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  • SRI Int’l to Support Anti-Cancer Vaccine Studies for NIH Center
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    SRI Int’l to Support Anti-Cancer Vaccine Studies for NIH Center

    SRI International will carry out pre-clinical studies on compounds and vaccines to determine if they can act as preventive agents against cancer under a $19.8 million contract with a National Institutes of Health center. The company said Thursday its biosciences division will work to examine the effectiveness of experimental vaccines and test biomarkers in an effort to parallel how the body responds […] More

  • General Dynamics’ UK Arm Awarded $192M Tactical Comm Tech Contract
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    General Dynamics’ UK Arm Awarded $192M Tactical Comm Tech Contract

    A U.K.-based subsidiary of General Dynamics has received a $192 million contract from the country’s defense ministry to provide new tactical communications systems to Britain’s armed forces. General Dynamics UK Limited will supply 12,000 data terminals and a new battle management system as part of the BCIP5.6 contract to support Bowman tactical communications systems, General Dynamics said Thursday. “We are delighted to continue our successful […] More

  • Lockheed, ORBCOMM Form IoT Satellite Connectivity Partnership; Dave Markham Comments
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    Lockheed, ORBCOMM Form IoT Satellite Connectivity Partnership; Dave Markham Comments

    Lockheed Martin and machine-to-machine communications firm ORBCOMM have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore business opportunities in the Internet of Things market. The Bethesda, Maryland-based company said Thursday it aims to utilize ORBCOMM’s technology portfolio and develop M2M satellite and cellular connectivity or hybrid offerings for government clients through the partnership. “The vision of the Internet of Things promises to change how […] More

  • NASA Test Fires Aerojet Rocketdyne Engine for Space Launch System; Eileen Drake Comments
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    NASA Test Fires Aerojet Rocketdyne Engine for Space Launch System; Eileen Drake Comments

    NASA has concluded a 500-second, live-fire test of an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System heavy-lift vehicle at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The initial fire-test on Aerojet-made E2059 engine sought to evaluate the engine’s new controller, high-pressure fuel turbopump and the calibration of engine flowmeters, the company said Thursday. SLS’ first launch into […] More

  • L-3 Awarded Navy F-18 Depot-Level Maintenance Contract; Mark Von Schwarz Comments
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    L-3 Awarded Navy F-18 Depot-Level Maintenance Contract; Mark Von Schwarz Comments

    Two business units of L-3 Communications will provide depot-level maintenance services to the U.S. Navy for the branch’s F/A-18 A/B/C/D aircraft fleet under a contract awarded to the company. L-3’s platform integration unit will carry out equipment updates such as structural life-extension modifications and inspections to address operational commitments, the company said Thursday. The company’s Canadian subsidiary L-3 MAS will be responsible for aircraft structure inspection, modification and engineering […] More

  • NASA to Deploy Nodes Satellites for Inter-Satellite Comm, Autonomous Control Demo
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    NASA to Deploy Nodes Satellites for Inter-Satellite Comm, Autonomous Control Demo

    NASA sent two Nodes small satellites to the International Space Station via an Orbital ATK cargo ressuply mission on Dec.6 to explore the potential of small, low-cost satellites in future missions. The agency said Wednesday the Nodes mission will deploy two identical 4.5 pound CubeSats into low-Earth orbit in mid-March to test their ability to receive and distribute commands from the ground as well as exchange […] More

  • Simulyze Unveils UAS Operational Intell Application; Kevin Gallagher Comments
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    Simulyze Unveils UAS Operational Intell Application; Kevin Gallagher Comments

    Simulyze has launched a new operational intelligence application intended to help customers gain a complete view of unmanned aircraft systems in real time. Called Mission Insight, the new commercial off-the-shelf offering works to process and analyze huge volume of data from various sources to provide situational awareness to UAS operators, Simulyze said Feb. 17. Kevin […] More

  • BAE Lands Contract for Navy Comm-Electronics Tech Support; Mark Keeler Comments
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    BAE Lands Contract for Navy Comm-Electronics Tech Support; Mark Keeler Comments

    BAE Systems has been awarded a two-year, $34 million contract to help maintain the communications and electronics systems of the Naval Air Warfare Center’s aircraft division. The company will work to handle logistics, support planning and integration, perform technical publications, manage configuration and provide engineering and training services to the center, BAE said Thursday. Mark Keeler, vice […] More

  • Thales Opens Info Systems Defense Hub; Laurent Maury Comments
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    Thales Opens Info Systems Defense Hub; Laurent Maury Comments

    Thales Group has opened a new facility in the Paris metropolitan region to help customers address enterprise information system threats and fend off an increasing number of cyber attacks. The new Elancourt-based cybersecurity operations center will work to prevent risks and anticipate threats to enterprise systems and handle services provided by a Thales computer emergency response team, Thales said […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Holds $809M Navy BPM Support IDIQ Spot
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Holds $809M Navy BPM Support IDIQ Spot

    CACI International has won a five-year spot on the U.S. Navy’s $809 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers process management and data support services. The company said Thursday it is eligible to provide business systems and information technology support for the enterprise resource planning system of the Naval Supply Systems Command Business Systems Center. “CACI’s new contract with the […] More

  • Leidos SVP Robert Zitz to Keynote at Atlantic Council’s Cyber Student Competition
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    Leidos SVP Robert Zitz to Keynote at Atlantic Council’s Cyber Student Competition

    Robert Zitz, a senior vice president and strategic account executive at Leidos, will deliver a keynote address and serve as a judge at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge  that will take place Friday and Saturday in Washington. Zits will discuss the potential impact of cybersecurity threats on U.S. critical infrastructure during his speech, Leidos said Thursday. The Atlantic Council’s […] More

  • Salient CRGT Lands Transportation Department Data Analytics Contract; Brad Antle Comments
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    Salient CRGT Lands Transportation Department Data Analytics Contract; Brad Antle Comments

    Salient CRGT has been awarded a five-year, $9 million contract to operate and maintain the hazardous materials safety portal of the Transportation Department. The company will integrate records from multiple agencies into a single platform to provide data warehousing support, dashboards, reports and applications to DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Salient CRGT said […] More