The U.S. Navy intends to award Raytheon‘s missile systems business a delivery order to update an air-to-ground glide missile system designed to engage moving maritime targets. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the military service wants to convert 242 AGM-154C-1 Joint Standoff Weapons to the AGM-154C configuration. As the sole JSOW …
Read More »Coalfire’s Federal Group Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating; Bill Malone Quoted
Coalfire‘s federal arm has received a level 3 appraisal under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program in recognition of standard business processes within the unit. The company said Wednesday Ace Guides reviewed Coalfire’s set of internal processes, procedures and practices that served as the basis for the rating. Bill Malone, …
Read More »Raytheon Gets $81M Navy Contract Modification for F/A-18E/F, EA-18G Configuration Components
Raytheon has received a three-year, $81.2M contract modification to provide components needed to implement configuration updates to the EA-18G and F/A-18E/F planes of the U.S. Navy and Australia. The company will provide 228 items in order to complete engineering change proposals related to the two aircraft platforms’ configuration D retrofit component, the Department of …
Read More »Massachusetts Transit Agency Orders BAE-Made Hybrid Electric Propulsion Tech
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has selected BAE Systems to provide extended-range propulsion systems to power new hybrid electric buses in Boston. BAE said Wednesday it will supply 194 Series-ER systems in an effort to help MBTA address emission reduction and noise pollution goals for the city’s transit bus routes. Series-ER’s battery is rechargeable …
Read More »Endeavor to Help Maintain Army Robotic Systems
Endeavor Robotics has secured a potential five-year, $32.4M contract to support a U.S. Army center that maintains robots used primarily for explosive ordnance disposal and route clearance operations. The company will provide reset, maintenance and recap parts to the Robot Logistics Support Center as well as help sustain the military …
Read More »General Dynamics Vet Elizabeth Robey Named Assured Consulting Solutions’ ESITA II Program Lead
Elizabeth Robey, an 18-year veteran of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has been appointed director of Enterprise Senior Information Technology Advisors II programs at Assured Consulting Solutions. ACS said Monday Robey will lead the Reston, Va.-based company’s work with the Defense Intelligence Agency under the ESITA II contract. She previously worked …
Read More »Kratos Reports $65M in Satcom, Space Tech Contracts; Phil Carrai Quoted
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has booked new contracts and renewals worth up to $65M combined to support various space and satellite communications programs. The company said Monday it will provide technology platforms for satellite command, cloud computing architecture, signal monitoring and service assurance applications designed to aid space defense …
Read More »Army Eyes Lockheed for PAC-3 Interceptor Comms System Requirements Review
The U.S. Army looks to partner with Lockheed Martin‘s missiles and fire control unit to review system requirements for a guided missile system’s networked interceptor communications kit. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the project will include engineering work on the software-based communication technology intended for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on …
Read More »Sprint Lands Telecom Relay Service Contracts in Kansas, Maine
Sprint‘s accessibility technology business has received contracts to deliver captioned telephone and telecommunications relay services within the states of Kansas and Maine. The Kansas relay service is accessible 24 hours a day and will help people who have hearing or speech disabilities to communicate with traditional phone users via a …
Read More »DynCorp Secures Army Aviation Maintenance Support Extension
DynCorp International will continue to provide aviation field maintenance services for the U.S. Army‘s theater aviation sustainment management group under a six-month, $41.6M contract extension. The company said Monday it has supported TASM operations outside the continental U.S. since October 2013 and will continue support efforts through June 30 under the extended contract. …
Read More »Visiongain Report Projects Growth in Military Sensor Fusion Tech Market Through 2029
A Visiongain forecast, released by ReportLinker, says military sensor technology adoption will help drive the global sensor fusion market between 2019 and 2029. ReportLinker said Thursday the market will experience growth over the next decade as military organizations seek to obtain insights from sensor data. The report also provides an analysis …
Read More »Army Posts RFI for M31 Fin Assembly Providers
The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential sources of delivery and production services for 120 mm M31 fin assemblies. The military service also aims to validate the respondents’ capacity to deliver the components until the end of February, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday. In addition, …
Read More »Marines Seek Contractor to Help Maintain Attack Aircraft
The Marine Attack Training Squadron plans to issue a solicitation for an upcoming contract for organizational-level maintenance support work on the AV-8B Harrier strike aircraft. Interested firms can view the request for proposals on the FedBizOpps website by Jan. 22., the U.S. Marine Corps said Thursday. The government will evaluate offers using …
Read More »Dayton T. Brown Lands $82M IDIQ to Help Develop Navy Mobile Mission System
Dayton T. Brown has secured a potential seven-year, $82.6M contract from the U.S. Navy to help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Special Missions Integrated Test Facility develop a mobile mission system of systems. The company will provide supplies and services to support functions between the MMS, ground and airborne …
Read More »Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Paul Ignatius Destroyer Ship Completes Acceptance Trials
The U.S. Navy has wrapped up a series of acceptance trials on its future USS Paul Ignatius destroyer ship built by Huntington Ingalls Industries. The Arleigh Burke-class vessel spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico before it returned to an HII shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Naval Sea Systems Command …
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