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Elbit Systems of America has been awarded a $106 million contract to upgrade four Grumman C-1A aircraft for Brazil’s navy. The company will upgrade the aircraft’s engine, avionics, communication and ECS technologies and air-to-air refueling system, Elbit Systems of America said Tuesday. Elbit Systems of America will perform work for five years at the San Antonio, Texas-based […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won a $72.3 million contract to deliver target drones and technical services to the U.S. Air Force. The company’s Composite Engineering Inc. subsidiary will execute the order for lot 11 aerial targets, non-recurring engineering and support to the client, Kratos said Monday. Kratos’ Micro Systems company will also supply […] More
Accenture’s federal services subsidiary has won five task orders worth $19.8 million combined to maintain the U.S. Navy’s enterprise resource planning system and train users on the technology. The company will provide financial and supply chain systems support, technical system development and training support for the Naval Supply Systems Command’s Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-based business systems center, Accenture said […] More
QinetiQ North America has received a $17.5 million contract from the U.S. Army and a separate $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to refurbish and modernize the services’ TALON IV military robots. QNA will provide spare parts for the TALON systems fielded in Afghanistan and Iraq and upgrade services to help protect U.S. warfighters in operations, […] More
IBM has been selected to maintain the electronic staff record system of the U.K.’s National Health Service under a potential $660 million contract, Computerworld reported Tuesday. Charlotte Jee writes IBM will work to update the system’s user interface, integrate the ESR with NHS’ mail system, record employee photographs and deliver online payslips. The company will begin work […] More
Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority has won a $49 million contract to help NASA maintain and support the space agency’s Wallops, Virginia-based flight facility. NASA said Wednesday it began to issue tasks under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on Dec. 8 through Dec. 7, 2019. The contractor performs work at Wallops and other off-site facilities. More
Lockheed Martin and Solid Power have partnered to develop intercontinental ballistic missile battery systems under a two-year, $2.9 million U.S. Air Force contract awarded to Solid Power. Lockheed will help Solid Power perform electrochemical and environmental tests on the power cell units in order to comply with program requirements, Solid Power said Monday. Doug Campbell, president and CEO of Solid Power, said the companies intend […] More
Airbus‘ defense and space business unit has been selected to develop a satellite system for ocean surface topography measurements under a contract with the European Space Agency. The Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 satellite will work to measure the distance between the ocean surface and the satellite, and map the global ocean topography every 10 days, Airbus said Friday. The satellite will orbit […] More
Veris Group has been selected to offer information assurance services for Defense Department organizations. The company will provide information technology equipment, services and support to the offices of the defense secretary and director of administration and management through the Washington Headquarters Services, Veris Group said Wednesday. “Veris Group is pleased to work with WHS to support the agency’s IA requirements,†said […] More
Unisys has been awarded five-year, $7 million contract to provide Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s consumer safety information initiative. The CFPB intends to scale its information technology resources via the AWS cloud in order to fulfill consumer demand for safety information, Unisys said Thursday. “We look forward to helping CFPB provide critical information to consumers while enforcing the country’s […] More
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has been awarded $32 million contract to maintain maritime data sets in digital and hardcopy formats for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The company will provide digital mapping and charting services to NGA’s navigation office in order to help the armed services plan missions, navigate ships, protect critical infrastructure and prepare for disasters, CACI said Tuesday. The contract […] More
Airbus‘ defense and space business has won a $485.7 million contract with the European Space Agency to develop and build the service module for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft. Airbus will design the module to be based on the automated transfer vehicle the company built for ESA as a supply craft for the International Space Station, Airbus said Monday. The definition phase began […] More
