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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has begun its search for potential sources of human resource program management and technical support services from the small business community. OPM said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Sunday it seeks a contractor to support strategy and governance; modernization and transformation; enterprise architecture; performance assessment and improvement; business case development; and program […] More

Cisco and Siemens respectively secured the first and second spot in Navigant Research‘s ranking of 16 leading smart city suppliers. The report titled “Navigant Research Leaderboard: Smart City Suppliers” explores the strategy and execution of 16 global smart city vendors with the capacity to lead large-scale smart city projects across a range of operational and service areas, […] More

The U.S. Army Sustainment Command has revised a DynCorp International contract modification to expand the scope of support services the company provides to the military branch’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California. DynCorp said Monday it will deploy an additional 21 personnel and support the NTC’s Ops Group Heavy mission under the terms of the […] More

A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $7.7 million order to provide high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers to a U.S. airborne strategic military program. Comtech Xicom Technology will manufacture TWTAs as part of the follow-on order with a U.S. military integrator, the company said Monday. “The amplifier is designed for use on multiple airframes, and includes […] More

Orbital ATK has set a Nov. 11 launch date for the company’s eighth cargo resupply mission that will transport crew supplies and hardware to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA. The space agency said Tuesday Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft will launch aboard the company’s Antares rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to deliver approximately […] More

A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a $22.4 million contract modification to support post-shakedown availabilities for two of the U.S. Navy‘s Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The Defense Department said Monday BAE’s ship repair business in Jacksonville, Florida, will provide manpower, material, non-standard equipment, technical data, documentation and support services needed to carry out USS Little Rock and USS […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design, develop and produce a high-energy fiber laser weapon system. AFRL plans to test the weapon system aboard a tactical fighter aircraft by 2021 as part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program, Lockheed said Monday. The SHiELD program […] More

Rockwell Collins has finished integration of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Out software on three aircraft platforms for the Naval Air Systems Command. The company said Monday it integrated the software on NAVAIR’s C-2A, E2-C and P-3C platforms in an effort to help the command meet the federal government’s ADS-B Out requirements set to take effect by the […] More

Leidos has received a potential five-year, $29 million prime contract to continue to provide research and development support services to the Naval Health Research Center’s Warfighter Performance department. The company said Monday it aims to identify methods to help increase operational performance and resilience of U.S. naval warfighters as well as optimize strategies for their health […] More

General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems group has received a nine-month, $8.9 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency integrate and test a low-power laser system on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Defense Department said Monday GA-EMS will conduct work under MDA’s Low Power Laser Demonstrator Phase One effort that seeks to address power and aperture size requirements for laser technology. Work […] More

BAE Systems has awarded manufacturing contracts worth approximately $52.4 million to 15 international suppliers for diesel and gearbox filtration, pipework, fittings and vibration monitoring equipment that will support Type 26 frigates. The company said Thursday the globally deployable, multi-mission Type 26 warship, which features a modular design and open systems architecture, will support various operations including high […] More

Eric DeMarco, CEO of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has said he expects Kratos’ satellite communications business to grow, partly because of the U.S. government’s increased focus on space technologies, Space Intel Report reported Friday. “In the 2018 [Defense Department] budget request, space and satellite-related funding lines received one of the largest increases in request over […] More