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Northrop Grumman has dispatched the 150th KC-10 Extender aerial refueling tanker for the U.S. Air Force after the company performed depot-level maintenance work on the aircraft. “Deliveries were made on or ahead of schedule and met or exceeded quality expectations, which has been instrumental in the Air Force’s production of an untold number of combat […] More

A General Services Administration official has said civilian agencies have awarded $160 million in task orders through the small business part of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle, FCW reported Wednesday. Jim Ghiloni, OASIS program director at GSA, said the agencies’ contract obligations through the unrestricted OASIS contract so far have reached […] More

Boeing will form a joint venture with Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries and Alsalam Aircraft Company to open the Saudi Rotorcraft Support Center in Riyadh and Jeddah. Boeing said Wednesday the center will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the sustainment of Saudi Arabia’s commercial and defense helicopters. The country’s rotorcraft fleet includes Boeing’s AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i. Leanne Caret, […] More

DLT Solutions has unveiled its new DLT Operations Center and DLT Innovation Center as part of efforts to bolster the company’s technical services offerings to the public sector. The company said Wednesday its new offices at the Dulles Technology Corridor in Herndon, Virginia, will house the additional facilities. It added that the DLT Operations Center consists of the DLT Service Center, […] More

The D.C. Public Service Commission has rejected Exelon‘s proposed $6.4 billion merger with Pepco Holdings due to concerns on the latter’s potentially diminished role in the future management structure, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Thomas Heath writes that the commission also indicated a lack of evidence to prove that the transaction will improve utilities services for consumers […] More

EMC has partnered with Avnet to offer the VSPEX Blue converged infrastructure appliance to Australian enterprise clients beginning in early 2015. Avnet said Tuesday it will serve as a distributor of EMC’s platform to independent software vendors, system integrators and value-added resellers throughout Australia. The companies’ agreement also covers big data, storage and cloud computing […] More

GE Healthcare and Temple University Health System have forged an alliance to provide radiologic imaging services in an effort to help improve clinical outcomes for patients. GE Healthcare will supply the technologies needed to update TUHS’ radiological imaging equipment and provide data storage and retrieval, service contract consolidation and consultation services, GE said Tuesday. “Like […] More

The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has issued a request for information on existing methods for modeling and forecasting of low-frequency events. IARPA said Aug. 12 in a FedBizOpps notice it also seeks industry’s help to find alternative approaches to test and evaluate if rare event prediction techniques work. Areas of interest highlighted in […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the computer aided design market in North America’s aerospace and defense sector will grow 4.2 percent year over year from 2014 through 2019. The report is based on industry input and market analysis, and segments the market into three-dimensional CAD and 2D CAD, Research and […] More

New U.S. Office of Management and Budget guidelines on government information technology cybersecurity would raise the cost of compliance to reporting and auditing rules for contractors, John Slye, an advisory research analyst at Deltek, wrote in a blog post published Friday. Slye said OMB developed the guide to help federal agencies bolster the security of […] More

ViaSat Inc. has received a National Security Agency certification for the company’s chip-based security system. The KOV-55 security-system-on-a-chip is designed to secure voice and data up to the top secret level for multifunctional information distribution system low-volume terminals that operate over a Link 16 network, ViaSat said Monday. “ViaSat’s programmable security-system-on-a-chip delivers more than just a […] More

AECOM will construct a gasification plant in North Dakota under a contract with Dakota Gasification Co. The facility will be built at Dakota Gasification’s Great Plains Synfuels plant in Beulah, AECOM said Monday. “AECOM is pleased to have been selected by Dakota Gasification Company to deliver this important project,” said Michael Burke, AECOM chairman and […] More