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Parsons Receives New Task Order Under Air-Base Air-Defense Contract

Parsons Corporation has secured a task order with a ceiling value of $28 million for Battlespace Command and Control Center integration under the Air-Base Air-Defense contract it was awarded in 2021. The task order, which has a base year and two option periods, involves the procurement, integration and testing of a multi-source correlator tracker software system; the provision of training for that system; and the integration of battlespace awareness and air defense capabilities, Parsons said Thursday.

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by Aidan Daly January 19, 2024, 11:42 am
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QuSecure Books Air Force SBIR Award for Quantum Software; Garrison Buss Quoted

QuSecure has received a contract from the U.S. Department of the Air Force’s AFWERX program. Under the award, QuSecure will provide QuProtect, a post-quantum software-based security product, for the DAF, the San Mateo, California-based company announced on Thursday.

The Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit will feature numerous defense technology experts, including Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu, who will consider the potential of emerging technologies for national defense. To learn more and register to attend the event, click here.

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by Ireland Degges January 19, 2024, 11:38 am
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JE Dunn, SmithGroup to Build New Research Facility at NREL Campus

JE Dunn Construction and SmithGroup, which worked with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory a decade ago for the construction of its Energy Systems Integration Facility, has once again partnered with the Department of Energy organization to design and build the Energy Materials and Processing at Scale laboratory. EMAP will, like ESIF, be situated at the South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado, and will house research capabilities meant to bring about materials and process innovations in numerous fields, including advanced manufacturing, energy storage, net-zero chemicals and industrial decarbonization, NREL said Tuesday.

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by Jerry Petersen January 19, 2024, 8:05 am
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Marine Corps Modifies Northrop Grumman’s Maritime Targeting Cell Software Contract

The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a contract modification to Northrop Grumman for the Maritime Targeting Cell – Afloat program. The new Maritime Targeting Cell – Expeditionary contract aims to provide a ground-based mobile data delivery system to improve targeting accuracy during combat, the company said Wednesday.

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by Jamie Bennet January 18, 2024, 10:12 am
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Astroscale US Books Space Force Contract for Development of In-Space Refueler

Astroscale's U.S. business has secured a $25.5 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to build a small satellite capable of conducting uninterrupted refueling missions in geostationary orbit. The Astroscale Prototype Servicer for Refueling will be designed to carry and transfer hydrazine directly to client spacecraft, Astroscale U.S. said Wednesday.

The Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Space Summit will offer an in-depth look at how U.S. space experts, government leaders and industry executives are tackling the most urgent issues while forging a path forward in space. Register now.

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by Kacey Roberts January 18, 2024, 7:50 am
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CACI Receives DIA Task Order for Enterprise Network Modernization Support; John Mengucci Quoted

CACI International will provide the Defense Intelligence Agency with enterprise network modernization support under the eight-year, single award Enterprise Communications Services task order. Work will be carried out in support of the DIA's office of the chief information officer to meet a variety of network infrastructure requirements, including system design, implementation, operation and maintenance, CACI said Tuesday.

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by Jerry Petersen January 17, 2024, 7:22 am
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DARPA Taps Mynaric for Phase 2 Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node Program; Tim Deaver Quoted

Laser communications technology developer Mynaric has secured a contract to develop an intersatellite optical communications terminal for enabling satellite constellations to communicate in space. The company said Tuesday it will serve as a development partner for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program.

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by Naomi Cooper January 17, 2024, 6:49 am
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Draper Books Navy Contract to Develop, Demonstrate UUV Autonomy Capabilities

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has secured a potential five-year, $23.7 million contract to develop and demonstrate specialized unmanned underwater vehicle autonomy and simulation capabilities for the U.S. Navy. The company will use a model-based systems engineering approach to build a full-spectrum UUV autonomy prototype, the Department of Defense said Friday.

The Potomac Officers Club will host the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31 to discuss the latest developments in the defense technology sector. Register here.

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by Naomi Cooper January 16, 2024, 9:47 am
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Booz Allen Secures Navy 5G Network Implementation Contract; Chris Christou Quoted

Booz Allen Hamilton will design, implement, operate and test a 5G cellular network and asset network platform in Guam under a two-year contract with the U.S. Navy. The private 5G network will support the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Naval Base Guam by delivering mobile and fixed wireless access, marking the company's full-scale implementation of 5G technology in the Indo-Pacific region, Booz Allen said Thursday.

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by Jane Edwards January 12, 2024, 10:45 am
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Draper to Enable Collaborative CBRN Missions for UAS via DOD Contract

Draper will equip its unmanned autonomous systems with flight software and sensor-driven algorithms under a $26 million contract awarded through the Department of Defense's Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense. The company said Wednesday that UAS software capability additions are meant to enable collaborative CBRN reconnaissance missions in degraded operating environments.

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by Christine Thropp January 12, 2024, 10:36 am
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DMI to Deliver On-Premises Application Hosting Services to CDC; Amy Rall Quoted

Digital transformation services provider DMI has secured a $27 million contract to provide on-site application hosting and monitoring services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's data centers in Atlanta, Georgia. DMI said Thursday the contract encompasses software and data management enhancements to CDC applications to boost the delivery of health services to the public.

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by Naomi Cooper January 12, 2024, 10:13 am
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SkyWater, Florida County Awarded $120M DOD Contract to Enhance Domestic Semiconductor Production Using Deca Technologies

The Department of Defense has awarded SkyWater Technology's subsidiary in Florida and the state's Osceola County a contract that would fund the tooling of the Center for Neovation semiconductor manufacturing facility. Work under the contract involves the acquisition and installation of equipment that would enable to use of Deca Technologies' fan-out wafer level packaging technology and the implementation of Deca's Adaptive Patterning design-during-manufacturing capability at the Florida fab, SkyWater said Wednesday.

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by Jerry Petersen January 12, 2024, 10:03 am