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NASA has chosen eight university teams to work with the agency’s engineers and scientists on two-year projects to develop new small spacecraft technologies. The space agency said Saturday these collaborations aim to create small, lightweight spacecraft that could support science, exploration and space operations. NASA chose from a variety of submitted proposals on enhanced power generation and […] More
Airbus Group plans to develop an autonomous flying vehicle platform concept to fly over traffic jams in an effort to relieve urban congestion and address traffic concerns that resulted from urbanization in “megacities.” The aerospace conglomerate said in a report its A3 outpost has pursued an individual passenger and cargo transport autonomous flying vehicle platform project coined Vahana that has scheduled first vehicle […] More
Raytheon has unveiled a battle management platform the company built to integrate cyber and electromagnetic spectrum awareness features into the defense contractor’s Electronic Warfare Program Management Tool. The company said Monday it showcased the Cyber and Electromagnetic Battle Management platform at the U.S. Army‘s Cyber Quest event. CEMBM is designed to provide a shared situational understanding of electronic warfare, EMS and cyber domains […] More
The U.S. Army plans to begin its future air and missile defense sensor competition with demonstrations as part of the service branch’s new acquisition approach that aims to shorten a program’s development period, Defense News reported Thursday. Maj. Gen. Neil Thurgood told Defense News the Army aims to use a “knowledge points” system to decide whether to […] More
The Defense Department has given initial purchase orders to Cubic‘s TeraLogics, DTECH Labs and GATR Technologies subsidiaries for the delivery of Tactical Two-way Sensor Data Transport baseband kits. Cubic said Monday the integrated T2SDT system to be delivered by its subsidiaries that operate within the Cubic Mission Solutions business division aims to help boost existing Digital Video Broadcasting-Return Channel via Satellite terminal capacity. […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $422,330 contract to JGW International to produce a universal operator control unit for four explosive ordnance disposal robotic platforms. DHS’ science and technology directorate will collaborate with JGW International and its partner Reamda to create a system that will work to help bomb technicians operate multiple robotic platforms using a single standardized control unit console, the […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on Sept. 20 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the microsystems technology office’s mission and three technical areas that MTO aims to address in the field of microelectronics. DARPA said Friday those areas of interest include the need to control and exploit the electromagnetic spectrum, development […] More
A Concurrent Technologies Corp. affiliate has received a potential $1.2 million subcontract from Dakota Consulting to provide acquisition and technical services for the Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command’s directorate of logistics, civil engineering and force protection. Enterprise Ventures Corp. will also work to help Dakota Consulting provide research, engineering, administrative and financial services in support of HQ […] More
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker has said the military branch and companies vying for the MQ-25A Stingray carrier unmanned aerial vehicle program are faced with the challenge of combining tanker and ISR features into one UAV platform, USNI News reported Thursday. Sam LaGrone writes Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that an ideal ISR […] More
The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity has selected Irving Burton Associates to develop and perform marketing strategies to assist in the migration of a skin treatment product to a commercial partner. IBA will work to design brand and message elements, develop marketing products and implement communication strategy to support the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Topical Cream’s transition, […] More
Global Technical Systems has received a $9.8 million delivery order to develop open architecture-based common processing systems that will work to help the U.S. Navy address computer requirements for the military branch’s combat platforms. GTS will produce 14 pieces of Technical Insertion 12 Hybrid CPS water-cooled advanced production units and eight commercial air-cooled APUs under the delivery order, the Defense Department […] More
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded A&D General Contracting a $9.6 million task order to build a combat service support facility for the U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command. The facility will be built in Camp Pendleton, California and will have operational, maintenance and administrative offices for the 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion’s West Coast-based combat service support organization units, NAVFAC said Friday. […] More
