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The Energy Department‘s National Energy Technology Laboratory will invest $30 million in six selected Phase 2 projects to help develop technologies for gas turbine components and supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles. DOE said Wednesday it seeks technologies that work to help combined-cycle power plants meet a target thermal efficiency rating of 65 percent from its current efficiency rating of 61 […] More

General Dynamics has added an optional virtual local area network feature to the  company’s suite of encryption technology offerings designed to secure networks and data against cyber threats. The company said Tuesday the VLAN feature of the TACLANE family of encryptors will work to help users simultaneously send and receive Layer 2 and High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor data through a single encryptor. General Dynamics also […] More

MCR Global has received a potential four-year, $8.1 million contract to provide technical support and program management services to NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation and Allied Command Operations. The contract has a base term of two years and two option years and covers program management support for NATO’s communications platforms and automated information systems at ACT’s […] More

Acendre has secured a contract to provide a technology platform for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to automate the agency’s employee performance management process. FWS intends to use the Acendre Performance platform to conduct performance appraisals and publish the results of those assessments online as well as auto-populate the Interior Department‘s Employee Performance Appraisal plan. “In today’s human capital climate, federal […] More

A team of industry partners led by Lockheed Martin laid the keel for the U.S. Navy‘s 17th littoral combat ship during a ceremony held at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. The future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) is the fourth ship to bear the name and is one of the seven ships currently in construction at Marinette […] More

In-Q-Tel and Algorithmia have formed a partnership with the intent to help developers test and implement algorithms with the use of an application programming interface that is configured to meet application requirements. IQT said Monday it will gain access to Algorithmia’s Codex algorithms-as-a-service platform as part of the alliance. Codex works to help developers share their algorithm implementations through a […] More

An Ultra Electronics subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $34 million contract to continue to build an expendable acoustic countermeasure for the U.S. Navy. The follow-on contract has a one-year base value of $4 million and covers ADC MK2 countermeasure design enhancements, development, production and support services, Ultra Electronics said Monday. Ultra Electronics’ ocean systems business will produce the ADC MK2 device in […] More

The U.S. Air Force has conducted the final tests on a Boeing-built military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft for a Milestone C production decision. The Air Force said Monday the KC-46 Pegasus completed the last of six in-flight refueling demonstrations required prior to a request for approval from Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, […] More

The U.S. Army Reserve has awarded a contract to DT Research to expand the deployment of company-built DT311H rugged tablets at Army-run facilities to support the military branch’s training and logistics activities. DT Research said Monday the award represents the second rugged tablets supply contract the company received from Army Reserve this year. The DT311H device is built with an 11.6-inch touch screen, […] More

Erickson has received a six-month, $29 million extension to a four-year U.S. government sustainment contract to continue both that work and airlift services. The company said Monday it will continue to provide passenger and cargo airlift services for Fluor and airlift assets and operations supports in Afghanistan. Erickson has also received a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard […] More

Harris has secured a potential $22.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply circuit card assembly parts of single channel ground-to-air radio systems. The Defense Department said Monday the five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the U.S. Army. Work will occur in New York through July 17, 2021. DLA awarded the contract to Harris after a competitive procurement process with […] More

MIL Corp. has been selected to transition the First Responder Network Authority‘s systems to Microsoft‘s Office 365 suite of cloud-based applications. The company will be responsible for the integration and management of FirstNet’s email platforms, account configurations, collaboration tools Skype and SharePoint, service desk training and document management efforts under the one-year service agreement, MIL […] More