Products & Service

Trimble has secured a potential five-year, $5.8 million contract to produce devices and software for the U.S. Marine Corps to perform topographic surveys. The Marine Corps ordered M7 GPS receivers, S9 robotic total stations, TSC3 data controller systems, Business Center office software, and MX2 mobile scanning systems, Trimble said Thursday. The M7 receiver employs a selective availability anti-spoofing […] More

Aviogei has turned over the first F-35 Lightning II heavyweight crane to Lockheed Martin in support of aircraft manufacturing activity at an F-35 assembly facility in Italy. The crane is designed to transport and install F-35 components weighing 9,920.8 pounds overall for repair works at sea and ashore, Lockheed said Tuesday. “The work being done […] More

IBM has completed upgrade work on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s supercomputing systems intended for weather and climate forecasts under a $44.5 million contract. The company worked to increase the operational computing capacity of the Luna and Surge supercomputers from 776 teraflops to 2.89 petaflops each, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. “The faster runs and better spatial […] More

ManTech International has been awarded a potential two-year, $25.6 million contract to develop, deploy and maintain a terminology tooling web service for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The company will design VA’s web-based enterprise terminology tooling suite and a computer-based terminology integrated development environment, ManTech said Thursday. Daniel Keefe, president and chief operating officer of ManTech’s mission solutions […] More

Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a five-year, $15 million contract to provide spectrum management services to the U.S. Air Force in support of national security needs. Alion will help the Air Force Spectrum Management Office conduct strategic planning and policy recommendations, satellite coordination, spectrum reallocation, research and technical analyses of commercial spectrum sharing […] More

TransUnion has launched a new business group that aims to help U.S. government organizations address tax fraud and data security challenges. The company’s government information solutions division offers a portfolio of fraud detection and mitigation, identity authentication, benefits eligibility verification and breach response services across the public sector, TransUnion said Wednesday. Chicago-based TransUnion has developed an integrated platform for […] More

Harris Corp. has been selected to overhaul the fixed-wing electronic self-protection units installed in the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 bomber and C-130 aircraft in an effort to defend against radio-frequency threats. The Air Force will continue to maintain the use of AN/ALQ-172 electronic warfare system on the B-52 aircraft for RF self-protection through the late 2040s, […] More

Charles River Analytics Inc. has been awarded a nearly $1 million contract to develop virtual training tools for the U.S. Navy in an effort to help the service meet its training requirements. The Shiphandling Educator Assistant for Managing Assessments in Training Environments tool works to assist instructors in monitoring and engaging with more students, Charles […] More

Lockheed Martin and clean energy company Blue Earth will collaborate on a project to provide heat and power and facilitate energy savings at the Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home in New York. Blue Earth said Tuesday the project covers lighting and boiler upgrades, cooling and heating unit replacements, larger standby generators and a combined heat and power unit. Lockheed will […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded a Saab subsidiary $32 million in contract options to supply laser-based simulators for two kinds of military combat ground vehicle. Saab said Tuesday its U.S. defense business will provide additional Combat Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems to the Army after the military branch exercised the fourth and fifth options on a potential five-year, $90 million contract awarded in […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to supply an inertial measurement unit for the Lockheed-built LM 300 satellite bus. The Northrop-made LN-200S IMU is a small fiber optic-based navigational tool that works to provide vehicle control systems with angular motion and acceleration data, Northrop said Tuesday. The LN-200S IMU has been integrated with satellites […] More

Quantitative Software Management has secured a five-year contract to provide software estimation and tracking support to the U.S. Army’s office of the deputy assistant secretary for cost and economics. QSM will work to help ODASA-CE identify and reduce software risks through cost estimates preparation and software inputs collection through collaboration with programming offices, the company […] More