Industry News

QinetiQ North America has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, to demonstrate a sonar technology meant to aid underwater navigation. The company said Thursday it aims to showcase the performance of the DOLPHIN  underwater acoustic technology that seeks to address the nadir gap seen in current sidescan sonars. DOLPHIN is designed to help […] More

The U.S. Air Force has asked information on potential industry sources that could provide a single aircraft platform that will work to perform the missions carried out by planes intended for command post and executive airlift operations, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said the service intends to look for that platform through the NEAT […] More

The General Services Administration and the Agriculture Department have issued six requests for quotes as part of the second phase of the White House’s Centers of Excellence program, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. The solicitations released Monday intend to support the implementation of the five COEs that focus on information technology modernization efforts such as […] More

The Georgia Department of Transportation has selected Applied Information to provide beacons as part of an effort to increase safety in the state’s school zones. Applied Information said Wednesday it will help the department implement Glance School Zone Beacon Systems equipped with cellular modems and designed to help traffic engineers manage the flashing devices. An AT&T internet-of-things platform called the Control Center will support […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has announced it will add 90 jobs to its already 530-strong offices in San Antonio, Texas, the San Antonio Business Journal reported Tuesday. Technology jobs make up the bulk of the openings, which include positions for network engineers and cybersecurity analysts for the U.S. Air Force, a health data scientist for the Military […] More

Boeing has announced plans to lease a 100,000-square-foot research space at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kendall Square mixed-use district in Cambridge, Mass. The new aerospace and autonomy center at Kendall Square’s 17-story building is set to be operational in 2020 and will accommodate employees from Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to perform research, design […] More

Bloomberg Government expects the Department of Transportation‘s Federal Transit Administration to begin soliciting for the Project Management Oversight multiple-award contract this fall, the media firm said Tuesday. The estimated $750 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for firms to evaluate prime transportation projects including capital investment grants and rail modernization; manage project caseloads; and verify the technical capacities […] More

Globecomm has booked more than $215 million in orders during its 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30, to provide multiple communications technology platforms to public and private sector customers. The company said Tuesday it will supply fixed and transportable satellite communications  terminals as well as very-small-aperture terminal broadcast and wireless services to government customers. Some of the […] More

The future USS Charleston littoral combat ship completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico on July 19 and is now ready for delivery to the U.S. Navy this summer. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey assessed the Independence-variant LCS built by Austal USA during a series of in-port and underway demonstrations that showcased the vessel’s propulsion […] More