NASA to Start Orion, Space Launch System Base Dev’t at Kennedy Center NASA plans to build ground infrastructure to process the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket that the agency plans to launch in 2018 for an unmanned deep-space exploration. The initiative comes after NASA engineers and aerospace specialists completed a comprehensive assessment on proposed spaceport development at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the agency said Monday…

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SSAI Awarded $253M NASA Follow-On Contract for Atmospheric Science Support Services Science Systems and Applications Inc. has landed a $253.4 million NASA contract to provide atmospheric sciences support services to the Langley Research Center science directorate. NASA said Wednesday the 60-month Science, Technology and Research Support Services III contract is a follow-on award that seeks to widen scientific knowledge on Earth’s climate and atmosphere and could also lead to interplanetary atmospheric studies in the future…

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Vingtech, Wilcox Industries to Produce Army Grenade Launcher Sighting System for $152M Vingtech and Wilcox Industries have won a $151.8 million contract to manufacture a grenadier sighting system for the U.S. Army’s M320/M320A1 grenade launcher. The Defense Department saidTuesday the companies will build the systems through March 28, 2022…

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Georgia Tech Research Institute Lands $134M MDA R&D Support IDIQ The Georgia Tech Research Institute has received a potential five-year, $134 million contract to provide research, development and engineering services to the Missile Defense Agency. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers advanced and basic technology R&D support and development of sensor systems for MDA, the Defense Department saidTuesday…

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Raytheon to Support Navy’s Move to GPS-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing System Raytheon has secured a $20.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support the global positioning system-based positioning, navigation and timing service. The company’s integrated defense systems arm will support the integration of M-code signal capable GPS into GPNTS through software development, testing and requirements documentation and analysis, the Defense Department said Tuesday…

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Livermore Lab to Use IBM Neuromorphic Tech for Collaborative Supercomputing Initiative IBM has agreed to provide Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory access to a company-made brain-inspired chip architecture as part of a collaborative project to build supercomputer systems. The company said Tuesday LLNL will receive a 16-chip TrueNorth neurosynaptic system that is designed to process data equivalent of 16 million neurons and four billion synapses…

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Army Taps KeyLogic for Technical Support to Watervliet Arsenal’s Benet Laboratories The U.S. Army has awarded KeyLogic Systems a five-year $9.5 million technical support contract for services to the Watervliet Arsenal Benet Laboratories facility. KeyLogic will handle internal networks, perform network vulnerability assessments and provide database support to the facility in New York, the company said Tuesday…

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March 29 Market Close: GovCon Index Jumps on SAIC Earnings, Vectrus Contract Award The GovCon Index received a jolt Tuesday from Science Applications International Corp.‘s (NYSE: SAIC) latest earnings report and other general market conditions to close at a gain of 1.612 percent to 74…

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