Products & Service

L-3 Communications has received a potential three-year, $19 million contract to develop a Radio Frequency Continuous Wave Microwave Power Module amplifier for the U.S. Navy. The Naval Research Laboratory awarded the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement process with three bids received, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD said NRL will use the RF CW MPM amplifiers […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded advertising agency Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens a firm-fixed-price contract worth $12.6 million to provide the Air National Guard with recruitment and retention services. LMO will perform work in Arlington, Virginia, through Jan. 19, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. The the full obligated amount is from the Army’s fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance funds. DoD noted that the contracting authority […] More

Motorola Solutions has introduced a public safety technology built to incorporate the features of a body-worn video camera, a radio speaker and a microphone. The Smart Interface Si500 Video Speaker Microphone is designed to operate with a  cloud-based digital evidence management platform and terrestrial trunked radio equipment, Motorola said Thursday. The compact WiFi-ready device is equipped with a full-screen tempered-glass display, 210-degree range-of-motion camera lens and an adaptive audio engine. […] More

Centerra Group has secured a five-year contract to provide fire protection and emergency medical services at a 15,000-acre U.S. Air Force base in Florida. The company said Wednesday it will continue to operate multiple fire stations as well as perform emergency response support for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Centerra will also support all launch events at the site and respond to aircraft and vehicular incidents, structural […] More

Galois has formed a new election technology company as part of an effort to help election officials secure and verify polls with open source software and systems. The Free & Fair spinoff will provide voting technology that utilizes commercial off-the-shelf hardware and works to generate verifiable evidence of election results, Galois said Monday. Joseph Kiniry, an elections technology […] More

The Lockheed Martin–Babcock International joint venture Ascent Flight Training has awarded a potential 17-year, $728 million subcontract to Airbus for service as the primary aircraft service provider for a U.K. military training initiative. Airbus will manufacturer and deliver rotorcraft with an integrated support system over 18 months with an intended start date for training in April 2018, plus also oversee the development of support […] More

The U.S. Coast Guard‘s Great Lakes pilotage division and Canada’s Great Lakes Pilotage Authority have awarded Saab separate contracts for its KleinPilot pilot management system. KleinPilot will replace the current Saab-developed pilot management system and support the two organizations plus three Great Lakes pilotage associations in the U.S., Saab said Thursday. The company added that the new system will work to help […] More

Lockheed Martin will work to provide an on-orbit re-programmability feature for the U.S. Air Force‘s future global positioning system satellites in response to changing requirements. The company will seek to demonstrate this feature of the GPS III system over the next two years under the Air Force’s GPS III Space Vehicles 11+ Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract, Lockheed said Thursday. […] More

Herrick Technology Laboratories has won a $24.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop poly-function transceiver software and hardware. The Defense Department said Thursday that HTL aims to deliver a software-based radio frequency transceiver that can support the Air Force’s multiple tactical missions in the  electromagnetic spectrum. The Air Force Research Laboratory will obligate $3.1 million from fiscal 2015 and […] More

General Dynamics’ mission systems business unit has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce more than 30 digital modular radios for use onboard naval surface vessels and submarines. The latest order for the AN/USC-61(C) radios represents the sixth option under a contract General Dynamics received in 2010, the company said Thursday. Paul Parent, vice president […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential five-year, $25.2 million contract to provide intelligence support and consulting services to the Missile Defense Agency. The company will work to determine requirements and related products to help MDA’s intelligence requirements division facilitate use of technical engineering and acquisition intelligence in order to sustain the Ballistic Missile Defense System, […] More