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    Lifeport Awarded 5-Year DLA Medical Equipment Supply Contract

    Lifeport, a Sikorsky company, has won a $24 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply hospital and medical equipment to U.S. military organizations. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Lifeport will deliver the equipment to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps as well as federal civilian agencies through May 23, 2021. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support will use fiscal year […] More

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    AAR Subsidiary Secures Transcom Contract Extension for Rotary-Wing Services in Afghanistan

    The U.S. Transportation Command has awarded a potential nine-month, $33.5 million contract extension to an AAR subsidiary to provide rotary-wing services in Afghanistan. Airlift Group will continue to provide maintenance, logistics and flight operations support for four rotary-wing passenger and cargo aircraft of the U.S. Central Command, AAR said Monday. Steven Harrison, AAR Airlift Group president, said the […] More

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    Fairfax County to Adopt Airbus 911 Call Handling Platform; Bob Freinberg Comments

    Fairfax County, Virginia will install an Airbus-built call handling platform into the jurisdiction’s future 911 system for use by more than 1.1 million residents. Airbus said Monday it will provide the company’s Vesta 9-1-1 call handling platform to Fairfax County in support of the latter’s contract to General Dynamics for work to help develop, deploy, maintain and support a “next-generation” 911 network. Steve McMurrer, Fairfax […] More

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    DARPA Taps DRS Technologies to Update Focal Plane Arrays on Infrared Sensors

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to DRS Technologies to update the company’s ultra-small pixel infrared focal plane arrays under DARPA’s Lambda Scale program. The FPAs work to support the functions of cooled infrared sensors to address pilot situational awareness and visibility concerns, DRS said Monday. The company uses thin-film deposition technology and a high-density capacitance […] More

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    Matt Desch: Iridium Releases Positioning, Navigation & Timing Tech Offering

    Iridium Communications has introduced a technology platform the company designed to help users access satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing data in locations where GPS services are limited or unavailable. The Satellite Time and Location system will work to verify GPS, Galileo and Glonass navigation signals when deployed through Iridium’s constellation of cross-linked satellites in low-Earth orbit, the company said Monday. Matt Desch, Iridium CEO, […] More

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    DMI-Telit Alliance Creates Cloud-Based IoT Platform for Enterprise Clients; Sunny Bajaj Comments

    DMI and Telit have partnered to develop an Internet of Things platform intended to help organizations connect devices to web-based or mobile applications and enterprise systems. The cloud-based Telit IoT Portal is designed to offer a single access point for customers to integrate their data from remote equipment with databases, apps and dashboards, DMI said Thursday. “As the Internet of Things continues its exponential growth around the world, enterprises […] More

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    Defense News: Lockheed’s Lorraine Martin Discusses ALIS Integration to AF F-35A Units

    Lockheed Martin is looking to address deadline challenges in its work to integrate the Autonomic Logistics Information System to be used on U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets, Defense News reported Sunday. Jill Aitoro writes Lorraine Martin, deputy executive vice president for Lockheed’s mission systems and training segment, told the publication ALIS manages and fields all F-35 operations […] More

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    Centerra to Continue Fire, Emergency Mgmt Services at Cape Canaveral AF Station

    Centerra Group has secured a five-year contract to provide fire protection and emergency medical services at a 15,000-acre U.S. Air Force base in Florida. The company said Wednesday it will continue to operate multiple fire stations as well as perform emergency response support for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Centerra will also support all launch events at the site and respond to aircraft and vehicular incidents, structural […] More

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    Airbus Secures Potential $728M Subcontract to Support UK Military Training Program

    The Lockheed Martin–Babcock International joint venture Ascent Flight Training has awarded a potential 17-year, $728 million subcontract to Airbus for service as the primary aircraft service provider for a U.K. military training initiative. Airbus will manufacturer and deliver rotorcraft with an integrated support system over 18 months with an intended start date for training in April 2018, plus also oversee the development of support […] More

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    Lockheed Eyes On-Orbit Re-Programmability for Air Force GPS III Satellites

    Lockheed Martin will work to provide an on-orbit re-programmability feature for the U.S. Air Force‘s future global positioning system satellites in response to changing requirements. The company will seek to demonstrate this feature of the GPS III system over the next two years under the Air Force’s GPS III Space Vehicles 11+ Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract, Lockheed said Thursday. […] More

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    Herrick Technology Labs to Build Multi-Mission RF Transceiver for Air Force

    Herrick Technology Laboratories has won a $24.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop poly-function transceiver software and hardware. The Defense Department said Thursday that HTL aims to deliver a software-based radio frequency transceiver that can support the Air Force’s multiple tactical missions in the  electromagnetic spectrum. The Air Force Research Laboratory will obligate $3.1 million from fiscal 2015 and […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    Raytheon, American University Org Form Cyber Research & Education Partnership; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon will partner with American University’s Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center in an effort to help address prevention, detection and response challenges through cybersecurity research and education. The company said Thursday it has provided initial funds for the university’s newly-launched KCGC unit in support of Raytheon’s commitment to help promote governance in cybersecurity. “Teaming with academia is foundational […] More