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Lockheed Martin has received a $7.1 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform research into optical systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the research project is part of the Modular Optical Aperture Building Blocks program that aims to explore technologies for the development of ultra-compact light detection and ranging systems. DARPA obligated $2.0 million […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Vencore a spot on a basic ordering agreement to support the Naval Air Systems Command’s Cyber Warfare Detachment initiative. Vencore said Wednesday it will compete for task orders to research, develop and integrate cyber warfare tools into NAVAIR platforms under the BOA. The agreement will run through June 2018, the company noted. “We are excited […] More
Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $8.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide spares, related equipment and other support services for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system. The Navy awarded the firm-fixed-price delivery contract in support of Iraq’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Insitu will perform work in Bingen, Washington […] More
A division of Bechtel will continue to manufacture nuclear propulsion components to the U.S. Navy under a potential $64.3 million contract modification awarded through the Naval Sea Systems Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday the full obligated amount at the time of award is from the service branch’s fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion and “other” procurement funds. Bechtel’s plant […] More
SOS International has named Stephen Iwicki, a former vice president at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, as the new intelligence solutions group vice president following the appointment of Robert Billeaud as senior vice president for operations. SOSi said Tuesday Iwicki will be in charge of a company business unit that holds a potential $150 million contract to support U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan. “He brings […] More
Lisa Roger, former vice president and operations manager for the commercial cybersecurity division of Leidos‘ health and engineering business group, has been named VP of the technology services division at Alexandria, Virginia-based federal technology services contractor SC3. SC3 said Tuesday the 24-year information technology industry veteran will oversee the division’s IT-related programs in her new position. “We are honored to bring Lisa to the SC3 leadership […] More
Lockheed Martin, the United Arab Emirates’ space agency and investment firm Mubadala have introduced a new development program with the goal to train future aerospace industry leaders in UAE. Generation Space: The Space Fundamentals Training Program will provide training in space foundations to early career professionals across the UAE aerospace industry over the next four months, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems a five-year, $35 million grant to lead a team of scientists and engineers from various universities to help the U.S. Navy build an all-electric ship. The team will work on various energy and machinery aspects such as ship architecture, energy storage and power distribution, Florida […] More
PAR Technology subsidiary Rome Research Corp. will provide teleport commercial satellite services to the Global Information Grid facility located in Lago Patria, Italy as well as other remote sites under a five-year, $13.6 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense uses GIG to receive, manage, store and relay data to military commanders, policymakers and support personnel during national security and intelligence community missions, PAR […] More
Orbital ATK has been awarded a potential $118 million contract to continue its logistics support for missionized Cessna 208 aircraft flown by the Iraqi air force to perform security missions. The company said Tuesday it will also provide maintenance and support training, produce spare parts, repair components, update publications for Iraq’s Armed Caravan program. The contract has an initial $11 million value […] More
The U.S. Air Force plans to seek industry partners that can manufacture silicon carbide substrates and epitaxial films to help develop radio frequency and power switching semiconductor devices. A pre-solicitation notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps says the Air Force is scheduled to issue a request for proposals on September 30 and the program could be worth $13.1 million and $11.2 million in government funds and […] More
NASA has awarded Southern Research a five-year, $10 million contract renewal to continue to support a video imaging system used on the space agency’s WB-57 research aircraft. The Airborne Imaging and Recording System is attached to the WB-57 nose cap and designed to process full motion videos of rockets that ascend into space at a distance of more than 25 miles, Southern Research […] More
