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BAE Systems has awarded 14 companies contracts to deliver manufacturing materials to support production work on the first three ships as part of the U.K. government’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. Thales and Tods Defence will produce sonar domes and towed array systems for the ships and Dent Steel Services will supply structural steel materials, […] More

Orbital ATK has secured a five-year, $48 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to help sustain Trident I and Orion rocket motors the agency intends to use in target and interceptor vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will provide engineering, test and analysis, motor logistics storage and disposal static test, and flight test motor preparation support under the […] More

The General Services Administration has asked industry to provide information on commercially available tools and methods that could help facilitate the automation of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s authority-to-operate process. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday it collaborates with the American Technology Council and the White House’s Office of American Innovation to […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a $41 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to design, engineer, integrate and test an aircraft for the Airborne Mission Networking System. The Defense Department said Wednesday that SNC will also provide non-recurring engineering support along with material, over and above, travel and data deliverables under the sole-source […] More

Esri and Microsoft have jointly established a grant process to provide mapping and artificial intelligence tools to environmental conservationists. Eligible organizations and individuals can apply through the grant process to gain access to Esri’s ArcGIS geographic information system software and Microsoft’s cloud and AI platforms, Esri said Wednesday. “Understanding environmental data in the context of location is […] More

Airbus‘ helicopter manufacturing division has received a $35.2 million contract modification to sustain and provide logistics and parts support for the U.S. Army‘s UH-72 Lakota helicopters. The Army has revised contract line item numbers to increase the number of total estimated flying hours and amount of funds for the flying-hour rate, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

CDI Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $38 million task order from the U.S. Navy to deploy subject matter experts who will support the Commander of the Naval Surface Forces Pacific. The company said Monday it will assemble a readiness assistance team to provide sailor-centric engineering and combat systems training, review materials, audit programs and […] More

A joint venture of BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins has received a $47.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command for the delivery of joint tactical radio systems to U.S. and coalition forces. Data Link Solutions will provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System JTRS units to replace legacy radios of the service branch […] More

The State Department has approved the Netherlands’ request to acquire an additional 70 Lockheed Martin-built AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles under a potential $34 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the proposed transaction will be an addition to a previously implemented FMS case for the procurement of 180 Hellfire II missiles and 24 M36E8 […] More

In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Kailos Genetics to help the biotechnology company further develop sequencing technologies that will have potential use in the intelligence community. Kailos said Tuesday it aims to continue development work on a next-generation sequencing laboratory and software platforms through the strategic partnership. Tom Gillespie, an investment partner at In-Q-Tel, said that […] More

Microsoft has made its Azure Government cloud platform available in two additional data center regions in Arizona and Texas for U.S. government customers and their partners. Tom Keane wrote in a blog entry posted Monday that Microsoft aims to provide Azure Government capacity near customers on the East Coast, West Coast and central U.S. through the expansion […] More

Seattle-based enterprise software provider Taqtile has teamed up with Booz Allen Hamilton to facilitate the delivery of its mixed-reality platform to the Defense Department. Taqtile’s Manifest works to help users carry out complex tasks, provide them visibility into an organization’s assets, collaboration efforts and field operations as well as record, demonstrate and communicate processes with other field […] More