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    DHS OKs Iron Mountain-Summit Technical Solutions Mentorship Agreement

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has approved a new mentor-protege arrangement between Iron Mountain and Summit Technical Solutions. STS said Wednesday it is the first small business to engage in Iron Mountain’s mentor-protege program under DHS in efforts to enhance STS’ technical and management practices. Kelly Terrien, STS president and CEO, said the small business looks forward to learning […] More

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    Rockwell Collins to Deliver 2,000 GPS Receivers for Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots

    Rockwell Collins will deliver approximately 2,000 MicroGRAM GPS receivers to Neya Systems and Northrop Grumman to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday the GPS receivers will be integrated into Neya’s Autonomous Behavior Capability Module that will support AEODRS Increment 1 — the first of three robots under the AEODRS program. MicroGRAM […] More

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    L-3 Subsidiary Receives Navy Delivery Order for EO Sensor System Depot Spares

    L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 KEO has received a $9.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide MK 46 and MK 20 electro-optical sensor system depot spares. The Defense Department said Wednesday L-3 KEO will deliver the spares for the Navy as well as the government of South Korea under the foreign military sales program. L-3 acquired Danaher Corp.‘s Kollmorgen […] More

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    CSRA Subsidiary Lands Alabama Supercomputer Network Services Recompete

    The CSRA subsidiary CSC State and Local Solutions has received a five-year, $96 million contract from Alabama’s state supercomputing agency to provide network and internet connections to 550 institutions within the state’s academic community. CSRA said Wednesday the recompeted contract covers services to support schools, school districts, community colleges, universities and libraries across Alabama. Paul Nedzbala, executive vice president for CSRA’s health and civil […] More

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    Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets

    ArmorSource has been awarded a contract to produce 10,000 lightweight helmets for the U.S. Marine Corps and is scheduled to deliver the helmets in the first three quarters of 2017. It represents the third order the company has received from U.S. government clients since January 2016, Yoav Kapah, president and CEO of ArmorSource, said in a statement issued Tuesday. […] More

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    FedEx Secures GPO Printing & Digital Services Recompete Contract

    FedEx has been awarded a Government Publishing Office re-compete contract to provide the agency printing, binding, finishing, banner, sign production and direct mail services under the GPOExpress program. Federal agency employees enrolled in GPOExpress receive a card that gives holders discounted FedEx Office service rates in more than 1,800 stores, the global shipping service provider said Monday. FedEx added it partnered with the agency on […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker for Government Achieves FedRAMP Certification

    Skyhigh Networks can deploy its cloud security and government policy compliance platform to federal agencies after its certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Skyhigh said Tuesday its Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker for Government platform works to provide a software-as-a-service offering to help agencies meet security requirements and achieve U.S. “cloud first” policy compliance. CASB for Government is designed to facilitate […] More

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    Raytheon Establishes UAS Directorate Within Missiles Systems Product Line

    Raytheon has created an unmanned aircraft systems directorate under its advanced missile systems product line in Arizona in efforts to consolidate the elements of small UAS production including airframe, payload integration and command-and-control technology. The company said Tuesday it will also increase delivery of its Coyote and Silver Fox UAS platforms to address a growth in small UAS demand. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon […] More

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    Boeing’s Insitu to Equip ScanEagle UAS with Maritime Surveillance Tech

    Boeing subsidiary Insitu has partnered with Hood Technologies and Sentient to integrate maritime detection technology into Insitu-built small unmanned aerial systems such as the ScanEagle UAS. Insitu said Tuesday it aims to equip its ScanEagle with the Visual Detection and Ranging system that is designed to scan the ocean in a 180-degree arc around the front of a drone. The ViDAR software — developed by Sentient’s vision systems business – works to […] More

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    Raytheon Secures Socom Contract to Produce ‘Silent Knight’ Radar System

    Raytheon has landed a potential $49.5 million contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command to continue low-rate initial production of the Silent Knight radar system. The company’s space and airborne systems business will perform work in McKinney, Texas, and Forest, Mississippi, through October 2018 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Silent Knight radar works to serve as a terrain following […] More

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    Orbital ATK to Launch Thaicom 8 Broadcast Comms Satellite in Late May

    Orbital ATK has delivered the Thaicom 8 communications satellite that it built for Thaicom to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to prepare for a scheduled May launch. The Dulles, Virginia-headquartered company said Friday Thaicom 8 is based on its GEOStar-2TM platform and is designed to support Thailand’s broadcast industry and deliver broadcast and data services to clients across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. […] More

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    Army Selects 3 Companies for Medical Equipment Supply Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded positions on a multi-year, $49.4 million contract to TQM Inc., Lighthouse for the Blind and MSGI Corp. to deliver a wide range of medical and laboratory equipment to Army medical units. The Defense Department said Monday the indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract also includes surgical, dental, pharmaceutical and veterinary equipment as well as materiel sets for nonmedical and medical support programs of […] More