in Jordan. Cubic Global Defense will also exhibit technology from its subsidiaries DTECH Labs, GATR Technologies and TeraLogics that include “internet on-the-move,” end-to-end Full Motion Video management and satellite-based communications features, the company said […] More
Thales and the Dutch armed forces’ defense cyber command formed an alliance to establish a new cyber training and testing facility. The Cyber Range will provide a platform to simulate cyber attacks as well as protective and defense mechanisms on different weapon systems, IT environments or satellite links and test offensive cyber tactics, Thales said Tuesday. The company added it will […] More
