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Parsons, Vinci and other partners in the SaskLink Global Transportation Partners consortium will partner with Saskatchewan’s ministry of highways and infrastructure on the $160.1 million construction project for the Regina Bypass in Canada. The provincial government said May 29 that it selected SGTP as the preferred bidder or proponent on the Regina Bypass Project as part […] More

A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has introduced a ground robot that intends to help military bomb squads combat vehicle-based improvised explosive devices and other threats. The Andros FX unmanned vehicle from Northrop Grumman Remotec has an operation control tool with a touchscreen showing three-dimensional graphics, four track pods and an arm with additional roll joints, the […] More

AgustaWestland has selected CAE to provide aviation training equipment for the U.K. naval forces under the U.K. defense ministry’s Merlin Life Sustainment Program. The subcontract calls for CAE to design and assemble a rear-crew trainer, flight navigation procedures trainer and two fixed-based flight training devices for the AW101 Merlin helicopter crew of the Royal Navy, CAE said Wednesday. […] More

Dynetics is set to launch at the two-day 7th Annual Southeastern Cyber Security Summit a set of tools designed to help companies understand and manage cyber risks to their computing environments. Under the Cyber RiskScope product line, the SelfAssure online platform works to provide assessments and recommendations to small- and medium-sized enterprises on how to […] More

NASA has selected eight research projects that aim to address challenges to commercial supersonic travel such as sonic booms and emissions from supersonic aircraft. The research initiatives will involve academic institutions and companies and will get funding worth more than $2.3 million under the agency’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project, the space agency said Wednesday. Kenneth Plotkin […] More

Orbital ATK has received a $27 million production order for additional DSU-33D/B proximity sensors under a follow-on contract to a 2013 full-rate production award from the U.S. Air Force. The company said Wednesday the sensor works to support precision detonation and maximize the weapon’s blast and fragmentation effects through a fire pulse to the FMU-139 and FMU-152 bomb fuzes and […] More

MacAulay-Brown will provide logistics assistance for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command as part of the Expedited Professional and Engineering Support Services blanket purchase agreement. The task order calls for the company to provide information technology support, training tools, manpower, computer resources and operational support for AMCOM, MacB said Monday. Fred Norman, senior vice president and general […] More

Northrop Grumman has unveiled a modular sensor technology for military customers to track and spot airborne targets. The OpenPod platform is designed to house multiple sensors and employ targeting and infrared search and track systems, Northrop said Tuesday. James Mocarski, vice president of Northrop’s airborne tactical sensors unit, said the company built the pod with […] More

Boeing‘s Phantom Works business has built an ultra-lightweight truck called Phantom Badger that the company could offer for the U.S. Army‘s Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle program, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes that a component of the U.S. Special Operations Command asked Boeing to design a vehicle that its V-22 Osprey aircraft can carry. The company […] More

908 Devices will develop handheld chemical detection tools for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency under a potential $11.5 million contract. The company said Tuesday it will work to create a compact chemical analyzer by combining its High-Pressure Mass Spectrometry platform with gas chromatography. The firm will also collaborate with other companies, laboratories and the University of North […] More

ManTech International Corp. has landed a potential three-year, $29.2 million task order contract from the Department of Homeland Security under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance II vehicle. The company said Tuesday the contract covers systems engineering services for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. Daniel Keefe, president and chief operating officer of ManTech’s mission solutions and services group, noted […] More

Cyveillance has introduced new search and intelligence offerings in its cyber threat center intended to help security professionals protect their organizations from threats. The QinetiQ company said Monday the content-based search and retrieval systems work to find trademarks, fake accounts and counterfeit products in the web by scanning brand marks, logos, images of physical locations […] More