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Huntington Ingalls-KBR JV to Help Establish Australia’s Naval Shipbuilding College; Andy Green Comments

A joint venture ofÂ Huntington Ingalls‘ technical solutions business and KBR‘s government services arm has received a contract to help the Australian government establish and manage aÂ Naval Shipbuilding College. TheÂ Naval Shipbuilding Institute will support the project as part of Australia’s efforts to build up the country’s shipbuilding industry over the next three decades under a $69.1 […] More

by Nichols Martin April 3, 2018, 2:00 pm
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NTT Data Receives Axiomatics Federal ‘Gold Partner’ Designation; Kevin Durkin Comments

NTT Data Services has obtained a “Gold Partner” status fromÂ AxiomaticsÂ and will begin to offer the latter’s authorization management suite for applications, databases and big data to federal clients. Both companies aim to help customer agencies gain access to control software, architectural guidance and professional services necessary to implement external authorization tools, Axiomatics said Wednesday. “Secure […] More

by Joanna Crews April 2, 2018, 9:25 am
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SpaceXâ€™s Falcon 9 Delivers 5th Iridium â€˜NEXTâ€™ Satellite Batch to Orbit; Matt Desch Comments

Iridium Communicationsâ€™ fifth batch of 10Â Iridium NEXTÂ satellites lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9Â rocket and established communications with the companyâ€™s satellite network operations facility after launch. The launch marks the second use of the rocketâ€™s first-stage booster that SpaceXÂ deployed in October 2017 to send the third set of […] More

by Jane Edwards April 2, 2018, 7:28 am
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Boeing-SAMI JV to Localize Military Aircraft MRO Services in Saudi Arabia; Leanne Caret Comments

Boeing and state-owned company Saudi Arabian Military IndustriesÂ have agreed to form a joint venture that seeks to localize in Saudi Arabia at least 55 percent of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the Middle Eastern countryâ€™s fleet of rotary- and fixed-wing military planes. The memorandum of agreement signed by Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and […] More

by Jane Edwards April 2, 2018, 4:18 am
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CTC to Develop Metallic Component Manufacturing Tech for Navy; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential four-year, $6.4 million contract to develop additive manufacturing technology for the U.S. Navy to build metal-based parts forÂ air, sea and ground platforms. The contract awarded through the Office of Naval Research’s Quality Metal Additive Manufacturing program contains a two-year base period worth $2.6 million and a two-year option […] More

by Joanna Crews March 28, 2018, 6:39 am
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PAE ISR Joins Virginia’s Global Defense Program; Chris Corgnati Comments

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has selectedÂ PAE ISRÂ to participate in a one-year export acceleration program meant to help defense companies expand into the global marketplace, Inside Defense reported Monday. “VEDP’s expertise in accessing international markets will help reduce our barriers to entry and give us an opportunity to gain an advantage over our competitors,”Â Chris Corgnati, […] More

by Joanna Crews March 27, 2018, 12:52 pm
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: FY 2018 NDAA Aims to Meet Military Satcom Requirements

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government, has said the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization ActÂ serves as the U.S. governmentâ€™s response to help meet warfightersâ€™ need for secure and resilient satellite communication capabilities with the aid of the commercial satcom industry. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a Via Satellite piece posted Thursday […] More

by Jane Edwards March 23, 2018, 10:24 am
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Siemens’ Federal Arm Selected for NC Indian Reservation Solar Project; Barbara Humpton Comments

TheÂ Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has chosenÂ Siemens‘ U.S. federal subsidiary to support the installation, operation and maintenance of a power farm near Murphy, North Carolina. Arlington, Virginia-basedÂ Siemens Government Technologies will install and manage aÂ 2,000 photovoltaic solar panel array for EBCI under aÂ $2.36 million contract, the companyÂ said Thursday. We are proud to partner with EBCI in […] More

by Nichols Martin March 23, 2018, 10:16 am
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Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments

Peraton has received a potential five-year, $40.97 million contract to help the Department of the Navy identify, locate and remove unexploded underwater and ground ordnance. The contract has a one-year base term and four one-year options and covers support for the Navyâ€™s explosive ordnance disposal program management office, Peraton said Wednesday. â€œDetecting, locating, removing or […] More

by Jane Edwards March 22, 2018, 6:35 am
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Raytheon Moves GPS OCX System to Final Software Devt Phase; Dave Wajsgras Comments

Raytheon has begun the final phase of software development of a ground-based operational control system the company developed for the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s GPS III satellites. The company said Tuesday the final software build phase for the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System aims to raise automation and building controls for the M-code military GPS signal […] More

by Jane Edwards March 21, 2018, 9:29 am
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Dave Buss: Cubic to Provide Training Systems Sustainment Services Under Lockheed Subcontract

A Cubic business division will provide sustainment support for the U.S. Armyâ€™s instrumentation systems andÂ live-fire ranges under aÂ potential $185 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin. Cubic Global Defense will sustain the serviceâ€™s training aids and simulators at 21 local and international locations in support of the Armyâ€™s readiness efforts and combat training centers, the company said […] More

by Jane Edwards March 21, 2018, 4:46 am
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Raytheonâ€™s Dave Wajsgras: Cyber Cuts Across Land, Air, Sea, Space Domains

Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheonâ€™s intelligence, information and services business, has said cybersecurity extends across ground, aerial, maritime and space domains and has made an impact on how the military performs its missions. Wajsgras, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, talked at the 2018 Boston Conference on Cyber Security and discussed the ubiquity of cyber in several […] More

by Jane Edwards March 16, 2018, 7:30 am