Six companies will compete for task orders under a U.S. Navy contract to provide website maintenance and software quality assurance support services for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. SSC Pacific in San Diego received nine offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers test and e...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vgE6iO5jY The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions-sponsored Mine Warfare Rapid Assessment Capability (mRAC) is a man-portable threat detection and localization system that utilizes an ultra-sensitive magnetometer sensor package installed onboard a small quadrotor platform....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has awarded participants from schools in California and New Jersey as the winners in a video challenge to design part of a spacecraft that would bring astronauts to Mars, GovCon Executive reported June 7. The company said June 6 the challenge is part of its...
North Korea has deployed an army of hackers called “Hidden Cobra” against financial, aerospace, critical infrastructure and media assets within the U.S. and around the world over the past eight years, according to a technical alert issued jointly by Homeland Security and the FBI. Cyber tools deployed by North Korea include DDoS botn...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee took DoD to task for their failing FITARA scores and lack of transparency in spending. The DoD moved $15 billion in IT spending to the classified National Security System, which has an exemption to FITARA reporting, reported Defense News, and lawmakers were unhappy with the appearance that DoD...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will divide the network and space systems and military aircraft segments within its defense, space and security business unit into four smaller entities in a move that will take effect July 1. Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing BDS, said Tuesday the reorganization is part of the company™s efforts to ramp up the competitiven...
PAE has wrapped up its acquisition of Ashburn, Virginia-based professional services contractor FCi Federal for an undisclosed sum, a move that CEO John Heller says will expand PAE’s information and process management support offerings to the government sector. “As a combined team, we look forward to continuing th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. will provide research and development support for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology platforms under a potential $248.6 million multi-award contract from the Army Research Laboratory, ExecutiveBiz reported June 5. The company said June 1 t...
“For all the heartache caused by the loss of our troops during these wars, no enemy in the field has done more to harm to the readiness of our military than sequestration,” said Defense Secretary James Mattis, a 40 year Marine veteran commander, who argued that it will “require years of stable budgets and increased...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a potential $116.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to begin work on the Long-Range Precision Fires missile program under the technological maturation and risk reduction stage. The technology maturation phase covers tests of missile components to ensure that the LRPF platform is ready to enter the manufacturing de...
