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Navy wants help with extendable mobile ad-hoc network testbed
The Naval Research Laboratory wants assitance from the contracting community with various aspects of its existing extendable mobile ad-hoc network emulator testbed.
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Cubic to develop courseware for Navy's Littoral Combat Ships program
Cubic has won three contracts from the Navy to develop instructor-led and instructor-facilitated self-paced courseware that will enable sailors to get accredited for duty on Littoral Combat Ships.
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Navy wants a new electronic procurement system
The Navy has issued a request for information (RFI) for an electronic procurement system (EPS) to replace the contract writing capabilities of the legacy Defense Department Standard Procurement System.
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DOD builds foundation for future SATCOM
New communications satellite network will boost bandwidth while helping reduce terminal sizes.
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Navy $1.2B contract mod would extend NMCI services for NGEN transition
The Navy on Feb. 20 said it intends to issue a sole-source contract modification that could potentially extend the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Continuity of Services Contract by five months, and increase its cost by $1.2 billion to cover ongoing transition to Next Generation Enterprise Services program.
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SpotterRF demos harbor security radar for Navy
SpotterRF recently completed a demonstration for the Navy in which it showed that its Spotter M600C radar is capable of detecting all vessels coming in and out of a harbor.
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General Dynamics to port next-gen waveforms onto Navy digital radios
General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a $40 million contract modification from the Navy to port the MOUS Waveform and the Integrated Waveform into the AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio.
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Navy completes first ship-based flight of Boeing Insitu’s RQ-21A small tactical UAS
The Navy completed this week the first flight at sea of its RQ-21A small unmanned aerial system from an ambphibious transport dock ship.
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Mercury to assist Navy with electronic warfare research
Mercury Systems has won a three-year contract with the Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Electronic Warfare Division to assist the division with electronic warfare technology.
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Northrop's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye approved for full-rate production
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye has successfully passed initial operational testing and has been approved for full-rate production, the Naval Air Systems Command.
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Navy 4G LTE network operational on two ships headed to Persian Gulf
The Navy will send the USS Kearsarge and USS San Antonio to the Persian Gulf in late March with its brand new 4G LTE network.
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ViaSat wins Navy MIDS LTV cryptographic module contract
ViaSat has won a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to deliver a logical cryptographic module to be integrated into a variety of MIDS LVT hardware variants.
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SAIC pulls in $667M C5ISR contract with Navy
SAIC has won a single-award, prime contract with a potential value of $667 million if all options are exercised to furnish C5ISR support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic's C5ISR System of Systems Engineering and Integration program.
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New multifunctional device policy to drive cost savings for Navy
The Navy has issued mandatory enterprisewide instructions to commands and organizations to improve management and use of networked multifunctional devices (MFDs) in order to achieve cost savings.
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Northrop focuses on improved avionics protection for Fire Scout MQ-8C
Northrop Grumman has received the first protective cage that it will use on the MQ-8C variant of its Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to furnish improved protection for the aircraft's critical electronic components from strong electric fields and electromagnetic waves.
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Navy sets new award date for NGEN
The Navy has pushed back the date for its award of the Next Generation Enterprise Network nearly three months because of the complex and extensive source selection process being conducted.
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Cubic pulls in $300M in Littoral Combat Ship training contracts
Cubic has won three indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts worth a total of approximately $300 million from the Navy to furnish training services for the Littoral Combat Ship program.
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Bluefin delivers Knifefish UUV variant to Navy for testing
Bluefin Robotics has built a variation of the Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle that will be tested for service in the Navy's Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle program.
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Navy wants to buy Dell computers from small businesses
The Naval Air Systems Command wants to purchase some computing systems and is requiring that bidders submit only Dell products in their proposals.
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