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Frank Kendall, former acquisition chief of the Defense Department, has said that DoD needs to ensure that it has “a healthy industrial base to support it†while performing its mission, USNI News reported Monday. He added that the military’s focus on readiness and force structure preservation efforts resulted in cuts to research and development funds. […] More
A subsidiary of General Dynamics has received a modification worth $11.4 million on a previously awarded contract for the supply of large vertical array fixtures for two U.S. Navy submarine classes. The modification exercises the first option year of General Dynamics Electric Boat‘s production of LVA fixtures for Ohio-class and Virginia-class ship sets, the Defense Department said […] More
Surmet has received a $7.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to deliver research and development on the transparent advanced production process used for Aluminum Oxynitride or ALON ceramic. The Defense Department said Friday services under the small business innovation research contract aim to have ALON’s manufacturing process meet DoD requirements for transparent armor and infrared sensor windows. The Air Force obligates $1.9 million in fiscal […] More
General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit has produced a capacitor technology designed to operate at high voltages and temperatures. The company said Wednesday the new capacitor works to support stable operation of power electronics at more than 1000 volts and temperatures as high as 500 degrees Celsius. Scott Forney, president of General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, said the […] More
DigitaliBiz has won a potential 66-month, $48.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide systems engineering and operational support services to the National Science Foundation‘s Division of Polar programs. The Defense Department said Friday the company will help NSF implement systems designed to manage airspace, quality operational meteorology, aviation ground and information systems. The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems […] More
L3 Technologies has won a seven-year, $9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to explore technologies that can facilitate cooperative engagement between munition systems deployed in a degraded communication environment. The Air Force Research Laboratory received two bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will obligate $1.7 million in fiscal 2017 research and development funds at the […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and an industry consortium have selected six university research centers to conduct research efforts that seek to address challenges related to microelectronic technologies under a potential five-year, $200 million cost-sharing program. Linton Salmon, manager of DARPA’s Joint University Microelectronics Program, said in a statement published Wednesday JUMP and the […] More
Barbaricum has won a potential five-year, $36 million contract to provide logistics services to the U.S. Army project manager for close combat systems program. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform logistics support for equipment the service branch will issue to NATO and allied forces. Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 19, 2023. The Army Contracting Command received three […] More
A BAE Systems business unit has received a potential $35 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy update military and technical systems on a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser. BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair will conduct depot-level maintenance, alteration and modification of the USS Cape St. George (CG 71) ship as part of a special selected restricted availability effort, the Defense Department said […] More
Seth Faith, former assistant professor at North Carolina State University’s Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed as research leader for Battelle‘s applied genomics program. Battelle said Thursday Faith previously worked as a technical leader in the nonprofit company’s human DNA forensics and genomics unit, where he led the development of a forensic human identification methodology. He also […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a $7.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to transfer an F-35 aircraft reprogramming laboratory system to a U.S. Air Force base in Florida. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company’s aeronautics business will transition the F-35 Australia, Canada, U.K. Reprogramming Laboratory system from a Lockheed facility in Fort Worth, Texas to Eglin Air Force […] More
The U.S. Air Force has selected Telos to automate risk management and compliance functions for the service branch’s two enterprise network environments. Telos said Wednesday it will provide its Xacta suite of information technology risk management and compliance automation tools to support the Air Force’s Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. John Wood, chairman and […] More
