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  • Amtrak Taps Phase One to Support Mobile Mgmt Tool for Chicago’s Union Station; Jodi Huston Comments
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    Amtrak Taps Phase One to Support Mobile Mgmt Tool for Chicago’s Union Station; Jodi Huston Comments

    Phase One has been selected to support a mobile management tool Amtrak will use to manage processes at Chicago’s Union Station. Phase One said Friday it will leverage the company’s Salesforce application expertise to help Amtrak manage train turn-around times and streamline the station’s operations. Yard personnel will use the tool to schedule the preparation of each train for departure and supervisors will […] More

  • DynCorp Marks 10th Appearance in Victory Media’s Military Friendly Employer List
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    DynCorp Marks 10th Appearance in Victory Media’s Military Friendly Employer List

    DynCorp International has made its 10th appearance on Victory Media‘s annual Military Friendly Employer list in recognition for its employment opportunities for servicemembers and veterans. The 2017 Military Friendly Employer list will be sent to servicemembers, veterans and their family members in an effort to offer employment options to support their post-military careers, DynCorp said Monday. “At DynCorp International we recognize […] More

  • Booz Allen Co-Hosts Online Crowdsourcing Hackathon
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    Booz Allen Co-Hosts Online Crowdsourcing Hackathon

    Booz Allen Hamilton has co-hosted an onsite and online crowdsourcing hackathon at the firm’s innovation center in Washington, D.C. to present the impacts of crowdsourced development in the federal sector. The four-day 2016 Topcoder Open Finals exhibited an Environmental Protection Agency Megahack that aimed to develop a portal for policymakers, industry associations and other key stakeholders […] More

  • Paul Hobelmann to Serve as WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff VP; Jeffrey Smilow Comments
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    Paul Hobelmann to Serve as WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff VP; Jeffrey Smilow Comments

    Paul Hobelmann will join WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff as a vice president at the company’s Arlington, Virginia office. WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff said Monday Hobelmann will lead its structural engineering practice on buildings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and aid the company’s suite of services that covers mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering. Hobelmann has more than […] More

  • Fitch Ratings: Govt Reimbursements Can Help Address Contractors’ Cash Flow Worries From Pension Liabilities
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    Fitch Ratings: Govt Reimbursements Can Help Address Contractors’ Cash Flow Worries From Pension Liabilities

    Fitch Ratings has said U.S. government reimbursements and lower funding requirements can help mitigate cash flow impacts to defense contractors over the next three-to-four years as the companies face large underfunded pension liabilities. Changes to accounting rules enacted in 2012 will continue to impact interest rates used to calculate pension benefit obligations discount rates and will also affect reimbursements through 2017, […] More

  • CSRA Secures $52M DHS Technical & Program Support Contract
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    CSRA Secures $52M DHS Technical & Program Support Contract

    CSRA has won a four-year, $52 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications to perform a range of technical and program support services. The company said Monday it will aid in DHS’ efforts to optimize the security, resiliency and reliability of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure under the recompeted contract. Sally Sullivan, executive […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Establish Depot Capability for Navy Poseidon Radio Parts; Thierry Tosi Comments
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    Rockwell Collins to Establish Depot Capability for Navy Poseidon Radio Parts; Thierry Tosi Comments

    Rockwell Collins has received a $27 million contract to establish the depot capability of  the HF-121C communications system and miscellaneous radio components for the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The activation stage follows the assessment of the P-8A radio component depot capability and the next phase covers sustainment plan and a potential public-private partnership, Rockwell Collins […] More

  • GSA Picks Schooley Caldwell Associates, Hill International for $104M Courthouse Project
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    GSA Picks Schooley Caldwell Associates, Hill International for $104M Courthouse Project

    The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to Schooley Caldwell Associates and Hill International for a $104 million renovation and construction project on the Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio. GSA said Friday Schooley Caldwell Associates received an architect/engineer contract to provide design management and inspection services. Hill International will serve as GSA’s subject-matter adviser and support project oversight […] More

  • Natl Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine Lands NASA Space Research Contract
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    Natl Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine Lands NASA Space Research Contract

    The Washington-based National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has secured a potential five-year, $34 million contract from NASA to conduct studies within the domain of the space agency’s science and technology programs. NASA said Saturday the Space Studies Board indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers research designed to address various questions regarding space science, Earth science, biological and physical […] More

  • Vector Space Systems Raises Funds for Microsatellite Launch Vehicle Development
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    Vector Space Systems Raises Funds for Microsatellite Launch Vehicle Development

    Vector Space Systems has secured $1.25 million in a seed funding round headed by Space Angels Network to support Vector’s development of commercial launch vehicles for low-Earth orbit microsatellites. Space Angels Network offers an online investment platform designed to help accredited investors finance aerospace companies through managed funds, Vector said Friday. Vector co-founder and CEO Jim Cantrell said the […] More

  • Gulfstream Receives G550 Aircraft Purchase Order from Poland
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    Gulfstream Receives G550 Aircraft Purchase Order from Poland

    Gulfstream Aerospace has received a purchase order for the company’s G550 aircraft from Poland’s national defense ministry for use in the transport of government officials. The General Dynamics subsidiary will configure two G550 for VIP transport and deliver the aircraft in 2017, Gulfstream said Wednesday. G550 is designed to fly at altitudes higher than commercial traffic and […] More

  • AquaHarmonics Wins DOE Wave Energy Converter Devt Competition
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    AquaHarmonics Wins DOE Wave Energy Converter Devt Competition

    AquaHarmonics has won a $1.5 million grand prize in the Energy Department‘s design-build-test competition that aims to support the development of wave energy converters. DoE said Wednesday CalWave Power Technologies and Waveswing America will receive $500,000 and $250,000 in respective cash prizes as second and third place winners of the Wave Energy Prize. “This competition set a difficult threshold […] More