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    Raft to Develop Software Factory for Air Force’s Cyber Ops; Shubhi Mishra Quoted

    Digital consulting firm Raft was tapped by the U.S. Air Force to establish a software factory in support of the service branch’s cyber operations. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Friday the prime contract award provides for the design, development, integration and scaling of the SWF using the Department of Defense’s cloud-based Platform One system. The SWF is […] More

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    Spire Global Secures Contract for NOAA Microwave Sounder Development Study; Chuck Cash Quoted

    Spire Global will vie with three other companies in the study phase of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competition that aims to develop a radiometer for the observation of the Earth’s atmosphere. The company said Thursday it will seek to advance a microwave sounder for NOAA’s Near-Earth Orbit Network program through the $4.6 million Microwave-Based […] More

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    Lockheed Awarded $61M Army Contract for Apache Guardian Aircraft’s Radar Tech Production

    Lockheed Martin has received a $60.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to produce an electromagnetic warfare system designed to enhance the U.S. Army’s airborne combat capabilities. Services related to the AN/APR-48B Modernized-Radar Frequency Interferometer will also be provided under the award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The AN/APR-48B system is designed to acquire targets for the fire control […] More

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    LMI Books 2-Year DLA Contract for Supply Chain R&D Support; Jon Baba Quoted

    LMI has received a two-year contract to assist the Defense Logistics Agency in research and development efforts under its Military Unique Sustainment Technology Program. The company said Tuesday it will help the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textile team enhance its C&T supply chain. MUST is a DLA Troop Support C&T modernization effort aimed […] More

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    Marine Autonomy Company ThayerMahan Promotes 2 Executives to President Roles

    ThayerMahan, a Groton, Connecticut-based marine autonomy company, has elevated two of its executives to president positions amid business growth and continued pursuance of government and commercial contracts. The company said Tuesday John Russ, a 30-year U.S. Navy veteran, has been elevated to president of ocean technologies from vice president of operations and engineering He now oversees […] More

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    Aerospace & Defense Engineering Company Boecore Unveils Expansion Plan in Colorado

    Aerospace and defense engineering firm Boecore is set to expand its operations in Colorado and generate 620 new jobs focused on software and systems engineering. The company will establish a large sensitive compartmented information facility in Colorado Springs to house the additional operations and employees, the Colorado government said. Boecore will collaborate with the Polis-Primavera Administration and […] More

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    SilverEdge to Provide Software Services to Intell Agency

    SilverEdge Government Solutions, a Godspeed Capital Management-backed software provider, has received a multi-million-dollar firm fixed price task order to deliver its software-as-a-service platform to an intelligence agency. The Columbia, Maryland-based company said Monday its SOAR platform will be used to provide customized SaaS offerings in support of agency missions. SOAR is an SaaS platform tailored to […] More

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    Dean Pfoltzer Appointed Defense Enclave Services Growth Director at Leidos

    Dean Pfoltzer has announced via LinkedIn post his transition to the role of Defense Enclave Services growth director at Leidos where he previously served as senior capture manager focused on defense enterprise information technology and cybersecurity offerings. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is now responsible for driving DES business development and capture management activities. DES, a […] More

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    Northrop Books Air Force B-2 Supply Chain Management Support Work

    Northrop Grumman will provide advisory and assistance services to the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 bomber program under a five-year, $16 million contract. The company will support aircraft engineering work for a supply chain management group, the Department of Defense said Friday. USAF is obligating an initial $2.7 million from the service branch’s fiscal 2023 operation […] More

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    Ball Aerospace-Built Air Quality Monitoring Tech Begins Image Capture

    A space-based instrument Ball Aerospace manufactured for NASA has begun transmitting images meant to support air pollution research in North America. Ball said Thursday the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution system recently completed its first solar calibration scan mission, capturing major air pollutants like ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and formaldehyde. The Maxar Technologies-built commercial Intelsat IS-40e […] More

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    Carahsoft Adds ProcedureFlow Software to Public Sector Contract Vehicles

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to be the master government aggregator for Canadian company ProcedureFlow and market the latter’s knowledge management product to U.S. public sector organizations. Under the partnership, ProcedureFlow’s cloud-based software will join Carahsoft’s product portfolio for non-federal agencies and educational institutions, the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement. Organizations can procure the offering via […] More

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    Northrop Books $83M Navy Order for Triton UAS Retrofitting Work

    Northrop Grumman will provide retrofitting services in support of U.S. Navy and Australian MQ-4C Tritons and the unmanned aerial system’s operating platform under an $83.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order. The award covers the modification of two MQ-4Cs and one main operating base to an Integrated Functional Capability Four, multiple-intelligence configuration, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Majority […] More