Products & Service

Canadian Commercial Corp. has received a $7 million contract to produce, integrate and test a control display unit replacement for the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers the production of 42 non-developmental CDUs with the same form, fit and function as the current Pave Hawk display system. Work will occur […] More

Windstream has provided network communications services to approximately 300 Department of Veterans Affairs offices across the U.S. within the initial year of the company’s selection for a potential five-year, $450 million contract with VA. The company is one of the three contractors that won positions in August 2015 on the National Consolidation of Local Exchange […] More

Lockheed Martin has secured a $49 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide sensor upgrades for AH-64E Apache helicopters. The company said Monday the contract covers 42 Modernized Day Sensor Assembly kits and spares to update the Apache aircraft’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor. Lockheed will carry out Lot 1 production at the company’s Orlando and […] More

General Dynamics‘ Mission Systems-Canada subsidiary has awarded Newtec a contract to provide an ATR-sized airborne modem to Canada in support of the country’s efforts to modernize its CP-140 Aurora patrol aircraft fleet. Canada’s defense department will install Newtec’s MDM9000 Satellite Modem to the Aurora as part of the military’s Aurora Incremental Modernization Project Block IV program, Newtech said Thursday. Koen Willems, Newtec […] More

API Technologies‘ ION Networks security brand has achieved certification to be included on the Defense Department‘s Unified Capabilities Approved Product List. The company said Thursday the Joint Interoperability Testing Command certified that API Technologies’ ION SA5600 and ION PRIISMS platforms are compliant with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides. UC-APL features a […] More

A Honeywell–Pratt & Whitney joint venture has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to develop and demonstrate new engine technologies to power a new fleet of vertical lift combat helicopters. Advanced Turbine Engine Co. aims to build and test a new engine that will work to increase the vertical lift function, range, speed, payload, endurance and reliability […] More

IBM has developed a software tool to help nonprofit social service organizations evaluate and document their initiatives as part of the company’s $18 million grant program. IBM said Thursday its free cloud-hosted SafetyNet software works to support record keeping and analysis to help organizations address budgetary accountability, program quality and customer service issues. SafetyNet is based on IBM Curam‘s open source technology […] More

DynCorp International has received a task order under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV vehicle to provide base operations support to the U.S. Air Force in Oman. The company will perform maintenance and repairs at the Thumrait and Al Mussanah air bases in Oman as part of the task order requirements, DynCorp said Wednesday. Randy […] More

CSRA has received a potential five-year, $34 million recompete contract to help the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas review grant applications in efforts to advance cancer prevention research. The company said Thursday it will provide scientific management, information technology and administrative services as well as its Software-as-a-Service Grants Management platform to support CPRIT’s cancer research and prevention efforts. The platform includes the P2RMIS system that […] More

DRS Technologies has released a new suite of high-performance radio frequency monitoring and detection receivers built on a modular, open system architecture. The Vesper product line is designed to be compatible with multiple RF channels of receive or transmit system in a single slot 1-inch pitch 6U VPX module, DRS said Tuesday. “Vesper’s differentiator in the RF tuner industry […] More

Raytheon has expressed plans to sell its new medium-range air-to-air missile to a number of international customers, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile – Extended Range integrates the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile‘s rocket motor in effort to increase range and altitude, Brendan McGarry writes. Raytheon developed AMRAAM-ER in collaboration with Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen, the report said. Michael […] More