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A Textron business unit has established a new facility for unmanned aircraft system training and maintenance activities to support research on UAS integration into national airspace. The unmanned systems service and support center houses Textron Systems‘ training and global service operations, the company’s schoolhouse for operators and maintainers and its sustainment operations for the Aerosonde small UAS, Textron said Monday. “With this […] More

The General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service is requesting information on tools that could track and authenticate information and communication products distributed in the federal market to manage supply chain risk. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday, GSA said the targeted supply chain management tool is an integrated and portable device set that could detect tampered, counterfeit and grey market products. GSA added it wants […] More

ManTech International has won a potential five-year, $32.1 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services for the Missile Defense Agency‘s counterintelligence programs. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will support counterintelligence missions and functional areas covered by the DoD Directive 5240.02. ManTech will work to help MDA detect, identify, exploit and work to neutralize intelligence collection efforts against agency personnel, data, facilities, material, […] More

Australia’s finance department has issued a request for proposals to establish a panel of telecommunications service providers in November that would provide transport data link services, managed wide-area network and Internet connection services to government agencies, ZDNet reported Monday. Corinne Reichert writes the proposed TSP would replace Australia’s Internet based network connection services committee and […] More

CACI International‘s logistics and material readiness segment has been rated at maturity level five under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration for the third time as a result of an appraisal. CACI said Tuesday the company has worked to meet industry-standard operations to maintain its CMMI levels for decades. President and CEO Ken Asbury said the achievement of ML […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. will display its intelligence and information platforms at a U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation symposium that will be held in Orlando, Florida, from May 15 to 18. CTC said Monday it will exhibit products the company designed to address data discovery, correlation and analysis challenges as well as offer an in-booth demonstration of a machine environment that is built […] More