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    General Atomics to Build UAS Ground Control Station for Air Force

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a $39.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to build a ground control station for the company-built Predator unmanned aircraft system. GA-ASI is scheduled to complete work by March 25, 2019, the Defense Department said Monday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate the full amount of the modification at the […] More

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    Navy Orders Raytheon Missile Fire Control System Equipment Shipsets

    Raytheon has landed a $37.3 million modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option on a previously awarded contract for the supply of missile fire control system equipment ship sets. The Defense Department said Monday that Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will produce two MFCS MK 99 equipment ship sets to help address the military branch’s Aegis Weapon […] More

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    DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for Crunchy Data’s PostgreSQL Database

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a Security Technical Implementation Guide for Crunchy Data Solutions‘ relational database management platform. DISA’s STIG for Crunchy Data’s PostgreSQL database seeks to guide agencies on how to field the database platform in government-run networks in compliance with the Defense Department’s security requirements, the company said Thursday. PostgreSQL is an open-source database that comes with the […] More

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    Lockheed Secures Air Force SMC Engineering, Operations Support Contract

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has received a $47 million contract to perform engineering, development and sustainment support at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers engineering and operations services to SMC’s ground systems and space operations division. Work will occur through Jan. 5, 2019, at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, […] More

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    Sikorsky Gets Aircraft Spares Delivery Order for Marine Corps CH-53K Test Article

    Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received a $32.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to produce aircraft spares and provide manufacturing labor services for a test article of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ heavy-lift transport helicopter system. The Defense Department said Friday that Sikorsky will perform contract work in Stratford, Connecticut, through May 2019 in support of […] More

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    UES to Develop Laser Hardened Materials for Air Force

    UES has received a $48.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop laser hardened materials. The Defense Department said Friday the company will support the Laser Materials for Blue Systems Survivability program that covers the development of components, materials and systems in various configurations and performance parameters. The LaMBSS program aims to understand the effect of […] More

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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino Examines Covered Defense Info Clause’s Potential Implications for Cloud Service Providers

    Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, has said companies that provide cloud services to the Defense Department should consider three potential implications of a Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause and one of those is the use of the clause in solicitations. Rossino wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that DoD contracting staff may alter […] More

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    Alisha Poland Named Fulcrum Business Devt Director; Jeff Handy Comments

    Alisha Poland, a 10-year business operations and capture management professional, has been named director of business development at Fulcrum. The company said Thursday that Poland will oversee the company’s BD efforts in support of civilian and federal programs. “Alisha’s experience and established relationships will continue Fulcrum’s commitment to strengthen connections with our existing customers and forge partnerships with […] More

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    Navy Orders Elbit Systems-Built Helmet Display Tracker Systems for MH-60 Aircraft

    An Elbit Systems subsidiary has secured a $49.9 million contract to supply helmet display tracker systems and related line items for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 helicopters. Elbit Systems of America will deliver 126 HDTS units that will work to help the Navy’s MH-60 aircrews gain situational awareness and recognize targets through pilot/copilot line-of-sight function, the Defense Department said Wednesday. HDTS is also […] More

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    Leonardo-Hensoldt Team Eyes International Market for Mode 5 ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Platform

    Leonardo and Hensoldt, formerly Airbus’ electronics and border security business, have agreed to partner to market the former’s Mode 5 identification friend-or-foe system to potential customers worldwide. The U.K. defense ministry has selected the Leonardo-Hensoldt team, also known as Team Skytale, to update IFF systems on at least 400 aerial, maritime and ground vehicles, Leonardo said […] More

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    Booz Allen Gets $59M Navy Contract for Professional Support Services

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a five-year, $59 million contract to provide professional support services to the military branch’s battlespace awareness and information operations program office, or PMW 120. Booz Allen said Wednesday the contract covers acquisition, program, installation and operations management support for 21 Defense Department programs led by PMW 120. The company will also help manage the […] More

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    Boeing Lands Contract Option for Navy Shipboard Network Engineering Support

    Boeing has received a potential one-year, $13.7 million contract option to continue to provide technical engineering and design agent support services for the AN/USQ-82(V) Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System aboard the U.S. Navy’s DDG 51-class destroyers. The Defense Department said Wednesday the exercised option on a previously awarded contract covers purchases for the service branch as […] More