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General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins have delivered more than 1,200 radios to the U.S. Army for soldiers to share information with their commanders. The AN/PRC-155 radio system is designed to help troops connect with command centers via the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 platform, General Dynamics said Monday. This new batch of radios […] More

Amazon Web Services has added multiple services to the company’s suite of cloud computing offerings designed to help U.S. government clients manage sensitive data in cloud environments. The AWS GovCloud (US) portfolio now includes the Glacier storage service, CloudTrail log management documentation and VM Import system for virtual machine migration, AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr […] More

NASA has completed an initial, 500-second hot-fire test on the RS-25 engine for Boeing‘s Space Launch System at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in preparation for the rocket’s future missions to deep space. The space agency said Friday its engineers checked the inlet pressure conditions and engine controller unit and will continue with further tests in April. “We’ve made modifications […] More

Boeing has produced a set of 702SP small-platform satellites that will use an all-electric propulsion system when they are launched to space in February as a stacked pair. SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket will carry the ABS-3A and EUTELSAT 115 West B satellites to space together next month, Boeing said Friday. Besides 702SP, the company said it also released the 702MP and 502 […] More

SecureKey Technologies has received the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board provisional authority to operate for the company’s briidge.net exchange cloud-based identity and authentication platform after a review by third-party assessor Veris Group. The platform will work to help citizens use Connect.gov and access digital government services with government-approved, commercially issued online credentials, SecureKey said Tuesday. “Looking ahead to a digital future, identity services will be vital […] More

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $16.4 million contract to interconnect 911 emergency call centers across the state of South Dakota. TCS will operate South Dakota’s NG9-1-1 system for 29 of the state’s public safety answering centers under the direction of the South Dakota 911 Coordination Board, TCS said Thursday. Lynne Seitz, senior vice […] More

A subsidiary of ManTech International has finished the shape testing of the first sunshield membrane layer of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope as a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman. NeXolve assembled and tested the layer’s three-dimensional shape with laser beams to confirm if it meets shape specifications, ManTech said Thursday. “We are now proceeding with the remaining layers and will test each […] More

DRT Strategies Inc. has won a three-year, $84 million contract to perform technical support services for the U.S. Navy’s next generation enterprise network. The company will work to manage programs, seats, devices, applications, network operations, information assurance, cyber assets and network resources, DRT said Monday. “We look forward to working together with Fleet Logistic Center […] More

ImmixGroup will offer Brocade‘s network subscription product to federal government clients through its GSA Schedule contract as agencies turn to on-demand acquisition of IT products and services. “Federal agencies face both financial and acquisition challenges when it comes to buying IT,” Steve Charles, a co-founder and executive vice president at immixGroup, said Wednesday. The company said Brocade Network Subscription is a network-as-a-service offering that works to let […] More

DriveSavers and GC Micro have partnered to deliver e-discovery, data recovery and digital forensics services to federal agencies under the latter’s position on the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement IV governmentwide acquisition contract. DriveSavers said Monday GC Micro’s SEWP IV contract will facilitate government procurement of the partners’ IT products and product-based services. “Partnering with GC Micro is an honor, and we look forward […] More

Exelis has embedded new application program interfaces into the company’s applications and systems for users to access the Helios platform. The Helios4Forecast, Helios4Apps and Helios4Enterprise APIs are designed to help weather forecasters, product managers and logistics operations managers view data on weather conditions through Helios, Exelis said Tuesday. “Our APIs… [allows] our customers to look at […] More

CGI has worked with several Estonian agencies to develop and implement a new emergency response system in an effort to shorten response times in public safety missions. The system incorporates a digital map fixed in the control rooms of the Estonian emergency response center and within rescue vehicles and ambulances to display information about incidents […] More