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Northrop Receives $146M Air Force Order for Laser-Based Missile Countermeasure Systems

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $146 million order to equip domestic and international military aircraft with a system designed to automatically detect and defeat emerging missile threats. Northrop said Friday it will install Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems on fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms, as part of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with USAF. […] More

by Christine Thropp June 25, 2021, 11:35 am
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Dewberry Secures Federal Prison Design Contract

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has chosen Dewberry to provide architectural and engineering services required for the construction, repair or renovation of correctional facilities throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Dewberry said Tuesday the potential five-year contract encompasses planning and design work at 16 BOP-operated correctional facilities in Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 25, 2021, 7:03 am
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NASA Taps Bluestone to Support Goddard, Wallops Facilities’ Environmental Policy Compliance

Bluestone Environmental Group will help NASA ensure compliance of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with environmental regulations. The Malvern, Pennsylvania-based small business will develop processes and procedures in support of the Environmental Management Program under a potential $29.6 million contract, NASA said Friday. The contractor will perform work mainly […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 25, 2021, 6:33 am
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PAE to Help USAID Enhance Agricultural Infrastructure of Bangladesh; Charles Peiffer Quoted

PAE has received a $12.8 million contract to support a U.S. Agency for International Development effort focused on agricultural infrastructure modernization in select rural parts of Bangladesh. The five-year award in support of USAID’s Feed the Future Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Activity will cover improvements to Bangladeshi roads, irrigation and drainage systems, market and collection […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 24, 2021, 8:16 am
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Hilton Software to Continue Mobile Tech, Data Development for NGA; Hilton Goldstein Quoted

Hilton Software is set to continue supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Aeronautical Mobile Application for three more years. The Coral Springs, Florida-headquartered company said Wednesday it will provide the geospatial intelligence organization with global and multi-platform mobile technologies and data development services under a new prime contract. Hilton Goldstein, CEO of Hilton Software, described the NGA […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 24, 2021, 6:30 am
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NASA Taps CeleraPro to Provide Administrative Support at Marshall Center, Michoud Facility

CeleraPro, a certified Historically Underutilized Business Zone company, has been awarded a potential five-year, $18.9 million follow-on contract by NASA to conduct administrative support work at its two facilities in Alabama and New Orleans. Under the Center Administrative Support Services II contract, CeleraPro will deliver clerical, administrative and record management services to the Office of […] More

by Carol Collins June 24, 2021, 5:54 am
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Navy Names 6 Contractors for Facility Support Work Within NAVFAC Washington Area

Six companies have secured a position on a potential $99 million firm-fixed-price contract for repair, alteration, new construction and demolition services in support of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps shore facilities. Work will cover various facilities within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington’s area of operations, which includes Virginia and Maryland, the Department of […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 24, 2021, 5:23 am
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Fairbanks Morse Defense to Provide Diesel Engines for USCG Offshore Cutter; George Whittier Quoted

The engine division of Fairbanks Morse Defense was tapped to deliver two main propulsion diesel engines to Eastern Shipbuilding Group as part of the latter’s development of the U.S. Coast Guard’s fourth Heritage-class offshore patrol cutter. Fairbanks Morse Engine will build the future Rush’s motor systems at a manufacturing facility in Beloit, Wisconsin, as part […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 23, 2021, 11:50 am
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Clarifai, Army Sign R&D Agreement for EO/IR Data Labeling Effort; Matt Zeiler Quoted

Clarifai, an artificial intelligence company, has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with a directorate under a U.S. Army command to work on a large-scale electro-optical/infrared data labeling effort. The Army will evaluate the capability of AI-powered Clarifai Scribe Labeler to produce training data in support of the development of night vision and […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 23, 2021, 11:50 am
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Lockheed to Develop Aeroshell for NASA’s Mars Sample Retrieval Spacecraft

Lockheed Martin has received a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build a protective capsule for the Mars Sample Retrieval lander. The company said Tuesday it will develop an aeroshell that will protect the lander from extreme heat during its journey in deep space, landing sequence and descent to Mars to facilitate […] More

by Jane Edwards June 23, 2021, 11:49 am
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KBR Wins $58M Follow-On Award for Air Force Tech Sustainment Work; Byron Bright Quoted

KBR will help the U.S. Air Force sustain landing and air traffic control systems under a five-year, $58.1 million task order the company won through a recompete. The Houston-based contractor said Wednesday it will perform research and analysis work for the ATC and landings systems sustainment branch within USAF’s digital directorate as part of the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 23, 2021, 11:48 am
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Leidos Secures $471M TSA Contract for Airport Screening Equipment Deployment Services; Vicki Schmanske Quoted

Leidos will assist the Transportation Security Authority in equipping all U.S. federalized airports with checkpoint screening equipment under a $470.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Wednesday its prime contract for Transportation Screening Equipment deployment services covers installation, relocation and removal activities for airport scanners as well as provision of on-site coordination and design support. […] More

by Christine Thropp June 23, 2021, 11:47 am