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By DDN Staff
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) earlier this month denied two protests by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) contract award to Smiths Detection for the first tranche of new scanning systems to screen carry-on bags at airport checkpoints. The ...
Budget Talks. SAC Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Thursday that negotiators from the White House, Senate and House are close to “sealing a deal” to avoid triggering automatic spending cuts in FY ’20. “We hear that tremendous progress has been made and they have agreed basically in ...
Test pilot Bill Fell was zooming southward, approaching Sikorsky’s [LMT] runway outside West Palm Beach, Florida, at about 190 knots when he decided that was as fast as the S-97 Raider should fly for spectators below. The aircraft was vibrating in a way that felt different, owing to a new piece ...
Naval Sea Systems Command released a notice on July 17 that it intends to issue a solicitation for AN/SLQ-25 Torpedo Countermeasure Transmitting Sets, called NIXIE, electro-acoustic towed torpedo countermeasures. The NIXIE systems are part of the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) program, which ...
The Navy on Thursday said it intends to issue a sole source solicitation to Perspecta for another half-year contract extension of the legacy Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract. In a FedBizOpps notice, the Navy said the extension will provide continuation of services Perspecta ...
The Army will award a production contract for its Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, with the competition to remain open for vendors that do not participate in the upcoming prototype phase headed for a downselect decision next March. Officials ...
The Army’s new modernization-focused Futures Command will announce on July 31 it has reached full operational capability (FOC), the command’s leader said Thursday. Gen. Mike Murray, head of Army Futures Command (AFC), told reporters the decision arrives after meeting a series of criteria for ...
Problems related to the ongoing grounding of airlines’ fleets of Boeing’s [BA] 737 MAX passenger airplanes led the company on Thursday to announce it will take a $4.9 billion after-tax charge in its second quarter financial results, which will be released on July 24. The charge will chop $8.74 ...
