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    Air Force Requests Info on Battlefield Air Operations Software Sources

    The U.S. Air Force has begun its search for potential industry sources of a suite of machine-to-machine software programs that the service branch can use in battlefield air operations. The Air Force plans to incorporate data gathered through a request for information posted April 29 into the Air Force Special Operations Command’s Increment III Capabilities Development document set for […] More

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    Air Force Taps Vencore for Cyber Sensing Tech R&D Services

    The research subsidiary of Vencore has been awarded a potential four-year, $8.3 million by the U.S. Air Force to help the military service branch research and develop analog sensing technology for monitoring of digital threats. Vencore Labs and the Air Force Research Laboratory will collaborate to build a multi-model analog sensing system through the Leveraging the Analog Domain for Security initiative, the […] More

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    Phil Alvarez: Raytheon Expects to Complete Development Work on Digital TOW Launcher in 2018

    Phil Alvarez, a Raytheon official, has said the company has built a launcher system designed for tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes Alvarez, a senior manager for missile systems at Raytheon, described the TOW Eagle Fire launcher platform at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference in Amman, Jordan. […] More

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    Army Seeks Info on Geospatial Support Services Sources

    The U.S. Army seeks information on potential industry sources that can provide geospatial services for the service branch’s office of the assistant chief of staff for installation management. The Army Corps of Engineers said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday that the military branch plans to award a potential five-year, $48.5 million multiple-award contract in support of […] More

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    Praxis Engineering Lands AF Contract to Provide Analog Sensing Model for Cybersecurity Program

    Praxis Engineering Technologies has won a $12.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a multi-model analog sensing platform for a cybersecurity technology development program run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday Praxis will help the service branch identify features to compute from signals that a device emits during training and testing as […] More

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    Noblis Seeks to Expand DoD Energy, Environmental Tech Support Through $122M Army IDIQ Position

    Noblis aims to help the National Defense Center for Energy and the Environment  transition technologies for the Defense Department under a $122.5 million contract the U.S. Army awarded in April. The company is one of four vendors that are eligible to provide services to NDCEE in support  of the center’s efforts to transfer environmental, safety, occupational health and energy platforms to U.S. warfighters, Noblis said […] More

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    Lockheed Secures Navy Undersea Warfare System Contract Option

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $40.8 million contract modification to provide engineering support for AN/SQQ-89A surface ship undersea warfare systems. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification exercises a one-year option on a previously awarded contract for the development, integration and production of an  AN/SQQ-89A variant. The system is designed to search, detect, classify, localize and […] More

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    Carahsoft Adds Accelera to DoD Blanket Purchase Agreement for VMware Virtualization Platforms; Will Jones Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has added Accelera Solutions as a purchasing point partner and dealer of VMware-built virtualization and data center products under a Defense Department blanket purchase agreement. Accelera said Wednesday it will work to help DoD customers secure licenses for VMware’s software, servers and desktop products as well as acquire installation and training support services […] More

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    Exostar Integrates Seclore’s Digital Rights Management Tech Into Collaboration Platform

    Exostar has integrated Seclore‘s Enterprise Digital Rights Management system into a collaboration platform that works to provide data protection for defense contractors to support compliance with the Defense Department‘s Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement provisions. Exostar said Wednesday the collaboration platform is designed to provide document-centric protection for users of Exostar’s ForumPass cloud-based, software-as-a-service offering. The company added the newly incorporated system works to […] More

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    Missile Defense Agency Taps ManTech for Counterintelligence Program Support

    ManTech International has won a potential five-year, $32.1 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services for the Missile Defense Agency‘s counterintelligence programs. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will support counterintelligence missions and functional areas covered by the DoD Directive 5240.02. ManTech will work to help MDA detect, identify, exploit and work to neutralize intelligence collection efforts against agency personnel, data, facilities, material, […] More

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    Global Technical Services to Provide IT Support for Army Combat Readiness Center

    Global Technical Services has received a $22 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide information technology support for the Army Combat Readiness Center’s safety program. The Defense Department said Monday funds for the contract will be released on a task order basis. Contract work is expected to be completed through May 9, 2018, DoD added. […] More

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    L-3, NASS Land AF Contracts to Provide ISR Systems for Cessna Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to North American Surveillance Systems and L-3 Communications valued at $40 million and $14.2 million, respectively, to provide services and updates to Cessna 208B aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the contract NASS landed requires the company to modify and integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance features into the Cessna aircraft as well as […] More