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Technical and Project Engineering has received a four-year, $28.7 million contract to provide live, virtual and simulation training platforms to the U.S. Marine Corps. TAPE will perform systems engineering, acquisition and financial management, modeling, test planning, logistics and instrumentation development under the contract, the company said Friday. “Supporting [Marine Corps Systems Command’s program manager training systems] […] More

CAE  and a Canadian research agency have signed a licensing agreement for the Montreal-based company to market and distribute simulation technology designed for endoscopic and cranial brain surgery training programs. The National Research Council of Canada granted CAE exclusive global marketing rights to NeuroVR simulator and will collaborate with CAE’s healthcare business to create new training modules for neurosurgeons, […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded CPI Aerostructures a potential $30 million contract to supply structural kits and related components for integration with the outer wing panels of Northrop-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. The contract also covers supply chain management, parts source selection and manufacturing engineering support services for Northrop, CPI Aerostructures said Thursday. Northrop will build four […] More

NTT Communications has launched a new data center in Osaka, Japan as an addition to its Nexcenter data center service. The Osaka 5 Data Center located in Japan’s Kansai region consists of 11 floors and has systems designed to reduce the impact of earthquake and other natural disasters, such as seismic-isolation device and seismic damper, NTT Communications said Monday. […] More

Cubic Corp.’s global defense unit will join a National Shooting Sports Foundation-hosted trade show in Las Vegas to exhibit several firearms training platforms. The company will demonstrate its PRISim Suite of firearms simulators, QuickRange pre-fabricated shooting range, Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, Cubic NEK’s live training platforms and Live-Fire Range Design at next week’s SHOT Show, Cubic said Thursday. Brooks […] More

DRS Technologies has transported the first Hybrid Electric Drive system to the South Korean navy for installation in the military branch’s future frigate. The navy will incorporate the HED system into the FFX Batch II frigate to reduce noise in the propulsion plant operation, DRS said Tuesday. Roger Sexauer, president of the DRS maritime and combat support […] More

A regional Federal Reserve bank has chosen IBM to help refresh a technology platform that the financial institution uses to clear and settle interbank retail payments. IBM will deliver and implement its Financial Transaction Manager for Automated Clearinghouse software for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to manage its billing and accounting transactions within the central banking system, the company said Thursday. Keith […] More

L-3 Communications will provide depot-level upgrade, repair and overhaul services for photonics masts on Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines under a three-year, $44.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also covers engineering and technical support and the replacement, inspection and evaluation of the photonics mast and photonics mast variant, which are part of […] More

Unisys has been awarded a $38.4 million contract to develop simulation hardware and software technology for NASA’s Hampton, Virginia-based Langley Research Center. Unisys will work to design, test, integrate, operate, maintain and modify Langley’s flight simulation facilities and research aircraft systems under the contract, NASA said Friday. The contract contains a five-year performance period, which includes […] More

Seagate Technology has been selected to provide data storage and management technology for a French technology research agency to manage its high-performance computing activities. The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission chose the ClusterStor L300 platform designed to store up to six petabytes of data and transfer files at a speed of more than 200 gigabytes per […] More

Saab has been awarded a $12.4 million contract to produce Bolide missiles for NATO in an effort to help bolster the alliance’s air defense system. NATO Support and Procurement Agency ordered for RBS 70 Bolide missiles in December 2015 and delivery is scheduled to complete in 2017, Saab said Wednesday. “This is a great order […] More