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Boeing and Northrop Grumman have won separate cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the U.S. Air Force to build digital signal generation technology for Global Positioning System satellites. The Defense Department said Monday that Boeing will help the Air Force to mature GPS-based positioning, navigation and timing systems through the Orbit Reprogrammable Digital Waveform Generator program under a $16.2 million contract. Boeing will perform […] More

Orbital ATK moved an updated version of the Antares rocket to Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch pad Thursday in preparation for the rocket’s first hot-fire engine test, Universe Today reported Monday. Ken Kremer writes Kurt Eberly, deputy program manager for Antares at Orbital ATK, said in an interview that the initial 30-second engine test of the […] More

CSRA subsidiary SRA International has won a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract to support biomedical research programs of the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Tuesday SRA will perform work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through May 16, 2021. The Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity received two bids for the procurement initiative via the Internet, DoD said. DoD noted the service […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of information technology services for BAE Systems‘ U.K. and Saudi Arabia operations under a $600 million agreement between the two companies. CSC said Tuesday the IT outsourcing deal will run through November 2021 and covers contact center, end user compute, mainframe, physical/virtual servers, storage, networking, project services and application maintenance support. “We are delighted to […] More

NTT Data has expanded the company’s North America service delivery center located in Louisville, Kentucky as part of an effort to grow its financial services business in the U.S. Customers will have access to on-shore delivery support through the center and the company will hire more than 300 positions in Louisville for financial services jobs, NTT […] More

L-3 Communications plans to move the manufacturing operations of its electron devices facility in San Carlos, California, to the company’s north central Pennsylvania and Los Angeles sites by the end of 2017. L-3 said Monday the consolidation efforts will occur throughout 2017. Michael Strianese, L-3 chairman and CEO, said the company will work to ease the transition and […] More

Apprio has received certifications from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s quality management systems, information technology security management and IT security support services. The company obtained the ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC 20000-1:20112013 certifications after QAS International evaluated Apprio’s processes for documentation review, development of quality management platforms and internal audit training, Apprio said […] More