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    Lockheed, Air Force’s 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Collaborate on F-35 Maintenance

    A team of Lockheed Martin maintainers has partnered with airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit to sustain the U.S. Air Force‘s F-35 jets in preparation for a turnover of maintenance responsibilities. Lockheed currently maintains all 62nd AMU F-35s and will turn over aircraft maintenance responsibilities to the Air Force beginning June, the service branch said Jan. 24. “We can’t afford to have any […] More

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    Iridium Taps SpaceX for Rideshare Launch of NEXT, NASA-GFZ Satellites; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications has inked an agreement with SpaceX to launch additional communication satellites alongside the twin satellites of a collaborative mission between NASA and the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences. Iridium said Tuesday the launch of five Iridium NEXT satellites with the NASA/GFZ Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On payload aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in early 2018 is the company’s […] More

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    Navy Taps Smartronix to Help NAWCAD Implement Communication Electronic Systems

    Smartronix has landed a one-year, $26.7 million contract with the U.S. Navy to support the special communications mission solutions division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The Defense Department said Monday that Smartronix will provide services intended to help NAWCAD implement telecommunication and related communications-electronic systems  for data, video and voice information exchange. Services covered by the […] More

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    VA Taps CGI for Healthcare Claims Auditing, Recovery Services; Michael Garbus Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen CGI to provide healthcare claims auditing and recovery services via the company’s set of financial waste, fraud and abuse identification and tracking system. CGI said Monday the Veterans Health Administration‘s Office of Community Care will oversee the company’s utilization of the ProperPay platform to help VA identify improper payments for […] More

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    DOE Issues RFI on Ideas for Regional Energy Innovation Ecosystem Dev’t

    The Energy Department‘s Office of the Undersecretary for Science and Energy seeks input on how to build and foster local and regional innovation ecosystems on energy technologies and energy use. DOE said in a request for information posted Wednesday on the Federal Register that it created a web-based temporary public ideation tool on the IdeaBuzz.com […] More

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    BAE, TAI to Collaborate on 1st Dev’t Phase of Turkish Air Force Fighter Jet Program

    BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries have inked a “Heads of Agreement” deal to collaborate on the first phase of a fighter jet development program for Turkey’s air force ahead of a potential $125 million contract. BAE said Saturday the deal follows a pre-contract study phase where the company worked with TAI on the TF-X fighter aircraft. “The […] More

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    General Atomics Subsidiary Creates Predator B Variant Designed for Non-Military Operations

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has introduced a “type-certifiable” version of the Predator B remotely piloted aircraft designed to operate under airworthiness requirements of non-military airspace. General Atomics said Friday it showcased the SkyGuardian RPA to an audience of international dignitaries from nine nations. SkyGuardian is designed to also comply with NATO and U.K. airworthiness requirements. “The SkyGuardian name reflects […] More

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    SAP Adds CSRA to PartnerEdge Program; Yogesh Khanna Comments

    CSRA has joined a SAP-run program that offers a range of resources and tools designed to help foster mutual business development among participating information technology companies. CSRA said Friday it seeks to offer a portfolio of enterprise business services via SAP’s PartnerEdge program as well as support the customization and deployment of SAP platforms for government clients such as the Customs and Border Protection, Agriculture Department […] More

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    Boeing Unveils Spacesuit for Future CST-100 Starliner Passengers; Chris Ferguson Comments

    Boeing has introduced a spacesuit to be worn by passengers on spacecraft the company has built to support NASA‘s manned missions to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations. The Boeing Blue spacesuit future CST-100 Starliner crew is designed to increase pressurized mobility and weighs nearly 40 percent lighter than previously used spacesuits, the company said Wednesday. “Spacesuits have […] More

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    Navy Explores Potential Sources of USV Mine Neutralizer for Littoral Combat Ships

    The Department of the Navy has launched a market research effort to determine if two or more companies can help the government manufacture, assemble and test a mine neutralizer system for unmanned surface vehicles. A request for information notice posted Wednesday on the FedBizOpps website says the Navy plans to add a Barracuda Mine Neutralizer mission module to the LCS […] More

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    General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of 5th Navy Expeditionary Sea Base

    General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has kicked off construction of a follow-on mobile sea base for the U.S. Navy under a previously awarded contract. The company said Thursday the fifth ship in the military branch’s Expeditionary Transfer Dock/ Expeditionary Sea Base program will be built with a 52,000-square-foot flight deck, accommodation areas for up to 250 personnel, repair, mission planning, fuel and equipment storage rooms. […] More