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Crucell Holland will move forward with work to develop experimental vaccine regimen for Ebola under a potential seven-year, $69 million contract with the preparedness and response unit of the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS said Monday the Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company will work with Denmark-based Bavarian Nordic to develop the Ad26.ZEBOV prime and MVA-BN-Filo boost components of the regimen. The […] More

BAE Systems has started to evaluate the digital night-vision function of its Striker II helmet-mounted display through a series of nighttime flights being held in the U.K. The company said Tuesday the night trials work to support its efforts to develop a replacement for analog night-vision goggles that combat pilots currently use. “[The goggles] … increase g-force pressures on […] More

A Concurrent Technologies affiliate and Varley Group of Australia’s U.S. subsidiary have jointly released new defense and aerospace offerings for military customers. Varley USA and Enterprise Ventures Corp. collaborated to develop the new catalogue of products and services following a strategic partnership inked between Varley USA and CTC in May, Varley said Monday. The partnership […] More

Rockwell Collins will provide its integrated cockpit flight and mission display system and other avionics and mission equipment for U.S. Air Force combat rescue helicopters under a subcontract with Sikorsky Aircraft. Rockwell Collins said Monday the contract also includes navigation radios and the ARC-210 V/UHF communication system with civil interoperability. “To make sure Air Force pilots are able to conduct […] More

Data analytics company Unissant will provide software development and network services to the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Office of Administrative Services Information System under a contract with the EPA. The company said Aug. 13 it will plan, design, develop, deploy and maintain software applications, Web servers and databases for systems within the OASIS security accreditation boundary. Manish Malhotra, president and […] More

Northrop Grumman has tested the performance of its mine hunting system to process synthetic aperture sonar in a U.S. Navy demonstration. The AQS-24B mine hunting system processed sonar data at a speed of 18 knots during the field test at the Navy Central Command in Bahrai, the company said Monday. “The AQS-24B represents a significant advancement of the U.S. […] More

Parsons Government Services International has secured a potential four-year, $16.9 million task order to provide nuclear security support across Ukraine and worldwide as part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II. DTRA received two proposals for the contract after it solicited bids from four original CTRIC II contract holders, the […] More