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Space Force Shortlists Two Raytheon Technologies Units, Technology Advancement Group for Handheld GPS Tech Project

Technology Advancement Group and two Raytheon Technologies business units have been shortlisted by the U.S. Space Force for a rapid prototyping program to develop global positioning system devices. TAG and Raytheon's Collins Aerospace business and intelligence and space unit secured firm-fixed-price contracts worth $41.1M combined to submit basic working prototypes of the Joint Modernized Global GPS Handheld technology, the Space and Missile Systems Center said Wednesday.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 9, 2020, 4:14 am
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Cubic to Produce Datalink System for Navy Aircraft Carriers; Mike Twyman Quoted

The U.S. Navy has awarded Cubic a potential five-year, $9M contract to build a surface data terminal for integration onto two Nimitz-class supercarriers. Cubic said Wednesday it will provide the Sharklink SDT as part of the military service's Communication Data Link Systemâ€“Technical Refresh program.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 9, 2020, 12:19 am
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Fluor Holds Spot on $3B DOE Environmental Mgmt Office Contract; Tom Dâ€™Agostino Quoted

The Department of EnergyÂ Office of Environmental Management has awarded FluorÂ a position on a potential 10-year, $3 billionÂ indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantityÂ contract to provide nationwide deactivation, decommissioning and removalÂ of facilities,Â waste management and program support, the company announced Wednesday.

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by Sarah Sybert July 8, 2020, 11:06 am
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Descartes Labs Wins SBIR Phase II Contract to Optimize USAF Data; Phil Fraher Quoted

Descartes Labs has been awarded an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II contract on Wednesday through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate and Information Directorate to optimize data discovery of collected sensor data and the automation of multi-modal analytical processes.Â

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by Sarah Sybert July 8, 2020, 10:59 am
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Wickr to Help US Military Departments Secure Comms

WickrÂ has secured a potential two-year, $35M contractÂ to provide aÂ recall, alert and messaging service to all three military departments under theÂ Department of Defense. The company said TuesdayÂ it will extend adoption of the Wickr RAM collaboration platform across the departments of the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army under a new contract with USAF.

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by Nichols Martin July 8, 2020, 9:19 am
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Cubic to Support USAF Battle Mgmt System Dev’t Efforts; Mike Twyman Quoted

Cubic's mission solutions business holds a spot on a potentialÂ $950M multiple-awardÂ contract to help the U.S. Air Force build and demonstrate systems for new command and control infrastructure designed to support joint military operations worldwide.

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by Nichols Martin July 8, 2020, 8:43 am
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Northrop Receives Initial Air Force Order for Updated Targeting Pods

Northrop Grumman has received an initial order from the U.S. Air ForceÂ to supply targeting pods that are equipped with a digital video technology and designed to help aircrews locateÂ targets at a long range.Â The company said Tuesday it will provideÂ updatedÂ LITENINGÂ sensors that process full-color videos withÂ a more thanÂ 1K-by-1KÂ resolution to help military users understand a combat environment.

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by Nichols Martin July 8, 2020, 7:26 am
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Kongsberg Subsidiary to Help Develop Contingency Mgmt Platform for FAA Drone Test Site

AÂ KongsbergÂ subsidiary will participate in aÂ CAL Analytics-led industry team that secured a $1.6M contract from the Federal Aviation AdministrationÂ to build and demonstrate a contingency management platform at aÂ Rome, N.Y, test site for unmanned aircraft systems. KongsbergÂ said MondayÂ its geospatial businessÂ will support theÂ CMP development project at Griffiss International Airport in collaboration with four other companies,Â Oneida County and theÂ Northeast UAS Airspace Integration ResearchÂ organization.

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by Nichols Martin July 7, 2020, 8:10 am
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HDR Wins $75M Navy Contract for Marine Species Monitoring Services

HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction has won a potential five-year, $75M contract to help Naval Facilities Engineering Command monitor marine resourcesÂ within NAVFAC's Atlantic and Pacific areas of operation. The company will support environmental compliance and reporting effortsÂ underÂ the U.S. NavyÂ Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program, the Department of Defense said Monday.

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by Nichols Martin July 7, 2020, 7:22 am
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Navy Taps Signal Systems Corp to Supply Sensors, Sonar Tech for R&D Program

Sensor technology maker Signal Systems Corp. has received a potential five-year, $13.5M contract to provide undersea and anti-submarine warfare technologies to support the U.S. Navyâ€™s sonar signal processing research and development efforts.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers July 7, 2020, 3:27 am
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Kratos Books Missile Defense C5ISR Tech Support Contracts

Kratos Defense and Security SolutionsÂ has reported multiple contract awards worthÂ $30M combined to supportÂ command, control, computing, communication, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems for a national security program.Â The company said Thursday it will provide C5ISR technologies for missile defense-related combat equipment.

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by Nichols Martin July 6, 2020, 8:31 am
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LinQuest to Extend Air Force Systems Engineering Support

LinQuestÂ has been awarded aÂ $76.6M contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Air Force engineer, integrate systems. The Los Angeles-based company will provideÂ the services to the branch's programs with high security requirements,Â the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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by Nichols Martin July 6, 2020, 8:14 am