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CTC Awarded Air Force Support Contract Option; Ed Sheehan Quoted

Concurrent Technologies Corp.Â has received aÂ $4.3M contract modificationÂ to continue support for a U.S. Air Force organization performingÂ environmental, safety and infrastructure operations. The award represents theÂ first option on a potentialÂ five-year, $21M contract through which the company supports the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, SafetyÂ and Infrastructure, the company said Thursday.

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by Nichols Martin July 20, 2020, 6:17 am
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BAE-QinetiQ Team to Provide Hybrid Electric Drive System for Army Combat Vehicle Integration

The team ofÂ BAE SystemsÂ andÂ QinetiQÂ secured a $32M contract to equip a U.S. Army ground vehicle with a hybrid electric drive technology as part of the service's Combat Vehicle Power and Energy systems development program.

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by Matthew Nelson July 20, 2020, 5:40 am
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Three Companies Awarded DIU Unmanned Orbital Outpost Study Contracts

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to three companies to study concepts for small, unmanned space stations in low-Earth orbit,Â SpaceNews reported Sunday.

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by Jane Edwards July 20, 2020, 4:03 am
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Apple, Google, Microsoft Partner With Public Health Org to Deploy COVID-19 Monitoring App

The Association of Public Health Laboratories has formed a partnership with Microsoft, Apple and Google to launchÂ a mobile notification system and cloud-based server to support health agenciesâ€™ COVID-19 contact tracing efforts.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers July 20, 2020, 2:57 am
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DoD Taps Amfuel, Rolls-Royce to Help Restore Domestic Aviation, Vessel Production Capacity

The Department of Defense has awarded contract actions worth $36.9M combined to Rolls-Royce and aircraft fuel technology provider Amfuel in a move to drive domestic production at the industrial-base level.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers July 20, 2020, 2:09 am
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Northrop Integrates NASA’s Laser Comms Relay Demo Payload With DoD Experimental Spacecraft

Northrop Grumman completed the installation and integration of a two-way optical relay technology on a satellite the company is building for aÂ Department of Defense mission to demonstrate the potential of laser communications to transmit data from space to the ground.

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by Matthew Nelson July 20, 2020, 1:42 am
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Navy Acquires Supply Chain Risk Assessment Tool to Automate Processes; John Roach, Adam Hauch Quoted

The U.S. Navy has acquired a new supply chain risk assessment tool from KSM Consulting to quicken the analysis of the microelectronics and monitor supply chains for IT-related products, FedScoopÂ reported Thursday.

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by Sarah Sybert July 17, 2020, 10:18 am
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Summit 7 Receives Microsoft US Partner Award for Security, Compliance; Scott Edwards, Ben Curry Quoted

Summit 7 Systems has been selected for the Microsoft 2020 MSUS Partner Award in the modern workplace categoryÂ for providing customers with end-to-end security solutions based on Microsoft security and compliance capabilities in 365 and Azure.

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by Sarah Sybert July 17, 2020, 10:08 am
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DARPA Taps Galois to Create Software Dev’t Tools for Physical Security

GaloisÂ has secured aÂ $7.5M contract to buildÂ data security application development tools as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security initiative.

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by Nichols Martin July 17, 2020, 8:01 am
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Carahsoft Offers Pavilion Data Systems Storage Tech to Federal Sector via NASA SEWP V; Michael Tanner Quoted

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute Pavilion Data Systems' flash arrays to help the federal government address needs for storage technologies. TheÂ Pavilion Hyperparallel Flash Arrays are designed to speed up data activities viaÂ big data analytics andÂ artificial intelligence, Carahsoft said Thursday.

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by Nichols Martin July 17, 2020, 7:18 am
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Raytheon Technologies Combines Wearable Shooter Detection Tech, Situational Awareness App

Raytheon TechnologiesÂ has incorporated a smartphone-based military situation awareness application intoÂ a wearable system built to help soldiersÂ determineÂ hostile fire or sniper attack locations. The integration of Raytheon'sÂ Boomerang Warrior-X technology for dismounted soldier gunshot detection and theÂ Android Team Awareness Kit is intended to facilitate battlespace coordination in real time, the companyÂ said Wednesday.

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by Nichols Martin July 17, 2020, 5:43 am
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Prat Kumar: Boeing Uses Digital Engineering, 3D Modeling to Build F-15EX

Prat Kumar, a vice president and F-15 program manager at Boeing,Â said the companyâ€™s use of 3D modeling and digital engineering techniques to manufacture the F-15EX fighter jet could make the aircraft program a pathfinder for the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s â€œDigital Century Seriesâ€ concept.

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by Jane Edwards July 17, 2020, 4:48 am