State Dept OKs $821M SM-2 Block IIIB Missile & Launch Canister Sale to Japan The State Department has approved Japan’s request to procure Standard Missile-2 Block IIIB missiles and related support from the U.S. government under a potential $821 million foreign military sales agreement…

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State Dept Clears UAE’s $785M Munitions Purchase Request The State Department has approved a potential $785 million foreign military sale of munitions and related sustainment and support services to the United Arab Emirates. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the deal covers GBU-10 guidance kits with Mk-84/BLU-117 bombs, GBU-12 kits with Mk-82/BLU-111 bombs, GBU-31V1 kits with Mk-84/BLU- 117 bombs, GBU-31V3 kits with BLU-109 bombs, FMU-152 fuzes and non-MDE munitions…

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Salient CRGT to Develop Integrated Judiciary Data Warehouse for US Courts Admin Office The Administrative Office of the United State Courts has awarded Salient CRGT a potential five-year, $30 million task order to build and implement a business intelligence platform for the judiciary data and analysis office within AOUSC’s Department of Program Services…

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DOE Selects 6 Projects to Develop Tech for Thermal Efficiency at Combined-Cycle Power Plants The Energy Department‘s National Energy Technology Laboratory will invest $30 million in six selected Phase 2 projects to help develop technologies for gas turbine components and supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles…

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Joseph Leonard Joins HII as Large Surface Combatant Program Customer Affairs Corporate Director Joseph Leonard, former chief of staff of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations’ assessment and naval warfare integration segments, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries as its large surface combatant program’s customer affairs corporate director…

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Federal News Radio: Roopangi Kadakia Named VA CISO Roopangi Kadakia — program executive for security operations, web services and information management at NASA — has been appointed as chief information security officer of the  Department of Veteran Affairs, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday…

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BlackBerry Mobility Offerings Receive DISA STIG Approval for DOD Use; David Kleidermacher Comments BlackBerry‘s latest operating system and its multi-OS enterprise mobility management platform have received the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides approval for use across the Defense Department…

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DynCorp Passes Private Security Company Mgmt Systems Standards; Leonard Moss Comments DynCorp International has achieved a private security company management systems certification conducted by independent auditing firm MSS Global. The certification builds on the company’s compliance with the ISO 18788 standards for security operations management systems, DynCorp said Tuesday…

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DARPA Seeks Input on Architectural Strategy for Chiplet-Based Microsystems Devt; Daniel Green Comments The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to provide information on an architectural framework designed to facilitate the design and development of microsystems through the use of miniaturized chips or “chiplets…

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Battelle to Build Ground Vehicles for Special Operations Command; Fred Byus Comments Battelle will manufacture armored and unarmored non-standard commercial vehicles for the U.S. Special Operations Command over the next five years as part of a $170 million contract awarded July 13…

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Serco to Help Install C4ISR Systems on USS Truman Carrier; Dan Allen Comments Serco Inc. has received a 10-month, $18.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide installation support services onboard the USS Harry S. Truman…

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