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Global Technical Systems Secures $85M Navy IDIQ for EW Testing Pods, Support

Global Technical Systems has won an $84.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide the U.S. Navy with one lot of ALQ-167 and ULQ-24C electronic warfare testing pods. The company will also deliver to the service branch associated modification hardware and technical data for use on EW simulations, training and weapons testing, the Department of Defense said […] More

by Nichols Martin December 15, 2021, 11:45 am
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Raytheon to Produce More APG-79(V)4 Radars Under $63M Marine Corps Orders

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has received two U.S. Marine Corps orders worth a combined $63 million to produce gallium nitride-powered radars for the service’s F/A-18 C/D Hornet aircraft. The APG-79(V)4 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars will use beam steering to help Marine Corps Hornet pilots in accurately detecting and tracking enemy aircraft from […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 15, 2021, 11:44 am
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Northrop to Reconfigure Global Hawk Aircraft for DOD Hypersonic Test Program

Northrop Grumman has secured a task order to help the Department of Defense convert the U.S. Air Force’s EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft into a hypersonic system testing technology. The aerospace and defense contractor said Monday it will start engineering and planning work under the DOD Test Resource Management Center’s SkyRange program and will […] More

by Naomi Cooper December 14, 2021, 11:44 am
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Huntington Ingalls Awarded $71M Navy Deal for Ship Long Lead Time Material

The U.S. Navy has issued a $70.9 million sole-source award to Huntington Ingalls Industries to procure long lead time material of an amphibious assault ship. The undefinitized contract action marks the seventh LLTM increment under an HII-held contract issued on April 30, 2020, the Department of Defense said Monday. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division will use […] More

by Nichols Martin December 14, 2021, 11:43 am
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DHS Soliciting Identity Enrollment, Credential Management Systems

The Department of Homeland Security is seeking offers for identity enrollment and credential management platforms to support its identity management system technology refresh project. According to a request for proposals posted Friday on SAM.gov, DHS is interested in commercial-off-the-shelf software that complies with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, which mandates a standard badging process […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 13, 2021, 11:49 am
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Parsons to Prototype Satellite Ground Ops Center Under DARPA Contract

Parsons‘ government services business will prototype a ground operations center for a satellite system under a $10.8 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA issued the phase three contract for the Blackjack Prototype Ground Operations Center as part of the Small Business Innovation Research program, the Department of Defense said Friday. The […] More

by Nichols Martin December 13, 2021, 11:44 am
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General Dynamics to Produce M1A2 Tanks Under $94M FMS-Funded Army Contract

A General Dynamics business has received a $93.52 million award from the U.S. Army to manufacture M1A2 Abrams tanks for an undisclosed Foreign Military Sales customer. The fixed-price-incentive contract requires General Dynamics Land Systems to engineer, design and produce the main battle tanks through Sept. 30, 2025, the Department of Defense said Friday. According to […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 13, 2021, 11:42 am
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DCS-Infoscitex Team to Support 711th Human Performance Wing Under GSA BPA; Jim Benbow Quoted

DCS Corp. and its subsidiary, Infoscitex, have received a potential five-year, $48 million blanket purchase agreement from the General Services Administration. Under the BPA, the team will provide a range of technical and management services to support the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Warfighter Interactions & Readiness Division, DCS said Thursday. Jim Benbow, CEO of DCS, said, “DCS […] More

by Summer Myatt December 10, 2021, 11:51 am
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HII Receives $60M Contract to Integrate Navy Ship, Fighter Engineering Change Proposals

Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a $60.4 million contract to integrate engineering change proposals for the Joint Striker Fighter platform in support of one U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division will perform the integration of four JSF ECPs for the America-class LHA 8 Flight 1 vessel, the Department of Defense said […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman December 10, 2021, 11:50 am
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NanoAvionics to Build Small Satellite for LANL Gamma-Ray Measurement Project

NanoAvionics has secured a contract to build a nanosatellite for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s project to measure cosmic diffuse gamma-rays in low-Earth orbit. The company said Wednesday it will host LANL’s Mini Astrophysical MeV Background Observatory payload on a 12U LEO satellite bus and provide the Department of Energy-funded laboratory with mission control software […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 10, 2021, 12:56 am
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BAE to Help Maintain Australian F-35 Fleet

BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has secured a potential $57 million contract to help maintain the Australian air force’s F-35 aircraft fleet and perform supply chain support work as part of a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. The company said Wednesday it expects to develop a supply chain of more than 70 small and medium businesses across […] More

by Nichols Martin December 9, 2021, 11:59 am
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17 Small Businesses Secure NIST R&D Funds via Innovation Program

Seventeen companies have secured grants through the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Small Business Innovation Research program to develop technology in various areas such as privacy and cybersecurity, health care and advanced manufacturing. In its announcement, NIST listed 11 businesses that will perform work for the first stage of the program and another six […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 9, 2021, 11:55 am