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Rivada Networks has formed a consortium of technology firms to pursue a contract to build a 4G LTE broadband wireless network for public safety organizations in the U.S. The Rivada Mercury team includes Harris Corp., Intel‘s security business, Ericsson, Nokia,  Fujitsu Network Communications and Black & Veatch and aims to offer a national emergency services network in the 700 megahertz spectrum, Rivada Networks […] More

ATC Materials has received a $12.5 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to produce an armor technology intended to shield the Standard Missile and Mk 41 vertical launch systems from impact threats during shipment. The Transportation Protection System will be built to protect the MK 41 and extended-range SM munitions against bullet or warhead fragment impact, ATC said Tuesday. ATC President […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide consulting and analysis services to city utilities in Springfield, Missouri, to facilitate compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s coal combustion residual regulations under a $4.9 million contract. The contract covers environmental and geophysical investigations, control plan development, site planning, compliance recommendations in order to address surface impoundments and landfills and other professional […] More

The U.K.’s air force has completed the refueling test trials for the Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, The Aviationist reported Tuesday. Todd Miller writes the Royal Air Force used an A330 Voyager tanker to conduct 18 air-to-air refueling tests during a […] More

DynCorp International has secured two task orders worth a combined $11.8 million from the State Department through the Afghanistan Life Support Services contract. The company will work to deliver regional security officer services to the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of a potential $10.7 million task order with one-year base term and four […] More

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has secured a potential $11.6 million follow-on contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide a change detection system in support of NGA’s Foundation GEOINT. MDA said Monday it will continue to help the agency monitor the effects of climate change, identify facilities under construction and monitor urban sprawl, deforestation, wetlands loss and coastal expansion projects with the company’s Persistent […] More

Rockwell Collins‘ missionized flight management software has received a Future Airborne Capability Environment verification statement from the FACE Consortium. The company said Tuesday the MFMS-1000 reusable software was developed to provide full civil airspace interoperability and help customers on mission planning. Troy Brunk, Rockwell Collins vice president and general manager of airborne solutions, said the company will support […] More

Intel Corp. has reproduced a measurement system the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed to quantify how nanoscale magnetic devices perform in an effort to assess whether the tiny structure applies to future computing. Scientists from Intel and Stanford University have released the results of the ferromagnetic resonance spectrometer system in the Journal of […] More

Seattle, Washington-based business intelligence company Onvia has launched a new specification library where procurement professionals can view previous offers to assist the authoring process. Barak Schriger, Onvia product marketing manager, said in a blog post published Monday the Onvia Exchange will provide access to previous procurement examples for same or similar products and services to purchasing parties. […] More

The Office of Naval Research has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a $375,000 grant to teach the children of wounded soldiers about prosthetics with the use of virtual reality. APL will also provide hands-on demonstrations for elementary, middle and high school students to help draw their interest in science, technology, engineering and math subjects under the […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has agreed to supply propulsion and energetic systems for Raytheon‘s major weapon programs under a strategic sourcing agreement between the two companies. Raytheon and Aerojet Rocketdyne also aim to jointly chase affordability programs in the government sector through 2019 as part of their partnership, Raytheon said Tuesday. “This landmark agreement is an important step forward in collaboration between […] More