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    Lazarus Alliance Recertified as FedRAMP 3PAO; Michael Peters Comments

    The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation has recertified Lazarus Alliance‘s status as a third-party assessment organization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Lazarus Alliance CEO Michael Peters said in a statement published Monday the company completed a “rigorous” evaluation process to secure 3PAO recertification. “We are excited about our recertification and stand ready to help […] More

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    IBM Tapped to Provide Cognitive Computing Infrastructure for Australian Defense Dept

    IBM‘s Australian unit has secured an estimated $3.1 million contract to provide cognitive computing infrastructure and support to Australia’s defense department, ARN reported Monday. IBM Australia will furnish the Watson artificial intelligence platform to the department over three years under the limited-tender contract, the publication said. A spokesperson for the department told ARN the platform will […] More

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    Louis Berger Selected to Manage Cameroon-Nigeria Bridge Construction Project

    Louis Berger has secured a $1.7 million contract to manage the construction of a two-lane bridge designed to link Cameroon and Nigeria. The company said Thursday the project will use a balanced cantilever method to build a box girder bridge over the Cross River between Ekok, Cameroon and Mfum, Nigeria. Louis Berger will also provide bridge construction management training and […] More

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    Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program

    General Dynamics has placed an order for Saab medium-range surveillance radar systems for installation on two future U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Saab said Thursday it will provide Sea Giraffe AMB naval radars designated as AN/SPS-77 for the military branch’s LCS 28 and LCS 30 ships. Erik Smith, president and CEO of Saab Defense and Security USA, said the company is contracted to deliver Sea […] More

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    Vericor to Produce Engines for Navy Amphibious Landing Craft

    Vericor Power Systems has been awarded a potential $32.1 million contract to manufacture, test and deliver marine gas turbine engines for the U.S. Navy‘s Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicles. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Vericor will provide ETF40B engines for the LCAC service life extension program. DoD added the engines will be supplied to the program’s prime contractor for […] More

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    Air Force Taps ELTA North America to Provide Stratcom Counter-UAS Equipment

    An Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary has secured a potential $39.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide counter-unmanned aerial system supplies to the U.S. Strategic Command. ELTA North America will deliver the counter-UAS equipment in support of Stratcom’s joint emergent operational requirements, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Contract work is scheduled to be completed by […] More

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    Unisys to Help Develop New Zealand’s Cloud-Based Education Funding Distribution Platform

    Unisys has been selected to develop a cloud-based technology platform for New Zealand’s ministry of education to manage and distribute funds to childhood, primary and secondary schools in the country. The company said Wednesday it will build and deploy an automated education resourcing system for the ministry using an application-platform-as-a-service model under the 10-year digital transformation engagement initiative. Unisys […] More

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    Northrop to Update Navy H-1 Aircraft Mission Computers

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $10.7 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy update mission computers of the H-1 aircraft fleet. The company will incorporate 54 technical refresh mission computers into the H-1 production line, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The firm-fixed-price order falls under a previously issued basic ordering agreement and work runs […] More

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    BAE Unit to Design, Build Army Steam & Gas Plant

    A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a $51.9 million contract modification to design, build and commission a combined gas and steam plant at a U.S. Army facility that supplies explosive materials to the Defense Department. BAE Systems Ordnance Systems will construct the power plant at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant located in Kingsport, Tennessee, DoD said Tuesday. […] More

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    National Academy of Sciences to Help Army Form Science & Technical Board

    The National Academy of Sciences has received a potential five-year, $30 million contract to establish a board that would tackle science and technical matters of interest to the U.S. Army. NAS will form the group to serve as the convening authority to lead periodic discussions, workshops and studies for the military branch, the Defense Department said […] More

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    SPH Engineering Debuts Centralized Drone Management System

    SPH Engineering has unveiled a centralized drone management system that is designed to support law enforcement, firefighter, search-and-rescue and security service command centers in surveillance and first response missions. The Universal Ground Control Software aims to provide real-time in-field drone position mapping and live video streaming capability, SPH’s UgCS team said Thursday. UgCS works to allow command […] More

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    DoD’s Innovation Unit Taps ICEYE for Earth Observation Data Support

    ICEYE‘s U.S. subsidiary has secured a contract to provide Earth observation data support services to the Defense Department‘s innovation unit. Mike Lyons, CEO of ICEYE U.S., said in a statement published Monday the company aims to help the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental address national security challenges through the use of data. ICEEYE is headquartered in Espoo, […] More