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    Northrop Unit Lands Navy Order for Production Support on Inertial Navigation Systems

    A Northrop Grumman business unit has received a $21.7 million order from the U.S. Navy to provide production and technical support for self-contained inertial navigation systems to be installed onboard Navy surface ships. The Defense Department said Friday the AN/WSN-7 Ring Laser Gyroscope navigation system is designed to feature ring laser gyroscope technology and replace gyrocompasses that are currently deployed on the service branch’s […] More

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    DoD’s Finance Org Taps immixGroup Subsidiary for Business Activity Monitoring Services

    ImmixTechnology, a subsidiary of immixGroup, has received a potential $39 million contract to provide business activity monitoring support to the Defense Finance Accounting Service. The labor-hour, firm-fixed-price contract covers the identification of improper payments in legacy payment platforms and reconciliation services in support of the U.S. Navy‘s audit assertion efforts with regard to its funds balance with the Treasury, the […] More

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    Navy Orders $88M in Harris Airborne EW Jammers; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris Corp. will produce and deliver electronic warfare jamming systems for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of F/A-18 fighter jets under an $88 million modification to a contract the military service awarded in July last year. The Navy asked the company to provide 48 EW jammers as part of the service branch’s Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures initiative, Harris said […] More

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    NASA Taps Aerojet Rocketdyne for $67M Solar Electric Propulsion System Devt Contract; Julie Van Kleeck Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential $67 million contract to develop an electric propulsion system for integration with NASA’s Solar Electric Propulsion space vehicles. The company said Thursday the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded under the Advanced Electric Propulsion System program and covers development and qualification work on five 12.5-kilowatt Hall thruster subsystems for the Solar Electric […] More

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    Harris Nabs Two Orders From European Customer for Tactical Radio Supply

    Harris has acquired two orders worth an estimated $29 million combined from an undisclosed European customer to provide Falcon tactical radios. The company will supply its Falcon product line, including AN/PRC-152A wideband networking handheld radios, AN/PRC-117G multiband networking manpack radios and AN/PRC-150C HF/VHF tactical radios as part of a standardization program that seeks to address interoperability challenges during coalition operations, […] More

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    European Commission Taps ICF Subsidiary for Event Mgmt Services

    An ICF International subsidiary has secured a potential four-year, $36.8 million contract to help the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises carry out its work to plan, organize and launch different types of events. ICF Mostra will also provide event management services to EC directorates-general for climate action, agriculture and rural development, mobility and transport, energy and internal […] More

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    Steve Jurczyk: NASA Picks 399 Proposals for Phase 1 Contract Negotiations on Space-Related R&D

    NASA has chosen 341 Small Business Innovation Research and 58 Small Business Technology Transfer proposals on space-related research and development for Phase I negotiations on contracts potentially worth $49.7 million. The selected proposals will receive six-month contracts worth up to $125,000 and support the development of technologies in fields including aeronautics, science, human exploration and space technology, NASA said […] More

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    Raytheon Gets Navy Follow-On Contract for Fire Scout UAS Software Update

    Raytheon has received a potential $21.6 million contract to continue to provide software updates in support of the 2016 tactical control system Linux cyber baseline of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system. The company will perform work in Dulles, Virginia, through October 2018 under the sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The […] More

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    Raytheon BBN to Develop Online Search Tool Under DHS Data Privacy Initiative

    A Raytheon subsidiary has been awarded a $1.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to help build a tool for DHS to search multiple websites at once. Raytheon BBN Technologies will develop online search technology as part of DHS’ Privacy Preserving Federated Search and Sharing initiative, the department said Tuesday. DHS seeks deployable privacy-enhancing tools through […] More

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    Engility Lands 4 Contracts With Intelligence Community; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received four contracts worth approximately $102 million combined from the Intelligence Community during the first quarter of 2016. Intelligence agencies made the awards in the form of recompete, sole-source and new contracts, Engility said Wednesday. The contracts are in addition to a potential five-year, $82 million contract awarded by the Defense Department to Engility in […] More

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    Elbit Systems to Deliver Software-Based Tactical Radios to European Customer

    Elbit Systems has secured a three-year, $20 million contract to supply an undisclosed number of mobile radio systems for a Western European client’s tactical communications. The company said Tuesday its software-based E-LynX radio system works to help military users transmit  voice, data and video. “The modern battlefield requires sophisticated networking capabilities for the maneuvering forces as an infrastructure for […] More

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    ICF Nabs 2 Contracts From California DOT for Environmental Services

    ICF International has secured two four-year contracts potentially worth $16.1 million combined from California’s Transportation Department. Both contracts cover on-call environmental services for the maintenance, development and construction of Caltrans’ proposed transportation facilities in the north region, ICF said Tuesday. David Freytag, a senior vice president for ICF International, said the company looks to continue its push to […] More