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Lockheed Martin has received an $11.6 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to support the first round of flight tests and issuance of military permit for an F-35B aircraft to launch from the U.K’.s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The Defense Department said Tuesday international partner funds worth $5.7 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not […] More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have begun to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle under two separate contracts awarded by the U.S. Navy, USNI News reported Tuesday. The Navy awarded a $42.3 million contract to Boeing and a $43.2 million contract to Lockheed in September under the initial phase of the Orca XLUUV acquisition program. Lance Towers, director of […] More
Battelle has teamed up with Rare Earth Salts on a potential $875,000 Energy Department project to produce rare earth oxides derived from coal ash. Battelle said Tuesday it will combine its acid digestion process with RES’ novel separation technique to generate rare earth oxide products from coal fly ash sources with a purity of at least 90 […] More
KBR‘s government services unit has received a contract modification from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to continue supporting U.S. Navy base operations in Bahrain. The modification exercises the third option year of a contract originally awarded in 2014 for support services at Bahrain’s Isa Air Base, the company said Wednesday. KBRwyle will provide facility management, emergency support, galley services, small project […] More
CACI International has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $480 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to aid the night vision and electronic sensors directorate of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center. The company said Tuesday that it will support NVESD’s efforts to develop and integrate various technologies to military and national responder teams around […] More
Raytheon has unveiled a new engineering facility at the Sandia Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to support the production of monitoring and telemetry systems for U.S. and allied forces. The company said Monday it expects to create up to 60 high-technology manufacturing positions at the new 72,000-square-foot engineering facility over the next six years. It represents […] More
The State Department has approved a potential $29 million foreign military sale of Abrams M1A1 main battle tank hulls and engines to Kuwait. Kuwait asked to procure 218 M1A1 tank hulls with 120-millimeter cannons, AGT-1500 engines and logistics support services for the country’s M1A2 recapitalization effort, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday. The request is associated with a $1.7 billion FMS […] More
Global incubator 1776 has agreed to merge with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based coworking network and business incubator Benjamin’s Desk in a push to provide more resources to Northeast Corridor-based startups and entrepreneurs and help them build up their businesses. Evan Burfield, co-founder and CEO of 1776, will serve as executive chairman of the new combined network that […] More
Octo Consulting Group has received a potential five-year, $11.1 million contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services manage information technology programs and systems. The company said Tuesday it will provide administrative, program and vendor management services to HHS’s IT strategy, policy and governance office as part of efforts to help the department address IT challenges. The contract […] More
Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer its line of intelligent business applications to U.S. government customers. James Townsend, founder and CEO of Microsoft partner company Infostrat, wrote in article published Monday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development granted a FedRAMP authority to operate at the “moderate impact level” to […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight team line-ups for a software defined radio hackfest in November which will be held at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, California. DARPA said Monday that participants of the Bay Area Software Defined Radio Hackfest include members of the academia, industry and SDR enthusiast community who […] More
The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals in November for design development activities in support of the service branch’s future guided missile frigates. A presolicitation notice posted Monday on FedBizOpps stated that the Navy looks to award multiple contracts through an open and competitive solicitation for the conceptual design of the FFG(X) ships. The Navy […] More
