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    ManTech to Help Analyze Navy Aircraft Systems

    ManTech International has been awarded an $8 million contract to provide engineering and technical support services for all U.S. Navy aircraft platforms and associated systems. The company will conduct reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assurance, diagnostic and system safety analyses throughout the life cycle of naval aircraft systems, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur through May […] More

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    SES GS Secures Contract to Provide O3b Satcom Services to DoD End User

    The government services subsidiary of SES has landed a contract to provide O3b Networks‘ satellite communications technology to a Defense Department customer. The O3b satcom service uses a satellite beam that operates within 200 milliseconds per roundtrip and consists of a 155 Mbps link, gateway access, terrestrial backhaul, a 2.4m AvL terminal and installation, operations and maintenance services, SES said Monday. The company added the U.S. […] More

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    Utah State University Research Foundation to Support MDA’s Ballistic Missile Defense Tech R&D Initiative

    The Defense Department has awarded a potential five-year, $99.4 million contract to the Utah State University Research Foundation to help the Missile Defense Agency develop and field an integrated, layered ballistic missile defense system. The USU Research Foundation and its affiliate Space Dynamics Laboratory will research, engineer, analyze and test systems designed to protect the U.S. and allies against ballistic […] More

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    CAMRIS International to Help Naval Medical Research Unit Study Emerging Infectious Diseases

    CAMRIS International has won a $32.7 million contract to perform field and laboratory research support for the Naval Medical Research Unit 3 in the area of emerging infectious diseases. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also provide management support between the U.S. government and potentially foreign personnel based in Egypt and other countries under […] More

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    Quantum Spatial Wins Photogrammetric Surveying and Mapping Contract From Army

    Quantum Spatial has landed a five-year, $12.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army  design and engineer photogrammetric surveying and mapping systems. The Defense Department said Friday the Army Corps of Engineers received 25 bids for the contract via the internet and will determine funds and work location based on each order. The company will perform work […] More

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    DLA Orders Elbit Systems-Built Grip Assembly Controllers

    Elbit Systems of America has secured a $7.3 million firm-fixed price contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply grip assembly controllers to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday DLA’s land and maritime unit will obligate fiscal 2016 Army working capital funds for work to be performed in Texas through Sept. 30, 2018. DoD noted the […] More

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    DoD Names 15 Employer Support Freedom Award Recipients

    The Defense Department presented 15 public and private organizations with the 2016 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Awards during a ceremony held Friday at the Pentagon. DoD said Friday the awardees were chosen from the 2,424 nominations made by U.S. Guard and Reserve employees and recognized for their programs that aid military families during deployment. “These […] More

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    1st Predator A Pilots Graduate From General Atomics’ UAS Flight Training Academy

    A General Atomics subsidiary has produced the first batch of graduates from its North Dakota-based Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Training Academy on Aug. 12. The graduating class of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.‘s training academy includes three pilots who are now qualified to operate the Predator A UAS and will join approximately 230 globally deployed GA-ASI aircrews, General Atomics said Thursday. GA-ASI opened the flight […] More

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    WidePoint Receives Approval to Issue ID Credentials for Defense, Civilian Requirements

    WidePoint has received approval to issue identity credentials that meet the requirements of the Defense Department and the General Services Administration. The company said Thursday it becomes the first source of ECA PIV-I credentials that combine DoD-issued External Certification Authority and civilian agencies’ Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable credentials. ECA PIV-I credentials are also designed to help enterprises achieve multi-factor authentication, digital signature […] More

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    Army Picks Okland Construction to Build F-35 Operations, Maintenance Hangar

    Okland Construction has won a potential $24 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to design and build an F-35 operations, maintenance, administration and six-position maintenance hangar facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received 10 bids for the project through an online-based solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the time of award from fiscal 2016 military […] More

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    Raytheon to Supply MK 54 Torpedo Equipment to US Navy, Thailand

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a potential $448.7 million contract to provide MK 54 lightweight torpedo parts and equipment to the U.S. Navy and the government of Thailand under the foreign military sales program. The contract, which contains a base value of $37.7 million, covers MK 54 common parts kits and MK 54 Mod 0 kits as well as exercise […] More

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    Navy Taps Progeny Systems for C5I Systems Engineering, Technical Support Contract

    Progeny Systems has landed a potential five-year, $31.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform engineering and technical support work on the U.S. Navy‘s command, control, communications, computers, combat and intelligence systems. The Defense Department said Thursday Progeny will modify and develop engineering tools and software as well as integrate hardware for non-propulsion electronic subsystems and submarine C5I data collection systems. DoD noted the contract […] More