The USCG has a requirement, on a sole source basis, to purchase Rolls-Royce Marine North America, Inc. OEM parts, and assemblies directly supporting the operation and maintenance of the USCG 418′ Maritime Security Cutter (WMSL) Legend Class of USCG Cutter
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The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Mobile Satellit
Facilities management specialist EMCOR UK has secured an eight-year deal to support the BAE Systems Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) contract. EMCOR UK will provide both BAE Systems and the UK Ministry of Defence will facilities management services across RAF Coningsby and RAF Lossiemouth. Crucially, the company has delivered similar services to RAF Coningsby since […]
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Northrop Grumman and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have set a new standard for wireless transmission, having operated a data link at 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) over a 20 kilometre urban environment. To put this achievement in relatable terms, the data rate was quick enough to download a 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray […]
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Earlier this week, Defence Ministers Tobias Ellwood and Stuart Andrew visited some of the UK’s most important military bases while they toured Scotland. Recent investments
Staffordshire Police are looking to purchase trousers and shirts suitable for use by firearms officers. trousers and shirts to provide impact protection for knee and elbow joints. The trousers and shirts to offer suitable protection for the officers when
The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Mobile Satellite Section (DITCO-PL8221), Scott AFB, IL, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Iridium Communications, Inc.,
The objective is to conduct a Climate Risk Assessment for the Mpatamanga Hydropower Project in Malawi, using the BEta version of the World Bank’s Hydropower Sector Climate Resilience Guidelines.
A British-built satellite equipped with a 3.4-Kilowatt laser, as powerful as 840 lightbulbs, has been launched into space. Flying at 200 miles above the surface of the Earth, the powerful laser on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus spacecraft will beam down into the atmosphere and measure wind speeds. This represents a completely new approach […]
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Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the US Air Force Sustainment Center to provide single-point integration services for F-16 fighter jet avionics shops. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a three-year base period, two one-year option periods, and a total contract ceiling of $620 million. Leidos will support the Air Force Avionics […]
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Cardiff University has been named as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), becoming the first institution in Wales to be given this status. The award is in recognition of the internationally excellent research developed at the University over a number of years, and will […]
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Ransomware cyber attacks have been the focus of many recent cyber news stories. In a recent report by Accenture, it has been revealed that attacks
Some have theorised that breakthroughs in autonomous and remote systems will render the contemporary soldier obsolete. This is the age of drone warfare after all, where complex operations can be carried out at arm’s length. More likely, however, is that the infantryman of tomorrow will be augmented by an increasingly sophisticated complement of innovative new technology. You may remember the Ministry of Defence’s Future Soldier […]
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Babcock International has secured a five-year Maritime Training Systems Through-Life Availability & Support Service (MARTASS) contract with the Ministry of Defence. A series of support packages, defined by the Maritime Combat System (MCS) and Maritime Training Acquisition Organisation (MTAO) teams within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), will be clustered into one contract for consolidated delivery […]
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Cyber experts of the future were given a unique glimpse inside the world of digital security during the four-day programme designed to encourage young people into the industry. Around 45 students, aged between 13 to 17, have taken part in the CyberFirst scheme, a government-recognised programme, developed by GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre and run […]
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has departed her home port of Portsmouth, bound for the USA to land fast jets on deck for the very first time. Eight years since a British aircraft carrier last flew a fast jet from her decks, the 65,000-tonne carrier will embark two F-35B test aircraft, from the […]
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Defence Ministers Tobias Ellwood and Stuart Andrew have toured Scotland, visiting some of the UK’s most important military bases. Minister for Defence People & Veterans, Tobias Ellwood, visited RAF Lossiemouth where he saw progress being made on the £132 million invested in the site ahead of the arrival of the 9 new P-8A Poseidon aircraft. […]
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Deployed personnel from the RAF have been involved in a joint exercise alongside military personnel from the US Forces, including the US Black Hawk Squadron, to realistically simulate a downed aircraft involving mass casualties. Personnel from 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) have been deployed to Romania to conduct the NATO ‘Enhanced Air Policing’ mission. The […]
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AMENDMENT NOTICE: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is W912J3-18-Q-OR03 an
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE
The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, IHS Global, Inc., under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) (only one source reas
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