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    Drone Aviation to Provide L-3 Comm Package for BAE’s Aerostat Upgrade Contract

    BAE Systems has selected Drone Aviation Corp. to provide parts and services for the upgrade of two Winch Aerostat Small Platform systems of the U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Lab. DAC said Wednesday it will also work with L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 Communication Systems-West to integrate the new WASP electro-optical and infrared imaging tactical surveillance system and […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    General Atomics Completes Projectile Launch Tests; Nick Bucci Comments

    General Atomics has completed a series of railgun launch tests for its projectiles with on-board electronics. The projectiles were launched from a 3-megajoule Blitzer electromagnetic railgun June 9 and 10 at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, General Atomics said Monday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense systems within General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems […] More

  • in Executive Spotlight

    Executive Profile: Susan Lawrence, SVP for Defense at Booz Allen Hamilton

    Susan Lawrence is a senior vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton and is involved in many of the company’s defense and security programs and businesses. Her work covers the markets for C4ISR, enterprise information technology, cyber, joint information environments, integrated mission systems and emerging technologies. She joined Booz Allen Hamilton after retiring from military service in 2013 […] More

  • in Healthcare IT, News

    Army Posts Commercial Mobile Healthcare Tech RFI

    The U.S. Army‘s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center is looking into commercial software and related service offerings to supplement the military branch’s mobile health information technology infrastructure. In a request for information published June 9 on FedBizOpps, the Army said its Mobile Health Care Environment System is designed to employ government and commercial off-the-shelf […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    Raytheon, CSC Form Army Training Device Contract Pursuit Team

    Raytheon and Computer Sciences Corp. have partnered to compete for a contract to maintain training aids, simulators and devices and provide logistics support for the U.S. Army. The teaming agreement seeks to combine Raytheon’s systems integration, logistics and training management experience with CSC’s portfolio in maintenance and virtual system training operations, Raytheon said Wednesday. Raytheon also collaborates with CSC in […] More

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    Boeing to Refresh US Army Apache, Chinook Parts; Lisa Stuart Comments

    Boeing has been awarded a $238 million contract with Corpus Christi Army Depot to modernize parts of the U.S. Army AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook aircraft. The Army will also have access to Boeing’s platform service and supply networks, Boeing said Friday. The contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year options. “Having employees at […] More

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    Army Demos Gray Eagle UAS Payload Control System

    The U.S. Army has used a new remote system to demonstrate a General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, the Army News Service reported Wednesday. David Vergun writes F Company/227th Aviation soldiers managed the unmanned aircraft system’s payload with the One System Remote Video Terminal during a […] More

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    John Kreger to Lead Mitre’s Homeland Security Systems Engineering, Development Institute; Alfred Grasso Comments

    John Kreger, formerly executive director of Mitre’s enterprise systems engineering office, has been appointed vice president and director of the nonprofit organization’s Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute. He will work to direct and oversee HSSEDI’s operations and resource management to carry out the Department of Homeland Security’s acquisition processes, risk and program management and information […] More

  • in Executive Spotlight

    Executive Profile: Doug Kitani, CEO of IAP

    Doug Kitani serves as CEO of IAP Worldwide Services Inc., where he is responsible for the strategic direction of government services and national security, infrastructure services and power provider. Kitani served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AOPA and co-founder of Calder Capital Partners before he joined IAP. He also led portfolio […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    ICF Lands $35M Army Support Services Contract; Bill Bain Comments

    ICF International will continue to provide technical support services for the U.S. Army’s Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems unit under a five-year, $35 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The single-award contract calls for ICF to help PMFSS technical teams and its Massachusetts-based integration laboratory to build new base camps and evaluate and maintain new equipment for such camps, the company said […] More

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    General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has received approval from the U.S. Army to commence full-rate production of the company’s wireless battlefield communication systems for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 program. The company built the WIN-T platform to help Army commanders and soldiers communicate with each other and projects that all military units will have access to the […] More

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    Boeing Phantom Works Builds Truck for Tentative Army ULCV Program Bid

    Boeing‘s Phantom Works business has built an ultra-lightweight truck called Phantom Badger that the company could offer for the U.S. Army‘s Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle program, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes that a component of the U.S. Special Operations Command asked Boeing to design a vehicle that its V-22 Osprey aircraft can carry. The company […] More