Products & Service

INVISIO has received a one-year, $11.8 million order from the U.S. Army for hearing protection and communication systems in support of the service branch’s Tactical Communication and Protective System modernization program. The audio communications company said Wednesday that it will supply TCAPS with a system designed to help facilitate communication, provide hearing protection and retain situational awareness to users. INVISIO added that […] More

Progress Electric has landed a potential $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide a range of base engineering services at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers management, labor, equipment, transportation and design support for maintenance, repair and construction work. Progress Electric will perform work through June […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $50 million firm-fixed-priced contract to manufacture and deliver seven reentry field support equipment sets and four support equipment sets. Lockheed’s space systems business will also provide interim contractor support and design requalification and recertification services in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, through March 2020, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added that the Air Force […] More

Octo Consulting Group has received a $29.8 million task order to provide digital services for a U.S. Army program that aims to modernize global network infrastructure for warfighters and coalition partners. The company said Wednesday it will work to manage programs, design business process and develop enterprise network for the Army Project Manager Installation Information Infrastructure – Communications and Capabilities, […] More

The Washington Headquarters Services has awarded Boston Consulting Group an $8.1 million contract to provide subject matter expertise and analysis services in support of the Defense Department‘s efforts to implement cost management policies, systems and procedures. Boston Consulting will perform work at the Pentagon and is scheduled to finish April 25, 2017, the department said Wednesday. WHS obligated the full contract […] More

Elbit Systems has conducted initial tests of its torpedo launch system aboard the Seagull Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel platform, Maritime Executive reported Tuesday. Tests for the 40-foot self-navigating system were performed off Haifa to demonstrate the system’s capacity to launch a light torpedo munition without targeting. “The test highlighted Seagull’s unique capacity to detect and engage submarines,” said Ofer Ben-Dov, Elbit […] More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. public sector “Center for Enabling Client Excellence” has received its fifth consecutive Capability Maturity Model Integration level 5 rating from the CMMI Institute, HPE reported Friday. Genevieve De Vera, HPE Enterprise Services U.S. public sector digital content marketing manager and social media lead, wrote maturity appraisal level five is the institute’s highest organizational maturity level and both indicates the center performs […] More

Wizbe Innovations has started to develop a technology for the U.S. Army and NASA to control unmanned parachutes, Morning Sentinel reported Sunday. Keith Edwards writes the startup company uses what Wizbe describes as smart materials to design a system that would help control the speed and direction of unmanned parachutes. The goal is to help the […] More

Mission Ready Services has received an order from the Department of Homeland Security to produce an additional 176 uniform in cooperation with North Carolina State University for emergency responders. NCSU will subject the additional uniforms through further systems-level tests and DHS will perform field evaluations on the units, Mission Ready Services said Tuesday. Mission Ready Services’ […] More

A Cubic business segment has demonstrated new training features on an F-18 fighter jet for Canada’s air force at the annual Maple Resolve air-ground training exercise. The company said Wednesday Cubic Global Defense has integrated its Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation with the Canadian Weapon Effect Simulation system on the F-18 aircraft that conducted simulated attacks and processed real-time kill notification weapon effects. Joint […] More

A U.K. subsidiary of General Dynamics has concluded initial air portability tests on the Ajax family of armored fighting vehicles for the British army. General Dynamics land Systems-UK tested how the ARES variant prototype would load into the cargo hold of the British air force’s C-17A Globemaster III and A400M Atlas transport planes during the Ajax program trials, General Dynamics said Tuesday. Kevin Connell, vice president […] More

Paragon Space Development Corp. has received a $5.1 million contract from NASA to develop a system the agency believes could help increase the water recovered from the urine of astronauts on the International Space Station. NASA said Wednesday that Paragon will develop the Brine Processor Assembly to support the ISS’ efforts to recover water of up to 94 percent from processed urine. […] More