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Information technology firm eGlobalTech has won a contract to continue providing risk management and Federal Information Security Management Act compliance support to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Joseph Zimmerman, chief operating officer of eGlobalTech, said in a statement released Monday the company will work to help USCIS address cybersecurity requirements. He added the company aims to introduce best practices […] More

Reston, Va.-based systems engineering and technology services contractor Amyx has received two task orders from the U.S. Army for information technology support services. The company said the first contract covers medical informatics and cybersecurity support for the Army Medical Materiel Agency and the second task order includes cyber workforce transformation, IT policy, subject matter expertise […] More

Warren Phillips, lead board director at CACI International, has been selected for the National Association of Corporate Directors’ 2018 Directorship 100 list. The company said Tuesday NACD will honor Phillips at a ceremony that is scheduled to take place Nov. 28 in New York City and feature him in the November/December edition of the association’s magazine. His selection to […] More

Carahsoft Technology has been named to Bloomberg Government’s 2018 list of 200 federal sector leaders for seven years in a row. Carahsoft said Friday it landed the 91th spot on the BGOV200 list that ranks the top contractors based on prime contracts the government awarded in fiscal year 2017. “It is reassuring to see the […] More

Raytheon has announced that it will take part in a Trump administration initiative to invest in current and future talent in the manufacturing, engineering and technical fields to support the American economy. As part of the effort, Raytheon will expand work-based learning, education, on-the-job training and re-skilling programs in the aerospace and defense sectors, the […] More

The U.S. Air Force has received Boeing’s design options for a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system envisioned to thwart nuclear threats over the next five decades. Boeing said Friday it completed a system requirements review for the service branch’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program in November, three months after the company won a $349.1 million contract to support GBSD technology maturation and risk reduction efforts. […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to hold a competitors day on Sept. 27 to discuss its timeline and vision for a prize competition that will explore technology platforms for potential use by warfighters and emergency responders in underground settings. DARPA said Friday it seeks multiple teams to develop systems for mapping, navigating and searching man-made tunnel […] More

General Dynamics’ information technology business has booked four one-year task orders worth a combined $23.4 million to support the Environmental Protection Agency‘s IT infrastructure, systems and applications. Each order contains two one-year options and supports EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, which GDIT has supported over the past 17 years, the company said Tuesday. The agency launched the program […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a three-year, $73.2 million contract modification to an L3 Technologies business unit to procure aircraft that can accommodate an updated High Altitude Observatory system. L3 Aeromet will help MDA buy and equip three used planes with the HALO platform under the modification, which increases the contract’s total potential value from $564.1 million […] More

The PwC Public Sector business acquired by investment firm Veritas Capital in May now operates under the name Guidehouse, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Guidehouse’s website says the company will offer technology, management and strategy consulting services to multiple sectors that include the defense, national security and state and local government markets. The consulting firm is led […] More

Boeing is offering to sell the U.S. Air Force a new high-performance version of the F-15 aircraft with more modern features, Defense One reported Wednesday. The F-15X is equipped with new flight controls, cockpit displays and radar and has the capacity to hold over 24 air-to-air missiles, the report noted. “We see the marketplace expanding internationally and […] More