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U.S. Strategic Command has issued a request for information on potential approaches to modernize and operate a nuclear command, control and communications enterprise. Stratcom will use ideas from commercial and academic entities regarding the transition of the Defense Department toward a new NC3 environment, the U.S. Air Force said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The […] More

Boeing has awarded Lockheed Martin a pair of contracts to produce and integrate multifunction sensor systems into the U.S. Air Force‘s F-15C jets. Lockheed said Tuesday it will manufacture 19 Legion Pod low-rate initial production systems under an LRIP contract and will test, qualify and install sensors over a 28-month period under an engineering and manufacturing development contract. Legion Pod is […] More

Annette Rippert, senior managing director for technology at Accenture, has been recognized by the National Association of Female Executives for her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math fields. “As the leader of our technology business in North America, Annette has made great strides in moving us closer to a […] More

TechFlow has received a contract from the General Services Administration to provide information technology services to the Agriculture Department through centers of excellence. The company said Monday it will help USDA update infrastructure and adopt cloud technology, with a special focus on the areas of replatforming, application rehosting, cloud platform services and DevSecOps. Greg Godbout, chief […] More

Boeing has received a potential $45M contract to provide updated airframe structures for U.S. Special Operations Command’s A/MH-6  helicopters. The company will provide 56 primary airframes for the rotary wing platform under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that has a minimum order value of $100K, the Defense Department said Monday. SOCOM will obligate $5.2M in fiscal 2018 procurement funds at the […] More

Raytheon has received a $37.2M contract modification to continue intermediate-level repair and maintenance services for the U.S. Navy’s Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 systems. The Navy will obligate $19M in fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Monday. The company’s missile systems business will perform work in Arizona, Arkansas and Alabama […] More

BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business will help the U.S. Navy maintain and operate electronic, communication and computing platforms under a potential five-year, $79.8M contract. The firm-fixed-price contract has a base value of $13.9M over a 12-month period that runs through November 2019 and work could extend for an additional four more years if […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have invited academic and industry researchers worldwide to develop algorithms for retrieval of cross-lingual information through a $30K prize competition. IARPA said the OpenCLIR Challenge seeks technology that will work to help English speakers to identify content from blogs, social media, speeches, newswire and […] More

NASA has started to seek information on potential offerors that can provide mechanical systems engineering support through the Mechanical Integrated Services and Technologies recompete contract. A FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday says NASA wants interested stakeholders to submit capability statements to determine how to acquire the services through the proposed MIST II contract in support of […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit input on other potential applications of distributed consensus protocols that are widely used in cryptocurrency or blockchain technology. A FedBizOpps notice posted Nov. 19 states that DARPA seeks methods to create large-scale permissionless distributed protocols without depending on currency transfers, economic-based security models for multiparty computation […] More

ManTech International has collaborated with Final Salute to help female military veterans transition to private sector careers through the nonprofit’s Next Uniform program. Omari Faulkner, military ambassador at ManTech, wrote in an article published Wednesday the company pledged to support universities, organizations and programs that assist women who seek employment after serving in the military. The firm’s employees have donated business […] More

Thales‘ defense and security group has received a $14M delivery order to repair dome sonars installed on the U.S. Navy‘s H-60 multimission helicopters. The order falls under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and will cover repairs on 50 airborne low frequency sonar domes through November 2020, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $10.5M in working […] More