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The U.S. Navy has awarded Prism Maritime, Stimulus Engineering Services and Superior Marine Solutions spots on a potential four-year, $50 million contract to install or de-install surface electronic warfare systems for various ship hulls. The Defense Department said Tuesday contractors will compete for task orders to perform ship changes and ordnance alterations outside Chief of Naval Operations availability for the military branch as […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a potential 18-month, $8.1 million contract modification to provide support for the second phase of DARPA’s Living Foundries: 1000 Molecules program. The cost-reimbursement modification exercises the first option on a previously awarded contract and brings the total contract value to $19.3 million, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The […] More

Astronics Test Systems and National Instruments have rolled out a set of PXI-based technology platforms the companies jointly developed for aerospace and defense test programs. NI said Tuesday the PXIe-6943 digital test instrument, PXIe-3352 rubidium clock source and PXIe-1209 pulse pattern generator employ software compatible with current VXI testing equipment as well as legacy offerings from multiple instrument vendors. The PXIe-6943 tool is derived from Astronics’ T940 module that works to […] More

A defense contractor has awarded Mercury Systems a $4.4 million follow-on order for manned airborne sonar digital signal processing subsystems. The company said Thursday it booked the order in the last quarter of fiscal 2016 and is set to ship the subsystems through the next several quarters. Didier Thibaud, Mercury Systems’ executive vice president and chief operating […] More

Harris and Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program have entered into a partnership to support the environmental conservation and protection efforts for the Indian River Lagoon. The company will join other industry and community organizations  that seek to promote a cleaner and healthier ecosystem as part of the IRL-Innovators and Investors network, the IRLNEP said Monday. IRL-I2 members work […] More

Lockheed Martin has produced its first alternative warhead for the U.S. Army‘s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System under a contract originally awarded in June 2015. The alternative GMLRS warhead rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed’s facility in Camden, Arkansas and works to engage a target while avoiding the risk of unexploded ordnance, the company said Monday. The warhead is designed to comply […] More

Inmarsat‘s satellite system was field tested on a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command exercise in Alaska that also involved the company’s value added reseller partner L-3‘s global communications solutions business unit. Inmarsat said Monday the test involved L-3 GCS’ Panther II, Cheetah II and Hawkeye III VSAT systems which were tested on the Global […] More

SureID has released a new identity assurance offering intended to help government and enterprise users determine third-party vendors or contractors that access critical systems. The Certified Enterprise identity management platform is designed to control and authenticate access to sensitive infrastructure and physical assets, SureID said Tuesday. Steve Larson, chairman and CEO of SureID, said the company developed the platform to help […] More

The Canadian Space Agency has awarded MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates a $26.6 million contract modification to continue to provide support for the Mobile Servicing System onboard the International Space Station. MDA said Friday the Mobile Servicing System is a robotics platform that is composed of the Canadarm2, Mobile Base System and Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator or Dextre. The company noted the three […] More

Laboratory Corp. of America has received a one-year, $66.2 million contract modification to provide clinical reference laboratory testing services to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Defense Health Agency. The Army Medical Command at Fort Sam Houston in Texas is the contracting activity and will provide performance location and funds with each order, the Defense […] More