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Raytheon to Design Tactical Vehicle Laser Weapon System for Army

Raytheon has received a $10 million contract to design a 100-kilowatt laser weapon system potential integration onto theÂ U.S. Army‘s fleet of medium tactical vehicles. The company said MondayÂ it will conduct preliminary design work as part of theÂ High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstration program. Roy Azevedo, vice president of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance systems at Raytheon’s […] More

by Joanna Crews July 3, 2018, 6:40 am
in Industry News, News

Engineering Services Network Gets $70M Navy Weapon Systems Support Contract

Engineering Services NetworkÂ has received a potentialÂ five-year, $69.6 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide technical, engineering and logistics support for weapon systems programs of the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said MondayÂ it will help test, engineer and conduct post-event analysis of theÂ Aegis Combat System and theÂ Ballistic Missile Defense […] More

by Joanna Crews July 3, 2018, 6:11 am
in C4ISR News, News

Northrop Continues Polar Satcom Ground System Support Under Follow-On Contract

Northrop Grumman started work on a potential 15-month, $23 million follow-on contract to provide operations and maintenance support for the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning SegmentÂ platform. The contract that was awarded in September 2017 will run through December, Northrop said Monday. EPS works to provide troops in the North Polar Region […] More

by Jane Edwards July 3, 2018, 5:16 am
in Executive Moves, News

Navy Vet John Stewart Appointed BWXT Nuclear Fuel Services Head

John Stewart, formerly president and general manager ofÂ BWSR, has been named president of BWX Technologies‘ nuclear fuel services subsidiary. He led the BWXT-AptimÂ joint venture for six years in efforts to provide decommissioning, demolition and operations support to theÂ Naval Nuclear Laboratory,Â BWXT said Thursday. Stewart spent 25 years at the U.S. Navy, where he served as aÂ staff […] More

by Nichols Martin July 3, 2018, 5:00 am
in Government Technology, News

Raytheon, Charles River Analytics Partner for Military Planning Tool Development Project

Charles River AnalyticsÂ and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary will collaborate on aÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded effort to develop modeling tools for military planners to comprehend potential causes of a conflict. The industry team aimsÂ to produce military planning tools usingÂ artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques as part of DARPA’sÂ Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program, Charles […] More

by Nichols Martin July 3, 2018, 4:28 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Cyber 20/20 to Develop Financial Network Security Tech Under DHS Innovation Program

The Department of Homeland Security has selected Cyber 20/20 to develop a platform for financial services organizations to secure networks from malicious threats. DHS said MondayÂ its science and technology directorate awardedÂ $200,000 for the Newark, Del.-based technology startup to demonstrate a proof-of-concept prototype of the company’s proposedÂ Trained Using Runtime Analysis from Cuckoo OutputsÂ system. TURACO is designed […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers July 3, 2018, 2:03 am
in Executive Moves, News

Anthony Aquino Named President of TechFlow’s Mission Support Subsidiary

Anthony Aquino, a U.S. Army reservist and former division director of strategy at Leidos, has been named president of a TechFlow subsidiary that offersÂ mission support services to federal government and military customers. He will leadÂ EMI ServicesÂ and its efforts to help Defense DepartmentÂ clients maintain facilities as well as manage base operations, logistics activities and information technology […] More

by Joanna Crews July 3, 2018, 12:41 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Report: Air Force Issues RFP for Cyber ‘Unified Platform’

The U.S. Air ForceÂ is soliciting proposals to build an integrated operations platform for the U.S. Cyber Command through the General Services Administration‘s Alliant contract vehicle, Fifth Domain reported Friday. Defense Department officials have said that Cybercom’s future Unified Platform will work to support cyber defense, planning command-and-control and situational awareness efforts. USAF issued a solicitation […] More

by Joanna Crews July 2, 2018, 1:23 pm
in Government Technology, News

FAA Clears Virgin Orbit Rocket for Launch Test With Boeing Carrier Aircraft

Virgin OrbitÂ has obtained authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to test-fly the company’sÂ rocket system through what the agency calls a reusable launch vehicle mission. FAA issued Friday a commercial space transportation license that says Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne platform can launch from aÂ BoeingÂ 747-400Â carrierÂ aircraft as part of the test slated to occur at Mojave Air and Space […] More

by Nichols Martin July 2, 2018, 11:40 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Hortonworks, PSSC Labs to Build HPC Appliance for Cyber Platform; Shaun Bierweiler Comments

HortonworksÂ and PSSC LabsÂ have teamed up to develop a high-performance computing system for use in conjunction with Hortonworks Cybersecurity Platform. PSSCâ€™s CyberRax Cybersecurity Appliance is a turnkey platform that works to deliver cyber data with alert summaries, real-time processing and high-speed ingestion capabilities to users and supports 240 processor cores and 150 terabytes of data, the […] More

by Jane Edwards July 2, 2018, 9:55 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

Vectrus Designated ‘Military Friendly’ Employer for 2018; Chuck Prow Comments

Vectrus has been named toÂ Victory Media‘s 2018 Military Friendly Employer list in recognition of the company’s hiring and retention programs for U.S. service members transitioning from active duty to the civilian workforce. Chuck Prow, CEO and president of Vectrus and aÂ four-time Wash100 winner, said in a statement released Thursday military veterans contribute knowledge and leadership […] More

by Joanna Crews July 2, 2018, 8:45 am
in Industry News, News

DHSâ€™ Soraya Correa: Department Plans New Flexible Procurement Process for IT Services

Soraya Correa, the Department of Homeland Securityâ€™s chief procurement officer, said some agile methodology from the canceled $1.5 billion Flexible Agile Support for the HomelandÂ will be applied to a new information technology procurement, FCW reported Friday. DHS plans to implement federal category management and agile and best-practice contracting activities to the replacement of the Security […] More

by Joanna Crews July 2, 2018, 7:57 am