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    Altamira Secures Intell Community Mission System Support Contract

    Altamira Technologies has secured a five-year, $18 million contract to perform classified full life cycle development, engineering and sustainment work on a mission critical system that supports the U.S. intelligence community. The company said Friday the contract will expand the company’s portfolio in Chantilly, Virginia, the reach of its business in other mission areas. “This award represents a deepening relationship with one of […] More

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    Trowbridge & Trowbridge Awarded Navy IT, Cybersecurity Support Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Trowbridge & Trowbridge a $23.4 million contract for  information technology, system administration and cybersecurity services to the Naval Air Warfare Center’s weapons division. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers hardware, software, licensing, technical support, lab warranty services, technological refreshment and enhancements, life cycle support and customer services. Work will occur […] More

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    ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Sends NRO Payload Into Space

    The Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calfornia. ULA said Wednesday the Atlas V lifted off with the NROL-79 payload at 12:50 p.m. Eastern time as part of NRO’s national defense mission. The rocket is based on the Evolved […] More

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    Juniper’s Tim Solms: DoD Should Integrate Automation, SDN With Data Center Consolidation

    Tim Solms, vice president for U.S. federal business and managing director of worldwide government at Juniper Networks, has said the Defense Department should implement automation and software-defined networking efforts as it works to consolidate data centers. Solms wrote in a commentary for Federal News Radio published Monday that the adoption of SDN and automation seeks to help […] More

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    Exostar Updates Enterprise Collaboration Tool for Govt Security Standard Compliance

    Exostar has updated its multi-tenant enterprise collaboration platform to comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security controls and Defense Department‘s cybersecurity directives. The company said Tuesday its collaboration technology offering is a software-as-a-service platform designed to help defense companies, subcontractors and suppliers share files that contain covered defense information with other organizations in accordance […] More

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    Engility to Help Update DoD’s Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received a potential $42 million initial task order to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in efforts to develop, update and disseminate systems engineering acquisition policy and guidance across the Defense Department. The company said Monday the task order has a nine-month base period and four one-year options and will include strategic studies in the areas cybersecurity, […] More

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    GE Aviation Invests $200M in Alabama-Based Ceramic Matrix Composite Production Facilities

    A General Electric subsidiary has begun development work on a U.S. blueprint that seeks to industrialize ceramic matrix composites and has invested at least $200 million to build two CMC manufacturing facilities in Huntsville, Alabama. GE Aviation said Friday it expects the two factories in Alabama to generate up to 20 metric tons of CMC […] More

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    IBC to Manufacture Housing Units for F-35 Targeting System

    IBC Advanced Alloys has received a $2.6 million contract from Lockheed Martin to manufacture a beryllium-aluminum alloy component for a targeting system used on F-35  aircraft. IBC said Thursday it will produce azimuth gimbal housing units for the F-35’s Electro-Optical Targeting System using the Beralcast beryllium-aluminum precision cast alloy. Lockheed made the order as part of its F-35 lot 11 low-rate […] More

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    SunLink to Supply Fixed Tilt Ground Mount Platform for DoD Solar Energy Projects

    SunLink Corp. has received a contract from Swinerton Renewable Energy to deliver fixed tilt ground mount systems to three solar energy projects located at Defense Department sites in Florida. Mill Valley, California-based SunLink said Wednesday it will provide the company’s GeoPro fixed tilt platform for three ongoing construction projects in Valparaiso, Navarre and Pensacola. SunLink collaborated with Swinerton to modify the GeoPro […] More

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    CAE’s KC-135 Simulator Certified for Air Force Training Center Network Deployment

    CAE‘s U.S. subsidiary has obtained authorization to operate the KC-135 Stratotanker‘s operational flight trainer on the U.S. Air Force‘s Distributed Training Center Network. The company said Tuesday the ATO permits the KC-135 Aircrew Training System to connect with other Mobility Air Force platforms to help the service branch perform live-virtual-constructive training on a secure and classified network. CAE USA is the prime […] More

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    Lockheed Tests Modernized Tactical Missile System in New Mexico

    Lockheed Martin has conducted two flight tests of an updated model of the U.S. Army‘s near all-weather guided missile technology at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed said Monday the third and fourth trials of the modernized Tactical Missile System during the months of December and February utilized the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher platform. […] More

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    PSI Pax to Support Navy Combat Integration & Identification Systems Division

    PSI Pax has won a potential five-year, $23.8 million contract to provide management support and professional services to the U.S. Navy‘s combat integration and identification systems division. The Defense Department said Friday task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include systems design, integration, engineering, installation, operational support, training and in-service engineering for shore and combat […] More