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InQuisient has unveiled a new tool that aims to help federal chief information officers meet Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act requirements. The company said Wednesday FITARA Fast Track works to assist CIOs by providing an automated daily management tool to streamline the acquisition process. The tool also aims to function as a portfolio management tool that could tie […] More
Meggitt Training Systems has received a $5.8 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps to produce 166 small arms training systems for use in marksmanship, collective and judgmental scenarios. The company said Tuesday this third order makes a total of $25 million worth of awards placed so far for the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainers system under a $32.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. Kathleen […] More
Avnet subsidiary Avnet Government Solutions has added NetApp products and services to its General Services Administration schedule in efforts to offer data storage and management technology to government agencies. Avnet said Wednesday it aims to give partners access to NetApp technology through Avnet’s IT Schedule 70. Pete Rzonca, Avnet Government Solutions president, said public sector clients can use the technology to […] More
Galois has been awarded a $6.2 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to test the privacy of systems for DARPA’s Brandeis program. The Galois-led Testing and Modeling of Brandeis Artifacts team comprised of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland College Park, Hebrew University and Charles River Analytics will work on the project, Galois said Feb.18. Galois […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary Composite Engineering Inc. was awarded $18.7 million for the Lot 12 option of the Air Force Subscale Aerial Target contract. The company said Tuesday CEi will provide 21 additional AFSAT aircraft with associated warranty as part of Lot 12. The target aircraft systems serve as enemy threat surrogates that could simulate the performance characteristics of […] More
PARC has received funds from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop a mobile application model that will cater to individual travelers and drive energy savings in transportation. Under ARPA-E’s Traveler Response Architecture using Novel Signaling for Network Efficiency in Transportation program, the Xerox-owned company said Tuesday it will partner with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to build […] More
The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has awarded the first Innovation Other Transaction Solicitation contract worth $200,000 to California-based small business Pulzze Systems to help secure the Internet of Things. The OTS award requires optimization of situational awareness and security of the Internet of Things, including the 16 critical infrastructure sectors tracked by DHS, the department said […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded contract modifications to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin for the Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System program. The Defense Department said Friday the modification awarded to Raytheon will increase the total value of its contract to $18.9 million, while the “other transaction” agreement Lockheed landed will amount to $14.9 million. MAD-FIRES aims to […] More
General Dynamics landed a $34.7 million foreign military sale contract to provide logistics support for Taiwan’s Improved Mobile Subscriber Equipment system. The Defense Department said Friday the firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract has an estimated completion date of Dec. 28, 2019. General Dynamics will carry out work in Taiwan. The mobile subscriber equipment system is the U.S military’s tactical communications network developed in […] More
 TechNavio released a new report in February on global military manpack and vehicular radio systems that includes the research firm’s list of the top five vendors in the field and other prominent companies. The Global Military Manpack and Vehicular Radios Market 2016-2020 report named Barrett Communications, Finmeccanica, Harris, Radmor and Thales as the five key vendors in the market while Codan, Elbit Systems, […] More
Millennium Space Systems has has started to integrate a spacecraft bus into a U.S. Air Force testbed sponsored by the Space and Missile Systems Center and managed by NASA. The Wide Field Of View spacecraft bus platform is projected to be “functionally integrated, tested and checked out by summer 2016,” Millennium said Feb. 15. The spacecraft is based on […] More
The U.S Navy has awarded the Cardno TEC–AECOM joint venture a $50 million environmental planning and engineering services contract. The Defense Department said Monday the joint venture will provide construction, renovation, demolition, dredging, base realignment and closure and operational services for ship homeporting and waterfront activities. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Atlantic area […] More
