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Enterprise Resource Planned System International, a joint venture of Planned Systems International and ERP International, has secured a potential $45 million contract for agile development support to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. PSI said Monday it will assemble five teams to support modernization of USCIS information technology systems via an agile environment. The contract was awarded through the Department […] More

LeoLabs has raised $4 million in a funding round to support an expansion of its cloud-based space debris and satellite tracking service. The investment round engaged global investors such as SRI International, Horizons Ventures and Airbus Group‘s early-stage investment arm Airbus Ventures, LeoLabs said Monday. LeoLabs will use the funds to expand its ground-based radar infrastructure and support engagements with commercial and government […] More

Engility has received a potential $42 million initial task order to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in efforts to develop, update and disseminate systems engineering acquisition policy and guidance across the Defense Department. The company said Monday the task order has a nine-month base period and four one-year options and will include strategic studies in the areas cybersecurity, […] More

The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue an electronic request for proposals on the design and construction of wall structures between the U.S. and Mexico by March 6. DHS said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice its Customs and Border Protection agency will  launch a two-phase procurement effort that will initially seek concept papers of prototypes for the southern border wall. CBP will ask interested […] More

NASA has asked industry to propose new ideas to address gaps in different technology areas that may impact future space exploration missions. The agency said Friday businesses, universities, nonprofit organizations, inventors and U.S. government organizations outside of NASA can submit five-page white papers for the second cycle of the NASA iTech initiative. The program’s next round will cover the areas of autonomy; […] More

Lockheed Martin and NASA have begun high-speed wind tunnel tests on the preliminary design of a supersonic passenger jet at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. NASA said Saturday it will continue to test a nine percent scale model of the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane in GRC’s Supersonic Wind Tunnel over the next eight weeks to collect […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne on Friday inaugurated a facility for missile technology integration and testing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida shortly after the rocket manufacturer completed its acquisition of the Coleman Aerospace business from L3 Technologies. Coleman Aerospace and economic development agency Space Florida collaborated to renovate the Space Coast Integration & Test facility that was previously […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has partnered with four other companies to support Australia’s Air 7003 project that seeks to build medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft systems and ground control stations for the country’s defense force. Team Reaper Australia is composed of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Cobham, Flight Data Systems and the Australian businesses of CAE and Raytheon. GA-ASI CEO Linden Blue announced the […] More