Products & Service

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary Composite Engineering Inc. was awarded $18.7 million for the Lot 12 option of the Air Force Subscale Aerial Target contract. The company said Tuesday CEi will provide 21 additional AFSAT aircraft with associated warranty as part of Lot 12. The target aircraft systems serve as enemy threat surrogates that could simulate the performance characteristics of […] More

Northrop Grumman and Oceaneering Space Systems will collaborate to build a second three-dimensional printer for Silicon Valley startup firm Made in Space, to launch into orbit under a $20 million NASA contract, Space News reported Tuesday. Debra Werner writes the team will install the 3D printer built with a robotic arm in an external space station pod as part […] More

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to help the service branch’s management programs and policy division handle Freedom of Information Act-related requests. Work includes management of FOIA-related inquiries, status updates request and process coordination, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The contract also covers support for the management of FOIA appeals, including the assessment of FOIA exemptions, case law […] More

PARC has received funds from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop a mobile application model that will cater to individual travelers and drive energy savings in transportation. Under ARPA-E’s Traveler Response Architecture using Novel Signaling for Network Efficiency in Transportation program, the Xerox-owned company said Tuesday it will partner with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to build […] More

LGS Innovations has completed work on a laser platform designed to improve the capability of light detection and ranging systems to detect and analyze objects of interest. The company developed the laser system with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s strategic technology office under the Laser Radar Technology program, LGS said Tuesday. LRT is a […] More

General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has secured contracts to supply radiation monitoring systems to U.S. nuclear power plants with boiling water reactors equipped with Mark I and II containments. BWR plants with Mark I and II containments are required to install RMS and hardened containment vent systems in order to comply with a Nuclear Regulatory […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded New York-based nonprofit research and development firm SRC a potential $49.2 million contract to research, develop, evaluate and test new capabilities for the AN/ULQ-35 CREW Duke system. The Army Contracting Command awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-fee contract through an online-based competitive procurement process with one proposal received, the Defense Department said […] More

Motorola Solutions has been selected to update Michigan’s public safety communications system and expand the use of the platform to Grand Traverse County and other agencies in the state. The company will work to perform updates to Astro 25 digital radio system, alarm system, radio towers and related equipment in an effort to improve interoperability among the […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded contract modifications to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin for the Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System program. The Defense Department said Friday the modification awarded to Raytheon will increase the total value of its contract to $18.9 million, while the “other transaction” agreement Lockheed landed will amount to $14.9 million. MAD-FIRES aims to […] More

Lockheed Martin has been selected to supply ground-based radars to Romania that will work to operate independently in remote areas to address the customer’s needs. Lockheed will produce two TPS-77 radars and digital array row transceivers for the country under the contract agreement, the company said Monday. “The feedback we receive from our ongoing collaborations with countries […] More

Millennium Space Systems has has started to integrate a spacecraft bus into a U.S. Air Force testbed sponsored by the Space and Missile Systems Center and managed by NASA. The Wide Field Of View spacecraft bus platform is projected to be “functionally integrated, tested and checked out by summer 2016,” Millennium said Feb. 15. The spacecraft is based on […] More

The U.S Navy has awarded the Cardno TEC–AECOM joint venture a $50 million environmental planning and engineering services contract. The Defense Department said Monday the joint venture will provide construction, renovation, demolition, dredging, base realignment and closure and operational services for ship homeporting and waterfront activities. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Atlantic area […] More