Contract Awards

Motorola Solutions has landed a 10-year, $165 million contract to supply smart radios to first responders in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The county’s police and fire departments will receive the APX NEXT devices in original and XE configurations, respectively, as part of the agreement, Motorola Solutions said Monday. APX NEXT uses global positioning system and LTE […] More

Illuminate, a Herndon, Virginia-based data services provider, has secured a task order under the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III contract vehicle to provide IT and data management services.  The company said Monday it will use its cloud-native applications, system sustainment and cloud migration services to help enhance the intelligence analysis and […] More

Empower AI announced on Tuesday that the leading provider of artificial intelligence and other technologies to government agencies has received a potential five-year, $16.9 million recompete, hybrid task order from the Executive Office of the President/Office of Management and Budget. “We are pleased to continue our support of this important mission to help the U.S. government prepare […] More

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has given $38 million in funding to 12 projects focused on developing technologies to recycle fuel generated from nuclear power reactors. The proposals include separating used nuclear fuel components to reduce waste, developing safeguards for recycling facilities, and creating fuel feedstock, ARPA-E said Friday. Argonne National Laboratory […] More

Modeling and simulation software developer Defcon AI has received a $1.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue development of its operational mobility simulation platform. The company said Friday the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research funding will be used to advance its training and rehearsal tool that simulates the Air Mobility Command’s operational […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a $7.8 million contract to work on a scalable laser weapon system under the Modular Efficient Laser Technology program.  The aerospace and defense company bested eight other bidders for the award, the Department of Defense said Friday.  The MELT program aims to build a modular […] More

A Textron subsidiary will help the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command handle unmanned aircraft system operations for the USS Miguel Keith expeditionary sea base under a five-year, $22 million contract.  Textron Systems will utilize the Aerosonde UAS equipped with mission payloads to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work aboard the ESB-5 vessel, the company […] More

Northrop Grumman has received a $31.6 million order to dismantle and inspect a test article of the U.S. Navy’s updated airborne early warning and control aircraft. The company’s aeronautics systems sector will conduct the teardown inspection of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye model to check any critical fatigue locations and ensure the structure meets the aircraft […] More

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and microsatellite manufacturer ICEYE will look into developing new technology involving satellite imaging modes of commercial synthetic aperture radar under a five-year collaborative research agreement.  The cooperative research and development agreement, which involves five research tasks, aims to achieve remote sensing of polar regions and detection of natural hazards across the […] More

The U.S. Space Force has awarded its first Orbital Prime program contract to Space Micro for the research and development of robotics technology that can help the service branch refurbish space system capabilities previously lost. Space Micro said Wednesday that it collaborated with Altius Space Machines, its fellow Voyager Space subsidiary, and Sandia National Laboratories […] More

A Parsons-led team will provide engineering support, information technology functionality and flight operations assistance for three Polar Operational Environmental Satellites of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  Under a $16 million NOAA contract, the team comprising of ASRC Federal unit Arctic Slope Technical Services, Kongsberg Satellite Services and Parsons will support the operations of NOAA-15, […] More

Palantir Technologies has secured a potential five-year, $59 million contract to provide a set of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence tools to help the U.S. Army test and deploy software for processing vast amounts of data, DefenseNews reported Wednesday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the deployment of the All Source II application as part of the […] More