DLA Awards $149M Compressed Gas, Cylinder Products Supply IDIQ to Hudson Technologies Hudson Technologies has won a potential 10-year, $148.5 million indefinite-deliver/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide compressed gas and cylinder products to U.S…

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NASA Taps 5 Companies to Develop Mars Orbiter Concepts NASA has awarded separate contracts to five companies to perform concept studies for a potential Mars orbiter mission as part of efforts to develop telecommunications and global high-resolution imaging tools to support the space agency’s exploration of the Red Planet…

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Rockwell Collins Receives $67M Navy Contract For Airborne Comm System Repair Services Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has secured a potential 10-year, $67 million contract to provide weapon replaceable assembly repair services in support of the AN/ARC-210 integrated communications system for the U…

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Premier Technology to Assess Counter Proliferation Tech for DTRA Premier Technology has received a potential $75 million contract to validate and verify counter proliferation technologies developed for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Premier Technology will carry out work in Aberdeen, North Carolina, through June 16, 2026 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday…

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Air Force Designates Navy’s Carrier UAV as MQ-25A Stingray The U.S. Air Force has designated the U.S. Navy’s first carrier unmanned aircraft vehicle as MQ-25A Stingray, USNI News reported Friday. Sam LaGrone writes the Navy received the official name and designation for the UAV through a July 11 memo issued by the Air Force Materiel Command…

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MIL to Help FirstNet Adopt Microsoft Office 365; Marisa Daley Comments MIL Corp. has been selected to transition the First Responder Network Authority‘s systems to Microsoft‘s Office 365 suite of cloud-based applications. The company will be responsible for the integration and management of FirstNet’s email platforms, account configurations, collaboration tools Skype and SharePoint, service desk training and document management efforts under the one-year service agreement, MIL said Monday…

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Richard Reed: FirstNet Works on Public Safety Network Interoperability Requirements for Opt-Out States The First Responder Network Authority has started to develop an interoperability compliance matrix for states and territories that want to opt out of the national public safety broadband network to build their own compatible systems…

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White House Unveils $400M NSF-Led Wireless Communications Research Program The White House has asked the National Science Foundation to oversee a $400 million program that aims to support wireless communications research efforts. NSF will invest $50 million in the next five years in projects to design and establish wireless testing platforms in four cities as part of the Advanced Wireless Research Initiative, the White House said Friday…

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Report: Navy Eyes Retirement of 28 Battle Force Ships Through 2021 The U.S. Navy wants to retire as many as 28 battle force ships between fiscal year 2017 and fiscal 2021 as part of a new shipbuilding plan the military branch submitted to Congress earlier this month, Defense News reported Saturday…

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July 18 Market Close: GovCon Index Slightly Down Ahead of Lockheed 2Q Earnings Report Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Monday and the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index closed at a new all-time record as investors mulled new second quarter earnings reports as many GCI companies prepare to state their April-June results…

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