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    Report: Lockheed’s Sikorsky Links Raider Aircraft Hard Landing Incident to Flight Software Issues

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has found that issues associated with the flight control software caused the Aug. 2 hard landing incident involving the S-97 Raider aircraft prototype, Vertical Magazine reported Monday. The incident occurred as the prototype carried out a vertical take-off operation at the start of the test flight at the company’s flight center […] More

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    Kratos-Vencore JV to Help Army Design High Energy Laser

    A joint venture of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions‘ Digital Fusion Solutions subsidiary and Vencore has received a task order to help the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command design a laser system for target acquisition, tracking and engagement. QWK Integrated Solutions will support design work on the Army’s future High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator system under […] More

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    Army Begins Short-Range Air Defense System Shoot-Off

    The U.S. Army has kicked off a demonstration of short-range air defense systems that could potentially address the gap in the service branch’s SHORAD capabilities, Military Times reported. The report said the SHORAD demonstration began on Sept. 4 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and will run until Sept. 16 to give industry […] More

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    KeyW’s Sotera Business to Provide Software Engineering Services to Army CECOM

    A KeyW subsidiary has secured an $18 million task order to provide software engineering and sustainment, business consulting, information technology infrastructure and procurement management support for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. The three-year task order awarded to Sotera Defense Solutions is part of a $7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract designated for software and systems engineering services, KeyW reported Thursday. Sotera […] More

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    IBM’s Greg Souchack: Army Could Leverage AI Platform to Analyze Transportation Costs

    Greg Souchack, partner for managed services and cloud solutions at IBM’s global business services unit, has said the U.S. Army could leverage the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to help analyze spending on the transportation of spare parts and other shipment, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “The Army would like to see if Watson could look at all of […] More

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    Bell Completes V-280 Tiltrotor Prototype for Army

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has completed the prototype build of a tiltrotor aircraft platform designed for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program under the U.S. Army‘s Future Vertical Lift initiative. Bell said Wednesday it aims to demonstrate its V-280 Valor offering this fall through a maiden flight test. Lockheed Martin built V-280’s cockpit, avionics, distributed aperture system […] More

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    Dave DeWalt, David Petraeus Named to Optiv Board; Dan Burns Comments

    Denver, Colorado-based cybersecurity platforms provider Optiv Security has named Dave DeWalt, formerly CEO of FireEye, and David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general, to its board of directors. DeWalt, a 25-year technology industry veteran, will also serve as vice chairman of the board at Optiv, the company said Thursday. DeWalt previously served as president and […] More

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    DLA Orders Elbit Systems Night Vision System Spares

    An Elbit Systems subsidiary has received a $31.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply spares and components for the U.S. Army‘s night vision imaging and heads up display systems. EFW is scheduled to complete deliveries by Nov. 20, 2019, the Defense Department said Friday. DLA’s land and maritime unit is the contracting activity and […] More

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    Leidos Wins $50M Army Contract for Radioactive Waste Investigation Services

    Leidos has won a potential $49.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army conduct toxic radioactive waste investigations. The Defense Department said Friday Leidos will support the military branch’s Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program through Feb. 28, 2023 under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The Army established FUSRAP in 1974 as part of efforts to identify, investigate and clean […] More

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    Bohemia Interactive Simulations Receives Army Contract for Video Game-Based Training Platform

    Bohemia Interactive Simulations has landed a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide perpetual licenses of the company’s Virtual Battlespace 3 desktop training platform. BISim said Tuesday it will also deliver upgraded versions of VBS3; provide online training course support; develop additional features; and update existing VBS3 functions under the contract. VBS3 is based on […] More

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    POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization

    “Readiness is our Number 1 priority–there is no other Number 1–Readiness is what deters and wins wars.” POC 2017 ARMY FORUM, AUG. 30–Among the current issues facing our nation’s military, the U.S. Army is taking a closer look at modernization, especially that of information technology capabilities on and off the battlefield. With new developments in […] More

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    Army Wants Info on Financial Mgmt System Sources

    The U.S. Army seeks information on industry sources of an integrated information and financial management system that can support the Army headquarters’ G-8 force development directorate and other agencies. The Army said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the integrated system should feature fiscal programming; budget and execution; and equipment modeling functions to support force modernization […] More