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BAE Systems has partnered with Intelligent Textiles to market a new wearable technology designed to serve as an alternative to heavy portable data and power supplies for military and emergency service personnel use. BAE Systems said July 11 the partnership aims to offer the Broadsword Spine e-textile based layer technology to armed forces, fire and rescue services and law enforcement organizations that rely […] More

Hughes Network Systems, Klas Telecom, GetSAT and NexTech Solutions have collaborated to demonstrate a mobile satellite communications platform for voice, data and video connectivity. The integrated communications-on-the move satcom technology worked to facilitate high-definition video call among six participants located in different locations when the system was mounted on a sports utility vehicle as well as on a U.S. Navy watercraft during tests conducted June […] More

A business unit of General Atomics has equipped the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear power plant with full plant radiation monitoring systems after the company’s selection by the Tennessee Valley Authority. General Atomics electromagnetic systems’ radiation monitoring systems are now in operation at Watts Bar Unit 2, which is the first new U.S. nuclear power plant since 1996, the company said Tuesday. […] More

A U.S. Air National Guard unit has discharged eight laser-guided bomb training units built by Lockheed Martin from a fighter aircraft during flight tests conducted at the Barry M. Goldwater Ranges near Gila Bend in Arizona. The ANG unit evaluated the Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds on the F-16C/D Block 40/42 aircraft and the ELGTR assessments indicated an accuracy of within 9.8 feet, Lockheed said […] More

Cubic has received more than $10 million in new orders from the U.S. Army for the company’s tactical engagement system that works to help the service branch facilitate live, force-on-force training of soldiers. Cubic said Wednesday its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems 2 will support mission readiness exercises at the Army’s home stations. Dave Buss, president of Cubic’s […] More

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded three cooperative agreements worth a total of $11.2 million to ICF International to support the department’s technical assistance and capacity building program. ICF said Wednesday it will provide various services in support of the Community Compass program, manage the HUD Exchange platform, support group and self-directed learning among grantees and help public […] More

Q.E.D. Systems has received a potential $30.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide non-nuclear production trade touch labor services onboard the Virginia-class and Los Angeles-class submarines. The company will supply non-nuclear welders, pipefitters, firewatchers, shipwrights, shipfitters, painters, electricians, weight handlers and outside machinists under the contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a […] More

Decision Sciences International Corp. has received a $5.26 million contract from the Defense Department‘s Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office to provide and deploy a system built to detect contraband and weapons.. The company said Tuesday the Multi-Mode Passive Detection System Gen 3 platform works to automatically scan vehicles, cargo containers and other vehicles to identify and discover shielded and […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has received approval from NASA for its strategy to launch and send the Dream Chaser spacecraft’s cargo system to the International Space Station. The approval marks the completion of the second integration certification phase for the space vehicle that will perform at least six cargo flights to the ISS from 2019 through […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $13.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to Advanced Acoustic Concepts for the procurement of the Common Acoustic Simulation Environment Fidelity Implementation system to support P-8A and MH-60R operators. The Defense Department said Monday CASE-FI works to provide tactical operational flight trainers and weapons tactics trainers updated anti-software warfare tactical environment platforms. The Naval Air Warfare Center […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Stanchion Litter System developed by a business unit of Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky as compliant with the agency’s minimum performance standard for aircraft appliances and components. Lockheed Martin said Monday the FAA Technical Standard Order approval works to support domestic and international installation of the LifePort-built system. SLS weighs less than 155 pounds, features […] More

CH2M has been awarded a contract to inspect pavements and help implement modifications to the airfield and infrastructure at Washington-based Reagan National Airport in an effort to help pilots navigate the area without confusion and avoid widely-reported hot spots. The company said Tuesday it will work to address issues such as nonstandard airfield geometry under […] More