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The Professional Services Council has notified government contractors of the potential impacts of a government shutdown on their staff and operations. PSC said Friday those impacts include the unavailability of agency contacts to accept deliveries or offer guidance to contractors; lack of contractor personnel’s access to needed facilities on government sites; potential delay in government […] More

The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that a fourth Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite responded to initial commands shortly after the spacecraft’s launch on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Lockheed said Friday the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite received initial signals from the Air Force’s 460th Space Wing approximately […] More

The U.S. Coast Guard plans to issue a request for proposals on small unmanned aerial systems to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions onboard  national security cutters, Defense News reported Saturday. Lt. Emma Lutton, a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard, told Defense News the service branch aims to release the RFP notice for a potential […] More

DigitaliBiz has won a potential 66-month, $48.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide systems engineering and operational support services to the National Science Foundation‘s Division of Polar programs. The Defense Department said Friday the company will help NSF implement systems designed to manage airspace, quality operational meteorology, aviation ground and information systems. The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems […] More

L3 Technologies has won a seven-year, $9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to explore technologies that can facilitate cooperative engagement between munition systems deployed in a degraded communication environment. The Air Force Research Laboratory received two bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will obligate $1.7 million in fiscal 2017 research and development funds at the […] More

The Energy Department‘s Argonne Leadership Computing Facility has launched a call for proposals on the development of data science and machine learning applications to support an exascale supercomputer machine. ALCF said Thursday it will accept proposals for projects related to data science, machine learning and crosscutting simulation data and learning through April 8 as part of the facility’s Aurora […] More

A Kraken Robotics subsidiary has produced a synthetic aperture sonar technology designed to map the ocean floor in support of U.S. Navy‘s autonomous minehunting operations. The service branch integrated and tested Kraken Robotics Systems-made SAS onboard the Naval Warfare Center‘s REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle, the company  said Jan. 11. The sonar is built to collect target data at a range of […] More

The U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services has posted a request for information on potential sources of risk, fraud and development security and operations services. USCIS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday that the required services will be deployed on the agency’s Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform and other cloud environments as required. Proposed services should be able […] More

The U.S. Army has announced plans to negotiate a contract for engineering work on a technology platform that soldiers use to detect improvised explosive devices and antitank mines on roads. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army intends to enlist a Chemring Group business unit to perform engineering modifications in the military branch’s Husky Mounted Detection System. The […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and an industry consortium have selected six university research centers to conduct research efforts that seek to address challenges related to microelectronic technologies under a potential five-year, $200 million cost-sharing program. Linton Salmon, manager of DARPA’s Joint University Microelectronics Program, said in a statement published Wednesday JUMP and the […] More

Barbaricum has won a potential five-year, $36 million contract to provide logistics services to the U.S. Army project manager for close combat systems program. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform logistics support for equipment the service branch will issue to NATO and allied forces. Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 19, 2023. The Army Contracting Command received three […] More