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Fleet Management Solutions will continue its deliveries of systems designed to help government agencies handle their vehicle fleets under a new five-year contract from the General Services Administration. Shelley Lynch-Holmes, vice president of emerging markets at FMS, said Friday the Teletrac company will provide “GPS tracking and telematics for vehicles and heavy equipment.†Agencies will use the […] More
Chris Wilkinson, formerly the account executive of intelligence community for Microsoft, has joined Infoblox as federal account executive. Wilkinson takes responsibility of Infoblox’s initiatives to create new business opportunities and forge partnerships with the company’s customers in IC. He most recently oversaw Microsoft’s sales to IC agencies and handled the sales of Microsoft services portfolio. Wilkinson previously held […] More
Karen Velkey, formerly director of corporate compensation at Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been promoted to corporate VP of benefits and compensation. She will report directly to Chief Human Resources Officer and Corporate VP Bill Ermatinger and oversee the company’s executive compensation, salary and wage administration, deferred compensation, health and welfare insurance, retirement and incentive programs, […] More
A Chemring Group subsidiary has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to manufacture propellant grains for the service’s anti-personnel obstacle breaching system. Chemring Ordnance will produce up to 11,000 extruded double base N-5 propellant grains under the four-year partnership, Chemring said Monday. “We look forward to expanding this partnership into additional opportunities to jointly manufacture […] More
A Parsons-led team has been awarded a task order of an undisclosed value to help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency engineer and integrate a weapon system against ballistic missile threats. Parsons said Thursday it will also provide architecture and technical baseline development, testing and verification services for the agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. “Our team […] More
The U.S. Navy will conduct at-sea trials of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35C jet aboard the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in October as part of the program’s second development testing phase, Defense News reported Thursday. Lara Seligman writes that the tests will verify the carrier-variant joint strike fighter’s launch and recovery functions and performance under nighttime and suboptimal conditions. […] More
The U.S. Army has launched a second Raytheon-built aerostat to provide radar coverage for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Amber Corrin writes the service launched the airship at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland to support North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s over-the-horizon surveillance operations. The 250-foot, helium-filled […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment a $3.4 million contract to produce small unmanned airborne systems for Spain’s defense ministry. AeroVironment secured the contract for the RQ-11B Raven UAS through a foreign military sales program, the company said Thursday. The drone has a 4.2-pound wingspan and is designed for use in low-altitude surveillance, intelligence and […] More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security could award a classified five-year contract for the development, operations and maintenance of federal cybersecurity tools by the end of August or early next month, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS will seek contractors to help manage DHS’ National Cybersecurity Protection System as well as update the […] More
Autodesk and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have signed an 18-month cooperative research and development agreement to study the design of advanced materials using additive manufacturing, architected design and material modeling techniques. LLNL said Monday its researchers will use Autodesk’s design software to produce 3-D printed protective helmets as part of a test case aimed at improving design […] More
Arotech’s North American Power System Division has received a one-year, $6.7 million task order to produce 12 platform integration kits for incorporation into the Space and Naval Warfare Center Atlantic’s Communication Emitter Sensing and Attacking System II. The U.S. Marine Corps’ CESAS is a land-based mobile electronic attack tool designed to detect and disrupt an adversary’s […] More
BAE Systems has been awarded a $50 million contract to manufacture additional propellant grains for the U.S. Army‘s Hydra 70 rockets. The company said Thursday it has built MK 90 military-grade propellants at the Radford Amy Munition Plant in Virginia since October 2012. Production work is slated to occur in the next two years. Reed […] More
