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ViaSat has received a one-year, $9.9 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide engineering services for the Blue Force Tracker-2 program. The Defense Department said Friday contract work will include out-of-warranty repairs, satellite ground stations and satellite network control center maintenance, software assurance and Tier 4 to 6 help desk support. BFT-2 is designed […] More

Inmarsat has partnered with the U.K. chapter of non-government disaster response organization Team Rubicon to provide satellite communications equipment and manpower support. The company said Thursday its employees will also be given an opportunity to become part of the trained Team Rubicon volunteers group called Greyshirt. Stuart Lane, field operations director at Team Rubicon UK, said Inmarsat will deliver […] More

The U.S. Air Force will hold an industry day on July 20 in El Segundo, California, to update potential vendors on the acquisition strategy for the Phase 2 competition to produce up to 22 GPS III satellites. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice published Monday the event also aims to seek industry feedback […] More

The Energy Department has obligated $46.2 million for 48 projects to develop solar power technologies as part of a national effort that aims to make solar energy a viable energy source for U.S. citizens. DOE said Wednesday the projects fall under the SunShot Initiative‘s Technology to Market 3 and Photovoltaics Research and Development 2 programs. Charlie Gay, director of the […] More

A Leidos subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, 15 million contract from the Labor Department to hire clinicians who will serve as contract medical consultants under an occupational illness benefits program for current and former Energy Department employees. QTC Management will also help maintain the quality of medical review results under DOL’s Division of Energy Employees Occupation […] More

Boeing has received a potential $27 million task order from the U.S. Special Operations Command to provide non-recurring engineering services ahead of the production of Block 2 MH-47G helicopters. The Defense Department said Thursday that Boeing will use the funds to prepare for the manufacturing of MH-47G aircraft using reworked, recapped and salvaged contractor and government furnished components. […] More

A NuRAN Wireless subsidiary has received a contract to provide a software-defined radio technology to a Naval Air Systems Command division that maintains a weapons development center of excellence for the U.S. Navy. Nutaq Innovations will deliver the PicoSDR 8×8 radio system to NAVAIR’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in Point Mugu, California, NuRAN said Thursday. […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

KBR‘s government services arm has secured a three-year task order for programmatic support services to the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for aviation. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will help PEO Aviation research, develop and analyze critical milestone documents and other deliverables for cargo helicopter and fixed-wing project management offices. The order falls under the […] More

Datapipe has started to offer managed services to public-sector customers of the Microsoft-built Azure Government platform. Datapipe said Wednesday it can now sell integrated offerings, provide direct billing and and help customer agencies manage cloud environments through Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud Solution Provider program. Tom Keane, general manager of Microsoft Azure Government, said the company aims to expand the […] More

Leonardo has secured a two-year, $51.7 million contract to update the threat detection system of U.K.’s fleet of Typhoon fighter aircraft, Belfast Telegraph reported Thursday. The Defensive Aids Sub System upgrade effort will help Typhoon jets carry out homeland defense missions as well as air strikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria, the […] More