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    PAE Gets $72M Navy Test Range Support Contract Option

    PAE will continue to help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division engineer, operate and maintain the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic test range under a $72M contract modification. The modification exercises an option in a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and will include range sustainability, testing and data reduction services to NAWCAD’s marine operations division, the Department of Defense said Monday. […] More

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    Kevin Fahey: DoD Eyes Cybersecurity Certification Method for Vendors

    Kevin Fahey, assistant defense secretary for acquisition, has said the Department of Defense considers implementing a cybersecurity certification process for contractors within the next year, Nextgov reported Thursday. The process aims to ensure that vendors comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework and related standards. “That will be the first step, […] More

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    DoD Taps C3’s AI Tech for F-35 Mission Data Compilation

    The Department of Defense has selected C3 to provide an artificial intelligence-based tool that will work to compile data for F-35 deployments and missions, Defense One reported Thursday. The report said DoD normally takes 18 months to collect all Mission Data Files that help personnel to plan upcoming fighter aircraft operations and now wants to accelerate the […] More

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    Report: DoD Plans Military Comms Tech Modernization

    The Department of Defense intends to develop new communications platforms as part of an initiative to optimize and streamline the military’s infrastructure, National Defense reported Friday. DoD plans to leverage cloud computing and satellite communications to support the use of next-generation technologies for the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. John Morris, chief engineer at […] More

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    BAE Awarded $79M Contract for USS Shoup FY19 Depot Modernization

    BAE Systems has received a two-year, $78.8M contract from the U.S. Navy to support the maintenance, modernization and repair of the service’s USS Shoup, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The San Diego, Calif.-based company will provide facilities and human resources required for the ship’s fiscal year 2019 Depot Modernization Period Availability, the Department of Defense said […] More

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    General Dynamics Books $58M Army Contract for Abrams Protection System Kits

    General Dynamics‘ land systems business has received a $58M contract to provide expedited active protection system kits for the U.S. Army‘s Abrams M1A2 battle tank. The company will deliver mounting and ballast kits for the system under the firm-fixed price contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The service branch obligated an initial amount of […] More

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    L3 Secures $84M Army Mine Detection System Production Contract

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary will produce mine detection platforms for the U.S. Army under a potential five-year, $83.9M contract. L3’s Security and Detection Systems business will also provide support services for the AN/PSS-14 countermine system, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Work under the firm-fixed-price contract will run through Nov. 20, 2023. AN/PSS-14 uses a ground […] More

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    Boeing Gets $75M USAF Airborne Command Post Logistics Support Order

    Boeing has received a one-year, $75M order from the U.S. Air Force to provide logistics support services for an aircraft platform built to function as a command-and-control post in the event of a national emergency. The order is for E-4B support work and part of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity sustainment contract, the Department of Defense said […] More

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    General Dynamics Awarded Navy Submarine Repair Contract Modification

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will continue to help the U.S. Navy repair non-nuclear submarines under a one-year, $46.2M contract modification. Work will take place in New London, Conn., and covers overhaul, corrective and preventive maintenance, field changes, interim modification and upgrades, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will also provide ancillary services and/or supplies […] More

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    ManTech Receives Task Order for Marine Tech R&D Services; Kevin Phillips Quoted

    ManTech will provide technology research and development services to the U.S. Marine Corps under a potential 44-month, $35M task order. The company said Wednesday it plans to explore emerging technologies that have potential interoperability, reusability, mapping and scalability applications to the military service’s priority operational requirements. Focus areas of the R&D project include aviation, electronic warfare, artificial intelligence, logistics, weaponry, […] More

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    DoD Puts SafeNet Encryption Tech on Approved Products List

    The Defense Department has certified SafeNet Assured Technologies‘ encryption technology designed to secure data across an Ethernet network. SafeNet said Wednesday its CN9000 series of encryptors can be found on the DoD Information Network Approved Products List under the fixed network element category. The approval signifies that the technology has met the department’s interoperability and information assurance requirements. Kirk Spring, president of SafeNet, […] More