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    KBR-Intuitive Machines JV to Provide Engineering Services Under $719M NASA Contract; Byron Bright Quoted

    A joint venture between KBR and Intuitive Machines will perform multidisciplinary engineering services under a $719 million contract awarded earlier this year to enhance the space orbital capabilities of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Services include electrical engineering, instrument systems and technology, exploration and mission support as well as mission engineering and systems analysis for the […] More

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    Raytheon Wins DARPA Contract for Energy Relay Tech Development Initiative

    Raytheon, an RTX business, has won a contract to design and demonstrate airborne optical energy relays under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program meant to enhance energy distribution and performance in military vehicles. The company will specifically support the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay Program as part of the $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee award, the Department […] More

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    Iceye Awarded 1st NASA Task Order Under Satellite Imagery Acquisition Contract

    Iceye‘s U.S. business arm has received an initial task order to provide NASA with high-resolution synthetic aperture radar commercial earth observation data products. The order falls under a blank purchase agreement for the provision of a suite of SAR products in support of the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program, the Finnish microsatellite manufacturer said Wednesday. Under […] More

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    Collins Aerospace Awarded Air Force Contract for Satcom Pod Development, Demo

    Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, will build and test a satellite communications pod under a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The objective is to produce and demonstrate a pod capable of functioning beyond the line of sight and compatible with civilian and military satellites across diverse orbital ranges, RTX said Wednesday. Ryan […] More

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    Amentum, Beast Code Forge Digital Tech Partnership for Federal Clients; Jill Bruning Quoted

    Amentum and software developer Beast Code have signed a partnership agreement with the goal of helping federal civilian and defense agencies adopt digital twin technology. The strategic alliance will apply a web-based software offering Beast Code designed to extract and present data from disparate sources via a 3D digital twin, Amentum said Tuesday. Users can implement […] More

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    FMD, Oak Ridge National Lab Collaborating on Marine Propulsion Tech Development

    Fairbanks Morse Defense and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop alternative fuel technologies for powering marine engines. FMD said Tuesday it will define performance and durability criteria and design testing components, while ORNL will research on combustion strategies, high-temperature materials, additive manufacturing, elastomer compatibility and corrosion. The collaboration includes conducting […] More

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    Northrop, USSF, Space Norway Enter Next Phase in Arctic Broadband Mission Preparations

    Northrop Grumman has completed the integration of U.S. Space Force payloads on two satellites the company is building for a Space Norway-led polar broadband mission and put the first satellite through a thermal vacuum test. The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission will use the company’s GEOStar-3 platform and carry payloads developed for USSF’s Enhanced Polar System […] More

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    Viasat Secures $80M in Awards to Develop Military Tactical Antennas

    California-based communications company Viasat has booked more than $80 million in awards for the development of phased array antenna systems to be integrated into military platforms. In a statement published Monday, Jeanne Atwell, general manager for Arizona operations at Viasat, said the awards will be utilized to advance multi-function Active Electronically Scanned Arrays. The AESAs will be […] More

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    Mike Brokaw Elevated to Chief Delivery Officer at VMD

    Mike Brokaw has been elevated to chief delivery officer role at VMD, where he previously served as senior vice president of business development. VMD said Thursday Brokaw assumed the newly created position immediately, taking charge of overseeing client-facing delivery operations of the Fairfax, Virginia-based government contractor. Having been with the company since 2002, Brokaw’s 25 years of […] More

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    DRT Books USDA Contract for Financial System Modernization Effort

    DRT Strategies has secured a contract from the Department of Agriculture to modernize the agency’s core financial system using the Oracle Application Express platform. The company said Wednesday the low-code application platform will be integrated into the USDA system to manage property and asset data for the government enterprise under the Oracle APEX Conversion contract.  Contract […] More

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    DLH to Support NIH Heart Institute’s IT Modernization via $85M BPA; Zachary Parker Quoted

    DLH will help a National Institutes of Health division modernize information technology operations through the company’s position on a five-year, $85 million blanket purchase agreement. The company said Wednesday projects under the BPA are centered on agile development, data sciences and health IT modernization at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. “This award provides […] More