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Lockheed Martin and Solid Power have partnered to develop intercontinental ballistic missile battery systems under a two-year, $2.9 million U.S. Air Force contract awarded to Solid Power. Lockheed will help Solid Power perform electrochemical and environmental tests on the power cell units in order to comply with program requirements, Solid Power said Monday. Doug Campbell, president and CEO of Solid Power, said the companies intend […] More

The General Services Administration has started to consolidate vendors’ items for the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative for Office Supplies vehicle after the Government Accountability Office’s cancelled of a stay of performance. GSA said Tuesday it had halted work on FSSI Office Supplies Third Generation pending a number of protests of its August decision to award spots on the newest iteration […] More

ID.me has won an 18-month contract to issue General Services Administration digital identity credentials for stakeholders to access government agency websites. Individuals will be able to log in to Connect.Gov shared cloud service using GSA’s Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management-approved credentials, ID.me said Wednesday. “The Connect.Gov initiative allows individuals verified through ID.me to utilize one set of digital credentials across a […] More

CAE said Tuesday it has delivered the U.S. Army’s first UH-72A flight training device at Fort Rucker, Alabama, months ahead of schedule. The UH-72A FTD has a wide display powered by the CAE Medallion-600 image generator, and is fitted with a motion/vibration seat and a database comparable to government-owned systems, according to the company. “We […] More

DRS Technologies and Lithiumstart have partnered to combine their respective technologies in a move to pursue business opportunities with military and commercial energy storage applications. DRS will integrate its power electronic modules into Lithiumstart’s ESS technology to develop an energy storage module, DRS said Tuesday. Vince Stammetti, vice president and general manager at DRS’ power and control technologies, […] More

Hughes Network Systems has released new satellite Internet service packages designed to offer small and midsize businesses download speeds of up to 15 megabits per second. The Business Internet Select and Access Plans are intended to leverage the company’s HughesNet Gen4 satellite broadband network, Hughes said Tuesday. “The new plans offer a substantial increase in […] More

Level 3 Communications has been selected to deploy network connectivity services to Intelsat‘s Tysons Corner, Virginia-based headquarters and other sites across the U.S. Intelsat will expand its IntelsatOne terrestrial fiber and teleport network connected to Intelsat’s global satellite infrastructure using the service, Level 3 said Tuesday. “Level 3 remains committed to providing the network solutions for Intelsat to continue to grow and […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency is studying the market for vendors that can process and aggregate open source data for the agency’s Information Volume and Velocity portfolio. In a sources sought announcement posted on FedBizOpps, DISA’s Advanced Concepts and Experimentation Division said it wants to find out if there are companies with a capability to extract Internet data in […] More

NASA plans to issue a draft request for proposals for a recompete of its Enterprise Applications Services Technologies indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity program. The single cost-plus-performance-fee contract will comprise maintenance, management and development of the agency’s enterprise information technology applications, NASA said Nov. 25. NASA indicated that the EAST-2 project will have a two-year base period of performance and options to […] More

Reston, Virginia-based technology firm Patrocinium Systems has developed a smartphone application that seeks to help users access information in the event of a critical situation, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Steven Overly writes the ArcAngel app is designed to provide safety instructions to customers who need help and to alert public safety officials of user […] More

Exelis will supply surface surveillance products and services to Detroit’s main airport for situational awareness and operations management support. The company will deploy its Symphony suite of applications for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to handle operations, maintain safety and facilitate collaboration, Exelis said Tuesday. “The deployment of the Symphony suite will provide DTW with an airfield operations management system on a […] More

Boeing has delivered a new variant of its P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane to India under a contract signed in 2009 for eight P-8I aircraft to support the country’s maritime patrol activities. The company said Tuesday that the P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing specifically designed for the Indian navy and fitted with locally built subsystems. […] More