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DynCorp International has widened its use of IFS-made applications in a bid to build capabilities for two of its aviation maintenance programs being used in Afghanistan in collaboration with the Defense Department. The products added to the suite for the Pentagon operations include the IFS Fleet and Asset Management platform, IFS said Monday. The tool works […] More
LGS Innovations will work as a subcontractor for on an initiative to upgrade the Defense Department’s Research and Engineering Network under a potential 10-year, $750 million contract awarded to CenturyLink in 2012 by the Defense Information Systems Agency. LGS’ task is to develop high-performance network for five supercomputing locations with speeds of 40 gigabits per second for DREN, […] More
Harris and Canada-based exactEarth have forged an alliance that seeks to provide services designed to improve domain awareness at sea using the automatic identification system platform. The partnership will combine Harris satellite and radio frequency communications technology with exactEarth’s signal decollision detection system to create real-time vessel tracking and information products for the maritime market, […] More
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency have completed the first flight test for a Raytheon-built missile system. Standard Missile-3 Block IIA exhibited nosecone performance, steering control, booster separation, and second and third stage rocket motor separation during live fire at Point Mugu sea range in California, MDA said Saturday. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon’s missile systems […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries business Ingalls Shipbuilding has turned over the Legend-class cutter James to the U.S. Coast Guard. The service received the national security cutter Friday and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Boston on Aug. 8, HII said Friday. Jim French, NSC program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the NSC program “continues to prove the benefits of […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed phase two tests on a long-term evolution technology under the Public Safety Communications Research Program that seeks to improve communications for first responders. The integration of Band Class 14 eNodeB system from General Dynamics Mission Systems with vehicle modems enabled the LTE site to communicate at a range of […] More
Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies has been awarded a potential five-year, $97 million contract to provide support for NASA’s science programs and projects. The company will work to develop instruments and software, collect data, analyze scientific results, develop models and present scientific data, NASA said Friday. SGT will perform work at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt […] More
Exceed Resources has received a $73 million performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from NASA for administrative and secretarial support services at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA said Friday the contract has a five-year period of performance that starts Aug. 2, 2015 and ends in May 2020. According to the space agency, Exceed Resources Inc. will perform work under the JSC Administrative Support Services […] More
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a global business segment that focuses on big data and high-performance computing with manufacturing and oil and gas as some of its key target growth areas, HPCwire reported Thursday. William Mannel, vice president and general manager of the HPC and big data business unit at HP, said he believes there is more […] More
The State Department has given Egypt the go-ahead to buy from the U.S. a sensor security platform, related components and services for use in border security monitoring operations under a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and DRS Technologies will act as primary contractors for the sale, which covers sensor surveillance […] More
Northrop Grumman has built a ground surveillance aircraft for NATO that is intended to fulfill the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements of the alliance. The wide area surveillance Global Hawk system features a multiplatform radar technology insertion program sensor that works to transmit operational data to commanders, Northrop said Thursday. NATO will use the aircraft in various missions […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary will provide support services for the U.S. Navy to help develop payload tubes for integation with Virginia-class submarines under a $6.5 million modification to a contract awarded in 2010. General Dynamics Electric Boat will help assemble four tubes that will comprise the Virginia Payload Module to be installed in the hull section of the nuclear-powered […] More
