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    General Dynamics UK Facilitates Live-Fire Cannon Tests on Ajax Platform

    General Dynamics‘ U.K. land systems subsidiary and its partners completed live firing tests of a stabilized cannon and chain gun mounted on the U.K. army’s General Dynamics-built armored fighting vehicle. The team tested the CTA International-developed 40-millimeter cannon system integrated on the Ajax vehicle platform to record the recoil and blast stresses and other aspects of the firing, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The […] More

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    Dell Updates SonicWall Mobile OS; Patrick Sweeney Comments

    Dell‘s security unit has updated its operating system that works to provide SSL virtual private network access to applications, data and resources for remote workers who use mobile devices. The new SonicWall Secure Mobile Access version looks to help industry and government clients secure their networks across all data type, device and remote worker location, Dell said Wednesday. Dell […] More

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    DARPA Selects Vencore for DDoS Defense Program Research

    A business unit of Chantilly, Virginia-based defense contractor Vencore has received an estimated $7.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for research on a computer network defense program. Vencore Labs will provide research, development, test and evaluation services for the DARPA’s Extreme DDoS Defense program, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DARPA will obligate $2.1 million from fiscal 2015 […] More

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    Booz Allen to Help NASA Manage Aviation, Railroad Incident Reporting Systems

    NASA has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a potential five-year, $33.9 million contract to provide operations and maintenance services for the agency’s aviation and railroad incident reporting programs. Booz Allen will support the Aviation Safety Reporting System and the Confidential Close Call Reporting System for the agency as well as help research and develop similar systems, NASA said Thursday. The company will […] More

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    Avaya, India Telecom Minister to Discuss Rural Area Connectivity Expansion Plans; KT Rama Rao Comments

    Avaya has begun negotiations with India’s information technology and telecommunications minister for a possible digital and connectivity expansion in a rural state. The company’s “Digital Telangana” plan has a goal to will deliver connectivity to 8.5 million households — equivalent to more than 32 million people — in the state and surrounding rural areas through the end of […] More

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    NSA, Parsons Facilitate 2016 Cyber Defense Exercise; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    The National Security Agency and Parsons teamed up Monday to launch a four-day cybersecurity competition at the company’s Columbia, Md. cyber center for students from military institutions. At least 150 competitors participate in the Cyber Defense Exercise that tests their ability to defend computer networks against network security intrusions or compromises, the company said Tuesday. Teams design, build […] More

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    DLT, SimpliVity Forge Data Center Consultation Partnership for Federal Agencies

    DLT Solutions has partnered with hyperconverged infrastructure company SimpliVity in an effort to help federal agencies manage and operate their data centers. The alliance will work to unite all IT infrastructure and services below the hypervisor level and help organizations take control of their networks through virtualized workload protection, DLT said Tuesday. Brian Strosser, DLT’s chief operating officer, said […] More

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    Versar Secures 2 Army Reserve Support Service Task Orders; Tony Otten Comments

    Springfield, Virginia-based project management services company Versar has received two task orders worth $4.6 million combined from the U.S. Army Reserve. The company will continue its operations, planning, engineering and environmental technical program as part of a $3.5 million task order extension to support the 88th Reserve Support Command, Versar said Tuesday. Versar CEO Tony Otten said the […] More

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    State Dept Approves France’s $90M Request of Lockheed-Made Unitary Rocket Pods

    The State Department has approved a request by France to purchase Lockheed Martin-built unitary rocket pods and other related resources from the U.S. government under a $90 million foreign military sales agreement between both countries. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification to notify Congress of France’s request to buy Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System unitary rocket pods, DSCA […] More

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    NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Habitat Module After ISS Integration

    NASA will test a Bigelow Aerospace-developed human-rated expandable habitat to collect data for deep space habitat designs after the structure is installed on the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be attached to the space station’s Tranquility node using the Canadarm2 robotic arm on April 16 during an estimated four-hour attachment period, NASA said […] More

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    Lockheed ‘Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round’ Delivery Reaches 150,000 Mark

    Lockheed Martin has sent out its 150,000th delivery of its live-fire laser-guided bomb training units for U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and other international military customers. The Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round works to replicate the Paveway II laser-guided weapon systems and aid users to operate LGB capabilities while the tactical weapons inventory stays preserved, Lockheed said Monday. Joe […] More

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    UTC Subsidiary Awards F135 Engine Component Manufacturing Contracts to 4 Italian Aerospace Suppliers

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has awarded four Italy-based aerospace suppliers potential 10-year manufacturing contracts worth an estimated $17 million for the production of F135 engine components. Pratt & Whitney has selected Aerea, APR, Mepit and NCM to manufacture the engine components that will be integrated with the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft, Pratt & Whitney said Thursday. Cliff […] More