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The Energy Department has launched an exploratory licensing program to allow companies to test-drive technologies at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory before they apply for a full license. Under the new commercialization option, companies will sign an agreement and pay $1,000 to assess a technology for six months in order to help them decide what […] More
Lockheed Martin is looking to address deadline challenges in its work to integrate the Autonomic Logistics Information System to be used on U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets, Defense News reported Sunday. Jill Aitoro writes Lorraine Martin, deputy executive vice president for Lockheed’s mission systems and training segment, told the publication ALIS manages and fields all F-35 operations […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded advertising agency Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens a firm-fixed-price contract worth $12.6 million to provide the Air National Guard with recruitment and retention services. LMO will perform work in Arlington, Virginia, through Jan. 19, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. The the full obligated amount is from the Army’s fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance funds. DoD noted that the contracting authority […] More
Northrop Grumman has received an $8.3 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to provide naval ship-based MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser gyro inertial navigation systems to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce MK39 MOD 3A components, spare parts and associated shore-based tools for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces under the contract. Northrop will […] More
Kay Kapoor, president of government solutions business at AT&T, has won the Women in Technology’s 2016 Leadership Award for the corporate large market sector category in recognition of her work in the technology industry. WIT held the 17th Annual Leadership Awards Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, in an effort to acknowledge the mentorship, […] More
Motorola Solutions has introduced a public safety technology built to incorporate the features of a body-worn video camera, a radio speaker and a microphone. The Smart Interface Si500 Video Speaker Microphone is designed to operate with a cloud-based digital evidence management platform and terrestrial trunked radio equipment, Motorola said Thursday. The compact WiFi-ready device is equipped with a full-screen tempered-glass display, 210-degree range-of-motion camera lens and an adaptive audio engine. […] More
Esri and the Pacific Disaster Center collaborate to monitor the spread of Zika virus across the globe with a company-built mapping tool. PDC shares the mapped information about the characteristics of the virus and the breeding grounds of Zika-carrying mosquitoes with health services and aid responders, Esri said Wednesday. “Esri GIS technology specifically allows us to characterize the Zika […] More
Centerra Group has secured a five-year contract to provide fire protection and emergency medical services at a 15,000-acre U.S. Air Force base in Florida. The company said Wednesday it will continue to operate multiple fire stations as well as perform emergency response support for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Centerra will also support all launch events at the site and respond to aircraft and vehicular incidents, structural […] More
Galois has formed a new election technology company as part of an effort to help election officials secure and verify polls with open source software and systems. The Free & Fair spinoff will provide voting technology that utilizes commercial off-the-shelf hardware and works to generate verifiable evidence of election results, Galois said Monday. Joseph Kiniry, an elections technology […] More
The Lockheed Martin–Babcock International joint venture Ascent Flight Training has awarded a potential 17-year, $728 million subcontract to Airbus for service as the primary aircraft service provider for a U.K. military training initiative. Airbus will manufacturer and deliver rotorcraft with an integrated support system over 18 months with an intended start date for training in April 2018, plus also oversee the development of support […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard‘s Great Lakes pilotage division and Canada’s Great Lakes Pilotage Authority have awarded Saab separate contracts for its KleinPilot pilot management system. KleinPilot will replace the current Saab-developed pilot management system and support the two organizations plus three Great Lakes pilotage associations in the U.S., Saab said Thursday. The company added that the new system will work to help […] More
Doha, Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has chosen Harris subsidiary Harris CapRock Communications to build a very small-aperture terminal hub to support the Qatari company’s government and corporate clients. Steve Brannan, a senior project manager at Harris CapRock, said Wednesday the business worked with multiple vendors to develop and install an “advanced” VSAT network for Es’hailSat under a tight deadline. Harris CapRock obtained a government license […] More
