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    VSE Reports Additional Navy FMS Maritime Support Orders

    VSE secured $35.6 million in new delivery orders from the Naval Sea Systems Command last month for the provision of maritime program support to U.S. allied navies. The orders awarded under a foreign military sales contract encompasses logistics, planning, repair and maintenance management, procurement, technical assistance, training and engineering services to four FMS customers, VSE said Wednesday. […] More

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    Navy Selects American Electronics for NAWCAD Engineering Support IDIQ

    American Electronics has won a potential $27.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering, technical and management services to the the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The company will support NAWCAD’s Rapid Capability Engineering Department and the Engineering, Prototyping and Business Operations Division under the indefinite-deliver/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

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    Lockheed Subsidiary Renews Propeller Distribution Deal With UTC Aerospace Systems

    Lockheed Martin second-tier subsidiary Derco has signed an agreement with United Technologies Corp.‘s aerospace systems unit for Derco to distribute UTC propeller system spares. The 20-year agreement furthers the relationship established in 1997 between the companies and will focus on the international distribution of 54H60 spares for legacy C-130B-H/L-100 Hercules aircraft, Lockheed said Tuesday. Jean-Francois Chanut, […] More

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    AVST, collab9 Unveil Joint Cloud Unified Communications Platform

    Applied Voice & Speech Technologies has integrated a unified communications technology with collab9 with cloud-based UC infrastructure to offer a UC-as-a-service platform to government organizations. AVST said Tuesday both companies aim to help public sector customers accelerate migration to cloud environments through the UCaaS offering as part of a partnership announced in August. Steve Boberski, vice […] More

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    Orbital ATK to Modify Italy’s Anti-Radiation Missile System Under Navy FMS Contract Option

    Orbital ATK has received an $18 million U.S. Navy contract option to convert AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles from a high-speed configuration into a guided all-up-round model for the Italian government. The exercised option is for the conversion of lot 6 AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles to 25 AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile All-Up-Rounds, the Defense Department said […] More

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    OSI Systems Division Receives Cargo, Vehicle X-Ray Scanning Tech Order

    OSI Systems‘ security division has received a $21 million contract to supply X-ray based scanning equipment for an international customs agency’s cargo and vehicle inspections. The contract includes a multiyear service provision for OSI Systems to provide integration and follow-on maintenance and support of Rapiscan Eagle G60 inspection systems, the company said Tuesday. Eagle G60 is designed to automatically scan dense […] More

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    Report: India Sends Formal ISTAR Aircraft Procurement Request to Pentagon

    India has sent a letter to the Defense Department requesting to buy a pair of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance aircraft from Raytheon through a foreign military sales transaction, Defense News reported Monday. The report said an Indian defense ministry official estimates the value of the proposed government-to-government ISTAR procurement deal could reach $1 billion. India’s […] More

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    Raytheon Unveils New Mexico Engineering Hub for Range Monitoring, Telemetry Systems

    Raytheon has unveiled a new engineering facility at the Sandia Science and Technology Park in  Albuquerque, New Mexico, to support the production of monitoring and telemetry systems for U.S. and allied forces. The company said Monday it expects to create up to 60 high-technology manufacturing positions at the new 72,000-square-foot engineering facility over the next six years. It represents […] More

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    CenturyLink, Cienna Help Texas Council Deploy Private Broadband Network

    The Brazos Valley Council of Governments in Texas has partnered with CenturyLink and Ciena to deploy a private broadband network designed to connect healthcare services providers at hospitals, schools and rural clinics in the region. Ciena said Oct. 11 the network is scheduled for completion by the summer of 2019 and will also support 9-1-1 emergency response, public safety […] More

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    Tri-Cor Industries to Support DLA Enterprise System Tests Under JETS Task Order

    Tri-Cor Industries has won a task order to assist the Defense Logistics Agency‘s J62LB enterprise test directorate in efforts to secure the integrity of DLA information technology assets as well as evaluate software and systems for agency customers. The order was issued under the unrestricted portion of the J6 Enterprise Technology Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $6 billion over eight years, […] More

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    Engility Secures $63M in USAF Medical Coding Support Task Orders; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received six task orders worth up to $63 million combined to provide a range of support services to the U.S. Air Force‘s Medical Coding Program Office. The company said Monday it will support medical coding, training, compliance and healthcare informatics programs at 14 USAF bases across the country. “We look forward to bringing to bear the […] More

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    Northrop Receives Additional Navy Funds for EA-18G Tactical Jamming Receiver Upgrades

    Northrop Grumman‘s systems business has secured an additional $20 million in contract funds from the U.S. Navy to update tactical jamming receivers designed to support airborne signals intelligence collection. The Defense Department said Friday the modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and covers upgrades to AN/ALQ-218(V) 2 radar warning receivers for the EA-18G electronic attack aircraft. AN/ALQ-218 SIGINT […] More