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    Steven Griffin Joins Vencore as SVP, NASA Engineering Contract Lead; Mac Curtis Comments

    Steven Griffin, formerly senior director of operations and business development within Chicago Bridge and Iron’s federal services division, has joined Vencore as a senior vice president and program manager. Vencore said Tuesday Griffin will lead the company’s work to help NASA develop technologies and systems the agency will use to process space launch vehicles, spacecraft and payloads on the […] More

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    Harris, GovTact Partner Under SBA Mentor-Protege Program

    Harris Corp. and Government Tactical Solutions have formed a new partnership through the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Mentor-Protege Program. Harris will offer developmental support to GovTact in an effort to help the latter create new business, be more competitive and gain business independence under the SBA program, Harris said Sept. 28. GovTact has collaborated with Harris […] More

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    Lockheed Martin Builds Lasers With Fiber Modules for Army

    Lockheed Martin has commenced the production of lasers with commercial fiber components for the U.S. Army based on a modular design that supports varied laser power as per mission requirement. The company said Monday the first laser will have a power of 60 kilowatts, which the Army can extend to 120 kilowatts due to its modularity. “With modular lasers, […] More

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    Afghan Military Orders Additional Textron-Built Personnel Carriers

    A Textron subsidiary has been awarded a $56.2 million contract to build and deliver 55 more armored personnel carriers to Afghanistan through the U.S. Army‘s foreign military sales program. Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems is scheduled to deliver Commando Select APC vehicles for the Afghan National Army through February 2016. The contract covers production […] More

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    Honeywell to Produce Radar Altimeters for US Army; Carey Smith Comments

    Honeywell has been awarded a $41 million contract to build radar altimeters for installation in the U.S. Army’s helicopter platforms. The APN-209 radar altimeter works to indicate the altitude between the nearest terrain point and the aircraft, Honeywell said Wednesday. “Since 1975, Honeywell’s radar altimeters have helped keep Army helicopters safe in multiple theaters of combat, […] More

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    Mike Loose: Army Taps Parsons for Training Land Viability Effort

    Parsons will provide support to the U.S. Army for the management of training ranges and lands in Europe under a four-year contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Europe District. The company said Thursday it will support the collection and management of environmental, geospatial and land use data as part of the integrated training area management program. […] More

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    Northrop to Develop Long-Range Radar for Army Recon Plane

    Northrop Grumman will build a synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator system for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced aircraft under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday the long-range radar combines Vehicle and Dismount and Exploitation Radar and Active Electronically Scanned Array technology to bolster the ARL-E DHC-8 reconnaissance plane’s capabilities. “The long-range radar is a natural fit into the […] More

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    BAE Continues Protective Vest Production for US Army

    BAE Systems has received a $45 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to manufacture hard armor plates designed to protect the bodies of soldiers from bullets and other threats. The contract is for the low-rate initial production of torso and side body protective vests and was awarded through the Army’s Soldier Protection System Vital […] More

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    NCI to Help Test US Army’s Mission Command Software Baselines; Brian Clark Comments

    NCI Inc. has received a potential 34-month, $14.5 million task order to test and configure the U.S. Army’s mission command software baselines. NCI will perform engineering, architecture and integration services on the LandWarNet software at a Fort Hood, Texas-based Army central technical support facility, the company said Thursday. Brian Clark, NCI’s president, said the company […] More

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    Raytheon’s 3-D Patriot Missile Training Tech Wins Silver Brandon Hall Award

    Raytheon has won a Brandon Hall Group award for a three-dimensional virtual training platform the company designed to teach U.S. soldiers to operate Patriot missile batteries. The company said Wednesday its missile battery training system received the silver Brandon Hall award in the “Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning” category. Raytheon built the […] More

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    Foreign Affairs, Booz Allen to Hold Defense Acquisition Reform Discussion

    Foreign Affairs magazine and Booz Allen Hamilton will co-host an event to discuss possible ways to improve acquisition programs in the defense sector amid emerging threats and budget constraints. The “Modernizing the Military” event will feature Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work as keynote speaker and will be held at the Council on Foreign Relations […] More