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The Air Force Research Laboratory has granted Newcomer Arms the rights to manufacture and commercialize two technologies designed to support operational mobility, under separate licensing agreements. The Ruck Dock system functions to help users evenly distribute load weight from the upper body to the lower body, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said Thursday. Darryl Nowak, chairman of […] More
Raymond Palumbo, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined the board of advisers at special missions systems and services provider Dynamic Aviation. Dynamic Aviation said Thursday the 34-year Army veteran served as director for defense intelligence at the Defense Department and managed DoD’s intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance task force before retiring from military. He led the delivery of multiple aviation […] More
ICF has received a contract extension to provide housing, infrastructure and economic development for New Jersey in aims to help the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. New Jersey’s Office of Community Affairs awarded the extension to support the state’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program, the company said Thursday. Services under the contract support the […] More
AECOM has introduced a new service offering that leverages the company’s integrated framework for risk management to increase the resilience of critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the National Preparedness offering is based on the Converged Resilience risk management model that combines AECOM’s cybersecurity experience with technical knowledge about the operation of […] More
The U.S. Army has tested the capacity of Lockheed Martin‘s PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor to counter an air-breathing threat during a test that was held at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed said Thursday the missile defense flight test showcased the missile defense system’s hit-to-kill mechanism and recorded the furthest distance that a PAC-3 MSE has intercepted […] More
The U.S. Marine Corps has received an active electronically scanned array radar system Northrop Grumman equipped with a gallium nitride antenna and designed to help the service branch monitor threats in real time. Northrop said Thursday delivery of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar with GaN technology came after the company handed six G/ATORs over to the service branch in […] More
David Powner, director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office, will formally join Mitre in late August as director of strategic engagement and partnerships. Mitre said Thursday Powner will aim to expand the nonprofit research corporation’s relations with government, industry and academia in his new position. He has 25 years of private and public sector experience, […] More
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has issued a draft request for proposals for a recompete of its information technology services contract and raised the potential ceiling value of the procurement vehicle to $535 million, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. DTRA will hold a full and open competition for the Agency-Wide IT Service Design contract that covers work to design […] More
LexisNexis Risk Solutions presented its free summer coding and computer science mentoring program at a House Education and the Workforce Committee forum that took place Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Rep. Karen Handel, R-Ga., invited LexisNexis and 24 other participants across the country to present their education programs before committee members and attend a congressional showcase focused […] More
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has told a Senate subcommittee that planned exploration missions to Mars demand a “space industrial base of enormous breadth and depth.†Bruno said in a testimony published Wednesday that ULA has formed strategic partnerships with Aerojet Rocketdyne, L3 Technologies, Spincraft and other companies to supply key components for […] More
FedResults has secured a potential five-year, $60 million blanket purchasing agreement from the Defense Department to distribute CA Technologies‘ software products and related service offerings across the federal government and intelligence community. The contract was awarded through the Enterprise Software Initiative and also covers licensing, maintenance and training support, FedResults said Wednesday. CA Technologies’ products are designed to help […] More
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working on ways to boost its capabilities when it comes to disaster response. Jeffrey Freeman, APL research scientist, said in a statement Tuesday they are looking into creating an intelligent and autonomous system that allows context-dependent situational awareness for disaster and emergency response and recovery. Among APL’s goals are […] More
