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System High Corp. has received a $21.03 million contract modification to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s security and intelligence directorate. DARPA awarded the fourth option to the base contract that brings the total cumulative value to$97,630,625. The company will continue to provide systems engineering and technical assistance to DARPA under the fourth option year, the […] More

Cubic has been awarded a five-year, $76.4 million contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to produce components for personnel locator systems used by the U.S. military and NATO coalition forces. The AN/ARS-6 airborne guidance system works to encrypt communication between rescue forces and isolated crew members during rescue operations, Cubic said Monday. “Nothing is more […] More

UltiSat has been awarded a potential $4.1 million task order to provide Ku-frequency bandwidth support for the U.S. Pacific Command‘s fleet of Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles. The company said Wednesday the task order requires bandwidth support for GH Ku-band earth terminals and Tri-band Tactical Field Terminals at the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan and a […] More

Atlanta, Georgia-based cybersecurity firm Envistacom has received a five-year, $90 million contract from the Army to provide cyber technology for U.S., coalition and regional military forces. The Defense Department said Friday the Army Contracting Command out of Research Triangle Park, N.C. awarded the contract in search of tools to help soldiers identify adversaries and link that information with other […] More

The University of Delaware has landed a $15 million cooperative agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help explore methods to produce small composite parts for military equipment. DARPA and the university will work to develop reconfigurable forming and molding processes for the fabrication of composite structures under the Tailorable Feedback and Forming program, the Defense Department said Friday. The agency received six proposals […] More

Accenture has been awarded a multi-year contract from the London mayor’s policing and crime office and the city’s police agency to help manage the latter’s information technology infrastructure and applications inside the IT system. The company said Monday it aims to help London’s Metropolitan Police Service increase digital interactions between officers and civilians and expand the agency’s use of mobile […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works business has developed a prototype of a hybrid airship built to transport personnel and cargo to remote areas, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Samantha Masunaga writes Lockheed expects the 21-metric-ton LMH-1 airship to have its initial flight by late 2017 and start commercial operations by the end of 2018. Craig […] More

A U.K.-based subsidiary of General Dynamics has received a $192 million contract from the country’s defense ministry to provide new tactical communications systems to Britain’s armed forces. General Dynamics UK Limited will supply 12,000 data terminals and a new battle management system as part of the BCIP5.6 contract to support Bowman tactical communications systems, General Dynamics said Thursday. “We are delighted to continue our successful […] More

NASA has concluded a 500-second, live-fire test of an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System heavy-lift vehicle at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The initial fire-test on Aerojet-made E2059 engine sought to evaluate the engine’s new controller, high-pressure fuel turbopump and the calibration of engine flowmeters, the company said Thursday. SLS’ first launch into […] More

Two business units of L-3 Communications will provide depot-level maintenance services to the U.S. Navy for the branch’s F/A-18 A/B/C/D aircraft fleet under a contract awarded to the company. L-3’s platform integration unit will carry out equipment updates such as structural life-extension modifications and inspections to address operational commitments, the company said Thursday. The company’s Canadian subsidiary L-3 MAS will be responsible for aircraft structure inspection, modification and engineering […] More

Simulyze has launched a new operational intelligence application intended to help customers gain a complete view of unmanned aircraft systems in real time. Called Mission Insight, the new commercial off-the-shelf offering works to process and analyze huge volume of data from various sources to provide situational awareness to UAS operators, Simulyze said Feb. 17. Kevin […] More

BAE Systems has been awarded a two-year, $34 million contract to help maintain the communications and electronics systems of the Naval Air Warfare Center’s aircraft division. The company will work to handle logistics, support planning and integration, perform technical publications, manage configuration and provide engineering and training services to the center, BAE said Thursday. Mark Keeler, vice […] More