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A General Atomics business unit has been awarded a $57.5 million contract to upgrade the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned aerial vehicle ground control software for Internet networking, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will provide the software updates for UAV control stations at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. and […] More

Harris Corp. has connected U.S. Special Operations Command bases in four states for a demonstration of the company’s new high-frequency tactical radio network. SOCOM personnel in Colorado, Kentucky, Florida and North Carolina transmitted and received voice and data messages through Harris’ Falcon III HF tactical radio, Harris said Thursday. The demonstration was intended to evaluate […] More

NTT Data has been chosen to support the Vatican Apostolic Library‘s project to digitally archive an estimated 3,000 preserved specimens, including manuscripts, books, prints and paintings, under a four-year, $22.6 million agreement. The project involves digitally reproducing the library specimens as high-definition data in a sustainable storage format and applying modern processes such as metadata management and optimized search algorithms, […] More

Autodesk has been awarded a contract to provide building information modeling services for Qatar Rail’s work to construct an integrated railway network in the Middle Eastern country. The company will advise Qatar Rail on implementing BIM technologies and practices and help to train Qatar Rail’s staff for the railway project over the next three years, Autodesk […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Office of Naval Research have developed a paint additive they hope can help prevent corrosion of vehicles’ metal surfaces. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday that the polyfibroblast powder is designed to be mixed with commercial paint primers and for its composition to help scratched paint heal over the exposed metal. Navy […] More

North Star Group will help the Interior Department build a new information technology service delivery organization under a potential five-year, $22.2 million blanket purchase agreement with DOI’s office of the chief information officer. The company said Monday it will provide cybersecurity, cloud computing, financial analysis, organizational change management and other support services to DOI’s CIO under the department’s […] More

A division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won a $4.5 million contract to provide security and surveillance services and products to an unidentified public school system in the eastern U.S. The contract with Kratos Public Safety & Security is worth up to $10 million if the school system issues follow-on orders within the next 30 days, the […] More

Cisco and Australia’s SingTel Optus has launched a unified communications platform that Optus Business ICT Solutions Vice President Ian Smith said offers businesses with upgrades and integrated options, Business Spectator reported today. Supratim Adhikari writes the unified communications-as-a-service platform is built to combine voice, video, messaging and telepresence tools that are integrated into the Optus Evolve IP network. The services include enterprise […] More

Exelis has demonstrated six transmitter assemblies that are built to function as payload components for the U.S. Air Force’s first set of GPS satellites. The transmitters were tested in a simulated space environment for random vibration, pyroshock and thermal vacuum to qualify for the GPS III’s mission requirements, Exelis said Tuesday. McLean, Va.-based Exelis built the […] More

Lockheed Martin has signed a contract to help design Atlantis Resources‘ AR1500 tidal turbine set for the MeyGen tidal stream project, which aims to leverage tidal energy as a commercial power source. The 1.5-megawatt, single-rotor turbine will play a role in the Scotland-based MeyGen project that targets 100-percent renewable energy usage in the country by 2020,” Lockheed said Tuesday. Other […] More