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Boeing has developed a digital waveform generator with the intent to offer the technology to the U.S. Air Force for use on the next set of Global Positioning System III satellites. The company tested its platform’s ability to generate digitally modulated GPS signals in multiple code combinations during a recent demonstration, Boeing said Monday. “Our […] More

Orbital ATK has started to produce 120mm kinetic energy cartridges for the U.S. Army‘s Abrams battle tanks after the technology completed acceptance testing. The company said Monday it will manufacture the M829E4 advanced kinetic energy tactical tank rounds under a potential three-year, $80 million contract with the military service. Dan Olson, Orbital ATK vice president […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has kicked off a search for a new sensor environment as part of efforts to further build up intrusion detection technologies. IARPA said Friday it wants sensors that can apply “non-typical data” in a cybersecurity domain under its Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment program. Performers are asked to gather new signals from internal and external sensors in […] More

Cask Technologies has been awarded two contracts worth $50 million combined to support information technology systems that the U.S. Marine Corps use to manage personnel and payroll. The U.S. Defense Department said Friday the first contract covers program analytical and technical services for the Marine Corps Total Force Information Technology Systems and four offers were […] More

The gap between the market values of commercial aerospace and defense and government services companies narrowed during 2015’s second quarter, according to a Bluestone Capital Partners report. The investment banking firm said it found the number of government services transactions rose 28 percent year-to-date and an improvement in public company valuations helped drive initial public […] More

A new Technavio report says the global market for security services is poised to gain a 10.13 percent year-over-year growth from 2014 to 2019. Technavio analysts observed government and commercial organizations investing in security service offerings to prevent theft of enterprise information and unauthorized data access, ReportBuyer said Thursday. The research firm used revenue data […] More

Curtiss-Wright has been awarded a nearly $49 million contract with Lockheed Martin to produce a turret drive servo system for the British Army‘s new Scout vehicle. Lockheed will use the turret system to stabilize the weapons on the Scout Reconnaissance vehicle, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday. “Curtiss-Wright is proud to have been selected by Lockheed Martin to […] More

A Kaman subsidiary has received a $23 million order to provide an undisclosed number of programmable aerial bomb fuzes to the U.S. Air Force. Kaman said Thursday it has produced Joint Programmable Fuze systems for the military branch since 2002. The JPF is designed to integrate with Joint Direct Attack Munition and Paveway guidance kits […] More

A Rockwell Collins subsidiary has been awarded a contract to help manage repair of avionics on the Dutch military’s Pilatus PC-7 trainer aircraft. Intertrade plans to acquire aircraft components from multiple suppliers for the Netherlands’ PC-7 avionics repair program, Thierry Tosi, vice president and general manager of service solutions at Rockwell Collins, said Wednesday. The […] More

Advisory services firm Cambridge Global Advisors has obtained a commercial license for a new cybersecurity technology from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. The network mapping software system developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory works to inform users on the devices that connect to their network, DHS said Wednesday. The tool is intended […] More

Vendors seeking positions on the General Services Administration‘s 18F Agile Delivery Services Blanket Purchase Agreement say the vehicle reflects the government’s transition toward an agile acquisition process, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Billy Mitchell writes that the BPA utilizes open data and technology development to facilitate a quicker evaluation of potential providers based on actual software prototypes rather […] More