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  • Vencore to Launch Updated Flight Data Software at Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit; Mac Curtis Comments
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    Vencore to Launch Updated Flight Data Software at Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore will launch version 7.0 of its flight data applications at the three-day Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit that kicked off Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. Vencore’s FlightViz and FlightAnalyst applications work to determine trends, events and deviation through analysis and visualization of both real and simulated flight information, the company said Friday. Mac Curtis, president and […] More

  • Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech; Sean Berg Comments
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    Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech; Sean Berg Comments

    Genband‘s Application Server and Polycom‘s VVX voice and video portfolio have both achieved a Joint Interoperability Test Command certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency to offer unified communications for U.S. military networks. The application server works to help agencies and departments create secure private clouds and deliver video and voice communications through Polycom-built media phones under the joint system, […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary Lands Navy Contract Modification for IT Support Services
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    CSRA Subsidiary Lands Navy Contract Modification for IT Support Services

    CSC Government Solutions, a subsidiary of technology services contractor CSRA, has been awarded a potential $55.4 million contract modification to continue to provide information technology services for the U.S. Navy’s Naval Education and Training Command. The modification to the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers IT support services for all organizations under the service branch’s manpower, personnel, training […] More

  • Northrop Unit Lands Navy Order for Production Support on Inertial Navigation Systems
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    Northrop Unit Lands Navy Order for Production Support on Inertial Navigation Systems

    A Northrop Grumman business unit has received a $21.7 million order from the U.S. Navy to provide production and technical support for self-contained inertial navigation systems to be installed onboard Navy surface ships. The Defense Department said Friday the AN/WSN-7 Ring Laser Gyroscope navigation system is designed to feature ring laser gyroscope technology and replace gyrocompasses that are currently deployed on the service branch’s […] More

  • ICF to Continue Technical, Analytical Support for EPA Ozone Protection Efforts
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    ICF to Continue Technical, Analytical Support for EPA Ozone Protection Efforts

    ICF International has received a $19.8 million blanket purchase agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical and analytical support for EPA’s efforts to phase out substances that can damage the Earth’s ozone layer. The company will work with EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Protection Stratospheric Protection Division to create and implement programs to help stop the production and consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals, ICF said Friday. The […] More

  • Lockheed, South Korean Firm Enter Combat Ship Market Partnership
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    Lockheed, South Korean Firm Enter Combat Ship Market Partnership

    Lockheed Martin and South Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have agreed to jointly build and offer a combat ship platform intended for use in multiple naval missions. The companies seek to combine DSME’s hull design expertise with Lockheed’s program and systems integration experience under their Multi-mission Combat Ship teaming agreement, Joe North, vice president of littoral ships and systems at Lockheed’s mission system and training business, said […] More

  • DoD’s Finance Org Taps immixGroup Subsidiary for Business Activity Monitoring Services
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    DoD’s Finance Org Taps immixGroup Subsidiary for Business Activity Monitoring Services

    ImmixTechnology, a subsidiary of immixGroup, has received a potential $39 million contract to provide business activity monitoring support to the Defense Finance Accounting Service. The labor-hour, firm-fixed-price contract covers the identification of improper payments in legacy payment platforms and reconciliation services in support of the U.S. Navy‘s audit assertion efforts with regard to its funds balance with the Treasury, the […] More

  • Vencore Awarded SEC Financial Market Data Analytics Services Contract; Mac Curtis Comments
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    Vencore Awarded SEC Financial Market Data Analytics Services Contract; Mac Curtis Comments

    A subsidiary of Vencore has received a two-year, $5.6 million task order from the Securities and Exchange Commission for data analytics, monitoring and consulting services to support the agency’s work to track financial markets. Vencore Labs will work with its partner Promontory to build a system that incorporates the use of analytics in the SEC’s efforts to both monitor […] More

  • Navy Orders $88M in Harris Airborne EW Jammers; Ed Zoiss Comments
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    Navy Orders $88M in Harris Airborne EW Jammers; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris Corp. will produce and deliver electronic warfare jamming systems for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of F/A-18 fighter jets under an $88 million modification to a contract the military service awarded in July last year. The Navy asked the company to provide 48 EW jammers as part of the service branch’s Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures initiative, Harris said […] More

  • Battelle Demos Shooting Response Tool for First Responders; Ed Jopeck Comments
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    Battelle Demos Shooting Response Tool for First Responders; Ed Jopeck Comments

    Battelle has tested a new building safety technology the nonprofit science organization designed to help law enforcement agents respond to shooting incidents in short spans of time. SiteGuard Active Shooter Response uses indoor gunshot detection sensors and cameras to locate and track gunshots then alert the public to an active shooting incident via public address systems, 911 calls, […] More

  • M2Mi Obtains DHS Open-Source Cryptographic Tool Development Funds
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    M2Mi Obtains DHS Open-Source Cryptographic Tool Development Funds

    Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corp. has been awarded $75,000 in funds by the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to create a deployable cryptographic protocol for an Internet of Things security initiative. DHS said Thursday that M2Mi will work to develop an open-source version of the lightweight block cipher SPECK that users can run on connected devices. The effort is part of the department’s Homeland Security Innovation Program for […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications, West Partner to Support Text-to-911 Implementation
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    Airbus DS Communications, West Partner to Support Text-to-911 Implementation

    An Airbus Defense and Space subsidiary has collaborated with communication services provider West to support the adoption of a streamlined text-to-911 system across public safety agencies. Airbus DS Communications said Tuesday the collaboration aims to bring together Airbus DS Communications’ VESTA SMS application and the West Text Control Center TXT2-9-1-1 service in efforts to establish one hub for public safety answering points to coordinate […] More