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NXT Robotics has unveiled a new rugged all-terrain and all-weather outdoor security robot built to help organizations perform physical security monitoring and reporting activities. The company said Tuesday that the Scorpion 2 robot can help autonomously patrol airports, borders, data centers, equipment yards, industrial buildings, power plants, seaports, energy and military facilities. Scorpion 2 features cameras […] More

Suntiva has received a five-year, $20 million contract to provide technical, analytical and functional support for a contract writing system being used by the U.S. Army‘s acquisition community. The company said Tuesday it will also help deploy, update and sustain the Defense Department‘s Procurement Desktop-Defense platform that supports the Army contracting personnel within and outside the continental U.S. Work also covers organizational […] More

SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider the company’s future low-Earth orbit satellite constellation as a potential recipient of the Connect America Fund award, Space News reported Tuesday. The report said FCC proposed rules that would exclude satellite constellations from participation in the CAF program due to the low latency of such platform. […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has received approval from the U.S. Marine Corp‘s program executive officer for land systems to kick off the production and deployment phase of its Assault Amphibious Vehicle Survivability Upgrade program. SAIC said Tuesday the Marine Corps authorized the program’s transition into low-rate initial production following issuance of a Milestone C decision and awarded […] More

Orbital ATK has announced plans to make a $5 million investment to expand its 175,000-square-foot production facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, as the company transitions work from its Clearfield, Utah-based facility. The company said Tuesday the expansion project is expected to generate 57 technical and engineering jobs and will add approximately 40,000 square feet of space […] More

Contrack Watts Inc. has received a $17.9 million contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific to build a waterfront headquarters building at the U.S. Navy base in Guam. The Japanese government will fund the construction project as part of a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Japan, the Navy said Tuesday. Contrack Watts will construct the facility at Naval […] More

Four companies have received a combined $13.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to extend support services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s tactical technology office. Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech International‘s SRS Technologies subsidiary, Centra Technology and Schafer will continue to provide technical, programmatic, financial and administrative support to TTO programs, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a potential five-year, $48 million contract to perform support work on the military branch’s cooperative aviation surveillance sensor and man-portable air defense systems. Raytheon will support AN/UPR-3 CASS and Avenger/Stinger MANPADS along with AN/TPX-57(V)2, AN/TPX-58(V)1, AN/TPX-59 and ADI KIV-77 subassemblies, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command will determine funds […] More

BAE Systems Inc. has won a $9.2 million contract to develop iterative reasoning, association and learning software for the U.S. Air Force‘s adaptive decision-making efforts. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will develop the software to help automate indications, warning and situational awareness data processing for battle management command control and communication. Work will occur in Massachusetts through Sept. […] More

Saab has announced plans to set up a production facility in the U.S. for a trainer aircraft the Sweden-based company and its partner Boeing proposed for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X program. Saab said Monday it has begun to identify and assess potential sites for the new aircraft manufacturing facility to be established in the U.S. […] More

Kymeta‘s government solutions division has received a pair of NASA grants to produce Ka-band antennas for integration with CubeSats or other satellites designed to operate in low-Earth orbit. The company said Monday it aims to develop space-based antennas under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program as part of efforts to help address for very low size, weight and […] More