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Members of government and industry are taking concrete steps to address long-standing problems in the procurement community through plug fests--events that test the interoperability of network devices by plugging them into functioning networks. Various organizations within and outside of government have hosted such programs, but recently a group of public and private partners in the defense industry decided to organize plug fests specifically to address problems in the military arena.

Extreme instances of electromagnetic energy from solar events, known as solar storms, could increase in frequency and intensity in 2013, according to space weather experts. While scientists recommend the public and private sectors prepare for the potential threat, insufficient information about the source and nature of solar storms makes the task challenging.

Raytheon Company, Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded $81,839,791 firm-fixed price contract for miniature air-launched decoy jammers. The contracting activity is the Air Force Life

Northrop Grumman Space and Missile Systems Corporation, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $20,170,782 contract modification to integrate beyond line of sight capability (BLOS) onto an E-11A ai

Harris Corporation, Rochester, New York, was issued a contract modification on contract. The award is a firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, sole-source contract with a

Raytheon Company, Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $15,783,949 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical

Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Virginia, is being awarded a $32,642,695 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop a maneuverable augmented geostationary labor