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    Boeing Invests in Space Connectivity Tech Maker BridgeSat; Brian Schettler Quoted

    Boeing‘s venture capital arm has invested in BridgeSat through a recent Series B funding round to help the latter company accelerate deployment of an optical system for space-based connectivity services. Brian Schettler, managing director of Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures organization, said in a statement released Monday the company seeks to facilitate digital transition in satellite communications through […] More

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    Sikorsky to Demo Black Hawk Utility Helicopter With Autonomous Tech

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary is conducting ground checks to prepare a medium-lift utility helicopter equipped with a robotic co-pilot kit for initial flight tests slated to commence by the end of the year, Rotor & Wing reported Friday. The upcoming flight demonstration of an automated UH-60A Black Hawk will culminate a decade-long collaborative effort of Sikorsky, the U.S. Army and the Defense […] More

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    SAIC Receives Industry Award for Navy Training Support Services; Josh Jackson Quoted

    Military Simulation and Training Magazine has recognized Science Applications International Corp. for the company’s training support for U.S. Navy fleet personnel. SAIC said Friday it received the publication’s Industry Award for Excellence in Outstanding Service and Support Program in recognition of its work under the service branch’s Fleet Forces Command Fleet Training Support/Fleet Deployment Training Program. The company has […] More

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    Air Force Seeks Industry Proposals to Update Pilot Training Program

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to suggest specific adaptations of commercial off-the-shelf systems for the second round of the service’s training program for pilots, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. The Air Force’s AFWERX innovation hub seeks prototypes or fielded technologies in data science, artificial intelligence, biometrics, simulator development, virtual reality and adult education […] More

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    Cubic Named Preferred Bidder on San Francisco Bay Area’s Fare System Modernization Project

    The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission has selected Cubic as the agency’s preferred contractor to update the fare collection system in California’s Bay Area. Cubic said Friday its transportation systems business aims to modernize the Clipper electronic fare payment being used by 22 transit agencies across the region if the commission awards the project to the company after a three-stage approval […] More

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    Northrop to Produce Software for Navy Electronic Navigation System

    Northrop Grumman has won a potential $17.2M contract to produce and engineer a software platform for integration into the U.S. Navy’s primary computer-based navigation plotting system. The company will provide the software as part of a project to modernize the hardware and cyber operating system of the Electronic Chart and Display Information System, the Defense […] More

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    Engility Wins 2 Army Software Support Task Orders; Scott Whatmough Quoted

    Engility has won a pair of task orders under a potential five-year, $45M contract for support services to the U.S. Army’s Armament Software Engineering Center. The company said Friday it seeks to help the center develop and sustain software as well as provide process assurance support for military weapons, training and combat support platforms. Scott Whatmough, senior vice […] More

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    DLT Selected for Nationwide Purchasing System Contract Vehicle

    DLT Solutions has received access to a national purchasing medium that includes Google and Amazon Web Services among its members. The company will now be able to offer a wide range of technology services to state and local public sector customers via competitive contracts acquired through The Interlocal Purchasing System vehicle, DLT said Thursday. The Herndon, […] More

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    Leidos Recognized for Public Sector, Defense Industry Innovation Efforts; John Fratamico Quoted

    A consortium of defense publications has recognized Leidos for its contributions to the industry and public sector. The company said Thursday it was selected for the industry innovator and public sector innovation categories in this year’s Government Innovation Awards. Leidos was bestowed the “Industry Innovator” award for its cloud-based Leidos Enterprise Application Framework system containing reusable software development applications. […] More

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    NASA Wants Input on Service-Based Air Traffic Mgmt Plan

    NASA wants input from the aviation industry and related sectors on the agency’s plan to formulate a service-based air traffic management system meant to support autonomous and collaborative flight operations. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says NASA looks to levearage fast-time and human-in-the-loop simulations that will focus on the National Airspace System’s northeast region as part of the eXploration initiative’s increasing […] More

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    Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement

    Textron’s Bell subsidiary has signed a cooperative agreement with NASA to design, build and integrate an unmanned aircraft system for the agency’s planned 2020 flight demonstration effort in national airspace. Bell will lead a team composed of Textron Systems, Xwing and the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere to demonstrate potential commercial missions […] More

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    DHS Issues RFI for Training Management System Procurement Effort

    The Department of Homeland Security has sought information on potential contractors that can provide the Immigration and Customs Enforcement with an enterprise training management platform. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says ICE wants a training management system designed to handle various training formats, course curriculums, accreditation requirements, evaluation, analytical and reporting tools in support of […] More