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Lockheed Martin and EchoStar have retrieved the EchoStar III communications satellite in a joint operation that culminated in its deactivation and relocation to a graveyard orbit. The satellite’s retirement was executed in line with Federal Communications Commission rules in response to an incident involving the satellite in July, Lockheed said Wednesday. EchoStar unveiled in early August that […] More

A CAE full-flight simulator has been accepted into service by Poland’s air force for training of SW-4 utility helicopter pilots. CAE said Tuesday the Polish air force will use the SW-4 FFS installed at the 41st Air Base School in Deblin, Poland, to train the service branch’s cadets to operate the helicopter manufactured by Leonardo subsidiary PZL-Swidnik. “Simulation-based training has proven its […] More

ViaSat has supplied an end-to-end Link 16 communications system to support Halifax-class frigates of Canada’s navy. The fleet-wide Link 16 multi-link upgrade will help the Canadian navy boost its communications capacity with U.S., NATO and other allied forces as well as prepare for and address potential at-sea threats, ViaSat said Tuesday. “The Halifax-class frigates are the […] More

SimiGon has received a $100,000 contract to provide the Federal Aviation Administration its SIMbox development tools for simulation and training for the agency’s unmanned aircraft systems research simulator. The contract serves to build on SimiGon’s effort to expand into the civilian aviation and UAS markets, the company announced Monday. SimiGon added FAA aims to use SIMbox as its primary platform […] More

Unisys has partnered with Computer Marketing Associates to offer a suite of security software products along with professional services to the federal government. CMA will market the Unisys Stealth software to agencies via the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and Chief Information Officer–Commodities and Solutions contract vehicles, Unisys said Thursday. NASA and the National Institutes of Health‘s Information […] More

Roboteam has received two orders to deliver 75 micro tactical ground robot designed to support U.S. and international military missions. The company said Tuesday that it has begun to produce and deliver the all-terrain MTGR units which can help conduct explosive ordnance disposal as well as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material-related missions. “We are […] More

DXC Technology has expanded a partnership with VMware to provide managed hybrid cloud services to support digital transformation projects of mutual customers. VMware said Monday DXC will be one of the first companies to offer the former’s Cloud on AWS services alongside associated managed services. Clients will also have an option to port workloads between VMware-based data centers, DXC data […] More

Millennium Computer Products has been awarded by the General Services Administration a one-year blanket purchase agreement as the sole supplier of Dell hardware to the government. The BPA works to facilitate the government’s purchases of Dell products such as desktops, monitors, laptops and tablets with standard preconfiguration and optional upgrades through a business model designed to lower […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Patriot Shipping a $3.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to transport the damaged guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald to Pascagoula, Mississippi, for repairs. The company will heavy-lift the ship from Yokosuka, Japan, to Pascagoula to undergo repairs by Huntington Ingalls Industries, the Navy said Friday. USS Fitzgerald suffered damages as a result of its collision with […] More

NASA has ordered single-lens reflex cameras from Nikon for use at the agency’s astronaut training facilities on Earth and for the International Space Station’s vehicular recording activities. Nikon said Friday it will supply NASA with 53 standard D5 SLR cameras that have not undergone any special modification. D5 is designed to function in harsh environments, the company […] More

NASA has awarded Golden Svcs a potential five-year, $33.4 million contract to help secure two facilities managed by the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. The company will support emergency and badge management, physical security and personnel security, medical first response, traffic and gate control, security incident and dispatch and patrol operations at GRC’s Lewis Field and Plum Brook […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Aptim a potential five-year, $49 million contract to provide environmental laboratory services within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Southwest area of responsibility. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers personnel, supervision, equipment and transportation services to support environmental laboratory operations at multiple Navy and Marine Corps facilities as well as other government facilities, the Department […] More