Products & Service

Rhoads Industries has received a potential $31.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support the service branch’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The Naval Surface Warfare Center received one proposal during the solicitation process on FedBizOpps and will obligate $100,000 in fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said […] More

Lockheed Martin has teamed with a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based engineering company to produce laser guided bomb tailkits, Saudi Gazette reported Wednesday. Wahaj, a subsidiary of Saudi International Petrochemical Company, agreed to co-manufacture the air foil group for Lockheed-made Paveway II Plus LGBs under a teaming agreement. “We are dedicated to supporting the Kingdom’s national security objectives defined […] More

KBR‘s government services arm has landed a potential 11-year contract to provide support services to the capability acquisition and sustainment group of the Australian defense department. The company said Wednesday KBRwyle will serve as one of the four major service providers to CASG through the contract that has a five-year base period and six option years. Ernst & Young will collaborate […] More

Amazon Web Services has released a new service designed to convert text into realistic voice audio applicable to multiple languages. The Amazon Polly service is available through the AWS GovCloud (US) Region, the company said Wednesday. The text-to-speech service makes use of deep learning technologies to help users construct speech-enabled applications. Amazon Polly’s API may be integrated with other applications to […] More

Boeing has secured a $73.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform modifications on four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in an effort to extend the aircraft’s service life. The company will aim to extend the operational service life of the service branch’s F/A-18E/F fleet from 6,000 to 9,000 flight hours, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Seventy-five percent of the work will […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a potential $18.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help sustain the military branch’s GPS satellites currently in orbit. Work covers on-orbit and anomaly resolution support, constellation performance analysis, space vehicle end-of-life test and training and SV subsystem analysis, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Space and Missile Systems […] More

Fortinet has introduced an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate analysis and detection of cyber threats. The cybersecurity company said Tuesday the FortiGuard AI threat intelligence tool was produced through a five-year effort of Fortinet’s research group, FortiGuard Labs, to develop automated threat analysis and detection. FortiGuard AI uses machine learning and continuous training to constantly update itself and autonomously gather, […] More

Iron Mountain has opened a facility in Suitland, Maryland, that is built to store records for federal customers and comply with National Archives and Records Administration  standards. The company said Monday its new 125,000-square-foot federal records facility is close to Joint Base Andrews and has approximately 1.5 million cubic feet of storage. Michael Lewis, vice president and general manager of […] More

Rockwell Collins has been chosen to supply new avionics to the U.S. Coast Guard for integration with the service branch’s fleet of Airbus-built MH-65 helicopters. The updated avionics will be integrated into MH-65 aircraft beginning late 2019 as part of an effort to extend the helicopters’ service life, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. The effort will change the fleet’s […] More

LifePort, a business unit of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, has received a contract from a Middle Eastern customer to provide systems that work to protect Black Hawk helicopter crew and passengers against ground-based ballistic threats. The order is for 25 customized Black Hawk Ballistic Protection Systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. Noah Zuckerman, general manager at LifePort, said the company […] More

A Sypris Solutions subsidiary has secured multiple contracts from Harris to produce electronic assemblies for munition dispensing systems of U.S. and foreign military customers. Sypris Electronics will manufacture the munition dispenser electronics for military customers that include the U.S. Navy, the company said Monday. Harris also awarded Sypris Electronics contracts last year to provide electronic assemblies for two weather satellite programs, […] More

A BAE Systems business unit will provide intelligence-related services to U.S. forces in Afghanistan under a $50.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. BAE’s information solutions team will perform work in Afghanistan through Oct. 27, 2018, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $15 million at the time of award from the […] More