CAE Secures $77M in Aircraft Maintenance, Training Support Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments CAE has received contracts valued at approximately $77 million to provide flight simulation products and training services in support of military clients. The company said Thursday the awards include two contracts from Lockheed Martin and an order from L-3 Communications‘ L-3 MAS subsidiary to support the U…

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CSRA Awarded $180M Army IDIQ for Medical Research Grant Application Evaluation Services CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has received a potential five-year, $180 million contract from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity to provide information technology, scientific and administrative support for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program…

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Lockheed to Provide Flight Data Mgmt System Under $344M FAA Contract Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $344 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide a system that will support flight plan sharing among air traffic controllers. FAA said Wednesday the Terminal Flight Data Manager will work to provide electronic flight strips instead of paper strips to aid real-time sharing of digital flight plans among air traffic controllers, aircraft operators and airports…

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State Dept Approves $300M Sale of SH-60F Sea Hawk Helicopter Components to Israel The State Department has cleared Israel’s request to procure SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter components and related support services from the U.S. government under a potential $300 million foreign military sales agreement between the two countries…

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Engility to Provide Technical Services for NAVAIR’s Flight Safety Program; Lynn Dugle Comments Engility has been awarded a potential four-year, $38 million contract to help the U.S. Navy determine aircraft safety requirements and prepare flight clearances. The company said Thursday it will provide aircraft worthiness recommendations to the Naval Air Systems Command Airworthiness and CYBERSAFE Office as well as convert the flight and technical manuals of the Navy into an electronic format…

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Christopher Weggeman Assumes Command of 24th Air Force – Air Forces Cyber Maj. Gen. Christopher Weggeman has succeeded Maj. Gen. Burke Wilson and assumed command of the 24th Air Force – Air Forces Cyber. Weggeman is the fourth commander of the component numbered Air Force, the U…

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ETC to Help Army Implement Disaster Mgmt Simulation Training System at Fort McCoy Environmental Tectonics Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide a virtual-reality simulator platform for the military branch’s disaster management training activities at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin…

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SES GS to Provide Network Comms Services to Support Missile Defense Mission SES Government Solutions has secured the potential five-year, $10 million Thule Tracking Station Digital Signal 3 service contract for continued communications services to the U.S. government. SES GS said Wednesday the contract works to support missile defense missions and the Air Force Space Command, U…

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Space News: Airbus-OneWeb JV Completes Preliminary Design Review for $3.5B Satellite Constellation Plan A joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb has concluded the preliminary design review for a proposed constellation of about 900 broadband satellites and aims to complete the subcontractor lineup for the estimated $3…

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INSA Executive Committee Adds Five New Members The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has added five new members to its executive committee that includes former senior government officials and senior executives from the private sector. INSA said Wednesday it welcomed the five subject matter experts and senior-level executives to advise the organization’s leaders on prospective research initiatives, membership activities, events and strategic planning strategies…

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NASA Taps Northrop-Global Aerospace Team to Develop Vehicle for Saturn Moon Exploration A team of Northrop Grumman and Global Aerospace Corp. has received a contract from NASA to build a space vehicle that will work to explore Saturn’s Titan moon. GAC and Northrop’s aerospace systems business will collaborate on the development of the concept and prototype of the Titan Winged Aerobot vehicle through the space agency’s Phase I Small Business Innovation Research initiative, GAC said Wednesday…

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IBM, Romanian Gov’t Ink Agreement to Establish Cognitive Computing Hub IBM has signed a memorandum of understanding with Romania’s government to open an innovation center for cognitive computing in the country, Business Review reported Wednesday. Ovidiu Posirca writes the collaboration looks to establish a European and National Romanian Innovation Cognitive Hub that will conduct research on machine learning and natural language processing…

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