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ACT I Receives ‘Virginia Values Veterans’ Certification; Claudio Monticelli Quoted
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has been certified by the Virginia Values Veterans Program for the company’s efforts to improve its veteran employment procedures.
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Dan Schultz on Sikorsky’s CH-53K Production Contract With USMC, Other Helicopter Programs
Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary, told Defense One in an interview published Thursday about several helicopter projects including a potential $1.1B contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters.
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Air Force Plans InstantEye Quadcopter Drone Procurement
The U.S. Air Force has announced its intent to acquire a small heavy-lift unmanned aerial system from Andover, Mass.-based research and development firm Physical Sciences, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
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Northrop Gets $66M Contract Extension for Navy Surveillance System Support
Northrop Grumman has received a $66.2M contract modification to continue support services for the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator Program.
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Red Hat’s Adam Clater: Open Source Tech, Freedom of Choice Key to Federal IT Modernization
Adam Clater, chief architect for North America public sector at Red Hat, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that federal agencies should advance information technology modernization and the initial step they need to do is avoiding proprietary or vendor lock-in arrangements when it comes to cloud adoption.
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Air Force Plans $100M in Computational Tech R&D Awards
The U.S. Air Force is seeking white papers for a potential $100M multi-award contract to research and develop computing processor architectures for real-time high performance embedded computing applications.Â
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Report: Lockheed, Raytheon Boost Hypersonic Tech R&D Efforts
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon booked contracts worth more than $3B combined in recent months to develop new hypersonics technology for the Department of Defense, Aviation International News reported Friday.
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Parrot to Develop Small Surveillance Drone Prototype for Army
Parrot, a European drone manufacturer, is among the six firms that will develop small unmanned aircraft system prototypes with $11M in total funds from the Department of Defense. The company said Tuesday it was selected to participate in the Short Range Reconnaissance program, a partnership between the U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit.
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Grant Thornton’s Nicole Puri: Governance Structure, Data Analytics Key to Enterprise Risk Mgmt
Nicole Puri, a director of Grant Thornton’s public sector practice, has said that agencies should develop insights through data analytics, identify opportunities for improvement and establish a governance structure to address enterprise risk management goals.
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SAIC Forms Strategic Partnership With Franklin Venture Partners to Expand Emerging Tech Access; Josh Jackson Quoted
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced on Tuesday that SAIC has formed a new strategic partnership with Franklin Venture Partners to broaden its access and exposure to emerging technologies being developed by startup companies across the U.S. More