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AT&T has secured a potential five-year, $35.8 million contract for the provision of integrated instant messaging, chat, voice, video, presence and screen sharing services to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday the Army Contracting Command received seven bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online-based solicitation. The military branch obligated the full contract amount […] More
General Dynamics‘ land systems unit in the U.K. has conducted manned live-fire trials for its armored vehicle program using CTA International-built weapons including a 40mm autocannon, chain gun and smoke grenade launchers, UPI reported Friday. The company will continue to perform testing activities on the Ajax armored vehicles which will range from static firing on […] More
Vetegrity has won a potential five-year, $27 million contract to provide computer-aided drafting and engineering services to the Defense Information Systems Agency. DISA received two proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will provide the guaranteed minimum value of $500,000 through issuance of subsequent task orders, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will perform work at DISA headquarters […] More
Charles River Analytics has been awarded by the U.S. Navy a potential $2 million contract to perform analysis and identify “bots” on social media networks under an Office for Naval Research program. The Composable Hybrid Approach to Recognizing Bots and their Influence in Social Media Analysis or CHARISMA program aims to distinguish and assess risk, threats and vulnerabilities in social media […] More
Spaceflight Industries‘ BlackSky division has partnered with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a previously awarded $16.4 million contract. The GEOINT Broker Development Platform will utilize an agile development approach that works to enable users to continuously provide input to build the technology, Spaceflight announced Thursday. […] More
BAE Systems has introduced a new version of its naval mine countermeasures system at the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition in London, U.K. The updated Naval Autonomy Tactical Information System dubbed NAUTIS 5 is designed to provide optimized command and control for autonomous and off-board systems; a new human-computer interface; and embedded on-board training, BAE […] More
Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has received a $10 million order to manufacture soldier wearable shooter detection systems for an unidentified Gulf country. BBN Technologies aims to deliver 2,000 Boomerang Warrior-X units to the customer over the next 12 months, Raytheon said Thursday. Boomerang is designed to help warfighters gain situational awareness of hostile fires or sniper attacks and provide […] More
Saab has entered the final development phase for a new suite of electronic warfare self-protection systems in a move to expand the company’s EW portfolio. The company said Wednesday it will install one variant of the Arexis product on board the Gripen E/F fighter aircraft. Arexis is designed to feature ultra wideband digital receivers, digital radio frequency memory devices, interferometric direction […] More
BAE Systems has demonstrated its concept of an augmented reality wearable display that would integrate advanced display, tracking and sensing technologies intended for military and commercial applications. AR glasses are designed to fit like normal glasses and feature free-space tracking tools that will work to help users view sensor video, guidance, targeting and mission data, BAE said Wednesday. […] More
HID Global has released a standards-based identity and access management system designed to help federal agencies verify personal identities of people who visit government facilities. Crescendo is temporary access card system based on public key infrastructure technology and employs a credential management tool that works to integrate with FIPS 201-compliant access systems, HID Global said Tuesday. The company […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced a small unmanned aircraft system the company designed with partner Wirth Research in Havant, England. Outrider is designed to integrate with a canister launch platform and operate at a speed of up to 50 knots as well as function in small spaces, Lockheed said Tuesday. The system measures four inches wide and […] More
Milrem Robotics has announced plans to develop robotic systems as part of efforts to help increase warfighters’ situational awareness capacity when they perform defense missions. The company said Tuesday it aims to expand the features of its THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle and create new robotic concepts such as Titan Sentry that will be on display at the 2017 Defense […] More
