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Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a $41 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to design, engineer, integrate and test an aircraft for the Airborne Mission Networking System. The Defense Department said Wednesday that SNC will also provide non-recurring engineering support along with material, over and above, travel and data deliverables under the sole-source […] More
Engility has joined a nonprofit consortium that aims to develop and promote strategies to secure cloud computing infrastructure in organizations. The company said Wednesday it plans to leverage the Cloud ASCEND platform and cyber and modernization experience to support the Cloud Security Alliance’s mission. Cloud ASCEND comprises commercial cloud tools and a proprietary methodology intended to help an […] More
A joint venture of BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins has received a $47.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command for the delivery of joint tactical radio systems to U.S. and coalition forces. Data Link Solutions will provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System JTRS units to replace legacy radios of the service branch […] More
The State Department has approved the Netherlands’ request to acquire an additional 70 Lockheed Martin-built AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles under a potential $34 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the proposed transaction will be an addition to a previously implemented FMS case for the procurement of 180 Hellfire II missiles and 24 M36E8 […] More
In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Kailos Genetics to help the biotechnology company further develop sequencing technologies that will have potential use in the intelligence community. Kailos said Tuesday it aims to continue development work on a next-generation sequencing laboratory and software platforms through the strategic partnership. Tom Gillespie, an investment partner at In-Q-Tel, said that […] More
Galois has received a $2.7 million contract to help the Office of Naval Research develop methods for the U.S. Navy to increase the resiliency of the service branch’s real-time and embedded military software systems. The company said Monday it seeks to utilize binary rewriting and software brittleness techniques to help the Navy reinforce control systems for cyber […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built missile defense system has demonstrated a capacity to detect, track and intercept a threat representative intermediate-range ballistic missile target during a flight test led by the Missile Defense Agency. Lockheed said Tuesday the test marked the first IRBM interception for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system currently installed at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska. Richard McDaniel, vice […] More
A KBR subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $27.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering products, hardware and technical services to the air traffic control and landing systems branch within the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. KBRwyle Technology Solutions will configure, evaluate, install, integrate, maintain, manage and test equipment that support […] More
Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a potential five-year, $11 million contract for rotational exercise design support services to a U.S. Army combat training facility located in Germany. The company said Tuesday it will support operational environments, audio and visual systems, public affairs, special operations and multinational interoperability efforts at the Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center. “JMRC’s location […] More
A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a contract to help define the Defense Department‘s future ground architecture under a Wideband Communications Architecture Study contract. RT Logic will work to develop satellite communications resiliency concepts in support of the federal government’s satellite and space defense program, Kratos said Tuesday. John Monahan, senior vice president […] More
Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary has received a multimillion dollar contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency create an interactive sense-making platform as part of efforts to advance scientific research on artificial intelligence. PARC said Monday it will develop the Common Ground Learning and Explanation system that may explain the performance capacity of autonomous systems. COGLE will […] More
Lockheed Martin has secured a $22.5 million contract to provide targeting pods for integration onto Bahrain’s F-16 aircraft fleet through a direct commercial sale. The order covers Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods, spares and support equipment and delivery of the ATP units is scheduled to begin early next year, Lockheed said Monday. Paul Lemmo, vice president of fire control […] More
