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The U.S. Army has concluded a series of qualification tests on a DRS Technologies-built target acquisition system. The service branch performed the tests on DRS’ Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem Block 2 platform at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama in January, DRS said Wednesday. DRS’ infrared sensors and systems business unit developed the IBAS Block 2 system. IBAS […] More

Science Applications International Corp. and its partner ST Kinetics will start the development of 13 prototypes for the engineering, manufacturing and development phase of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Increment 1 program. Under a $121.5 million contract previously awarded by the U.S. Marine Corps, SAIC and ST will build the eight-by-eight wheeled, armored ACV called TERREX 2, which is designed to transport […] More

A subsidiary of Raytheon has been awarded two contracts worth $36 million combined to produce up to 58 Naval Remote Weapon Stations for the Canadian navy’s warships. Raytheon Canada Ltd. secured the contracts through a two-step bid evaluation process, Canada’s public services and procurement department said Tuesday. The Naval Remote Weapon Stations will work to […] More

Cubic‘s global defense unit has completed the demonstration of its tactical training tool that works to provide situational awareness for pilots of designated aggressor aircraft. The company said Wednesday its Bandit Board kneeboard tablets were deployed on two Draken International fighter aircraft and worked to relay live information from the P5 Combat Training System using the Cubic Miniature Encryptor for added data security. […] More

ECS Federal has won a spot in the large business category of the $50 billion General Services Administration Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology services. The company will offer its IT services to the Defense Department and other federal users under the contract, ECS Federal said Wednesday. “A portfolio of flexible, governmentwide and agency-specific full […] More

Raytheon has unveiled a software system that works to convert legacy weapons interfaces to universal armament interface message sets and link MIL-STD-1760 and the Miniature Munition Store Interface. Envoy, previously called the Interface Bridge, was developed in an effort to create a time- and cost-efficient integration system for new weapons onto legacy aircraft, Raytheon said Wednesday. Raytheon added […] More

Avnet Government Solutions has added Cisco‘s portfolio of computing, storage and networking technologies for data centers to its General Services Administration schedule contract. Avnet said Wednesday the company and its partner resellers can now offer agencies Cisco platforms designed to manage information technology applications, virtual machines and cloud-based systems. Cisco and Avnet have partnered on multiple data center offerings over the […] More

Smiths Detection has signed a five-year, $65 million deal with the Department of Homeland Security‘s Federal Protective Service to provide x-ray inspection systems in government buildings across the U.S. FPS will use the x-ray systems to detect potential threats at more than 9,000 government facilities under its responsibility, the company said Wednesday. SDI aims to complete deliveries and installations of the x-ray systems by 2021 and […] More

The Scottish Borders Council has awarded an estimated $130 million contract to CGI Group to help establish the Scottish Center of Excellence for information and communications technology within the Scottish Borders region. The council said Monday the 13-year digital services contract requires CGI’s support in the creation of the Scottish ICT Delivery Center of Excellence and the development […] More

The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has issued a draft request for quotations under the Agile blanket purchase agreement for a task order to develop a public dashboard for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. GSA’s draft RFQ posted Monday on GitHub says the task order is for the group of Pool 3 vendors […] More

Big data analytics and visualization technology company Zoomdata has formed new federal practice partnerships with Deloitte, Northrop Grumman and Unisys as part of a new program focused on data services to U.S. government agencies. Zoomdata said Tuesday it intends to train users on how to use its technology through the partnerships in an effort to help agencies […] More

Orbital ATK has landed a U.S. Air Force contract to conduct design and development research on alternatives to the post-boost propulsion systems of its intercontinental ballistic missiles as part of the service branch’s efforts to replace Minuteman III missiles. The company said Tuesday its defense systems group will focus on studies and demonstrations that work to optimize the effectiveness, […] More