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  • Lockheed to Update Exoskeleton Tech for Army Field Tests
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    Lockheed to Update Exoskeleton Tech for Army Field Tests

    Lockheed Martin will update components of a company-developed exoskeleton for use in U.S. Army demonstrations under a two-year, $6.9M contract from the military branch’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. The University of Florida will evaluate Onyx updates ahead of soldier demonstrations that NSRDEC plans to conduct next year, Lockheed said Thursday. The exoskeleton uses an electro-mechanical […] More

  • IAP Secures $77M Navy E-6B Aircraft Logistics Support Contract Modification
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    IAP Secures $77M Navy E-6B Aircraft Logistics Support Contract Modification

    IAP Worldwide Services has received a potential one-year, $76.8M contract modification to provide logistics support services for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The company will maintain and support E-6B weapon system components, associated aircraft equipment and support sites, the Defense Department said Thursday. IAP will perform work in Oklahoma, Maryland, Nebraska and […] More

  • Jason Kalirai Named Johns Hopkins APL Civil Space Mission Area Executive
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    Jason Kalirai Named Johns Hopkins APL Civil Space Mission Area Executive

    Jason Kalirai, formerly project scientist and strategic development lead at the Space Telescope Science Institute, has joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as mission area executive for civil space programs. APL said Thursday Kalirai is responsible for the lab’s work on NASA and international space missions that include exploration, research, technology development and spacecraft and scientific instrument production. […] More

  • Christian Brose to Join Anduril as Strategy Head
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    Christian Brose to Join Anduril as Strategy Head

    Christian Brose, former staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will join Silicon Valley-based tech firm Anduril Industries as the company’s head of strategy, Defense News reported Thursday. Brose left the Senate in September after he served for four years as staff head of the Senate panel led by the late Sen. John McCain. […] More

  • Perspecta VP Trey Theimer Joins Homeland Security & Defense Business Council Board
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    Perspecta VP Trey Theimer Joins Homeland Security & Defense Business Council Board

    Trey Theimer, vice president and account general manager for homeland security at Perspecta, has been appointed to the board of directors at the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council. She joins the board along with Brandon LaBonte, president and CEO of ArdentMC; and Martin Mackes, chief delivery officer of E3 Federal Solutions, the council said Thursday. All three appointees will serve […] More

  • DynCorp Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; George Krivo Quoted
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    DynCorp Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; George Krivo Quoted

    Viqtory, a veteran-owned recruitment marketing company, has included DynCorp International for the 12th time in its list of Military Friendly Employers. DynCorp said Thursday it received the recognition for its efforts to hire, retain and promote retired service personnel and their spouses who seek employment in the civilian sector. “DynCorp International is committed to hiring military talent, knowing […] More

  • IBM Helps Marine Corps Develop AI-Powered Data Mgmt Tool
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    IBM Helps Marine Corps Develop AI-Powered Data Mgmt Tool

    IBM has developed an artificial intelligence-powered technology to help the U.S. Marine Corps manage data on personnel and equipment as part of combat preparedness efforts, Nextgov reported Thursday. Matthew Dalkiewicz, manager of the Navy and Marine Corps account at IBM, said he expects the data management tool to aid the latter service branch in efforts to deploy active-duty […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL-Designed Solar Probe Wins Popular Science Award; Ralph Semmel Quoted
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    Johns Hopkins APL-Designed Solar Probe Wins Popular Science Award; Ralph Semmel Quoted

    A NASA space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for solar exploration has received an innovation of the year recognition from Popular Science magazine. The Parker Solar Probe flew on August 12 and came to within 15 million miles of the sun’s surface while traveling at a speed of 153.4K mph, Johns […] More

  • Northrop Secures Air Force Navigation System EMD Contract
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    Northrop Secures Air Force Navigation System EMD Contract

    Northrop Grumman has received a $59.1M contract to perform engineering, manufacturing and development work on next-generation navigation systems for the U.S. Air Force. The company will aim to complete the EMD phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization program by Sept. 30 of next year, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force is obligating […] More

  • DARPA Taps Telesat for Satcom Tech Evaluation Contract; Don Brown Quoted
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    DARPA Taps Telesat for Satcom Tech Evaluation Contract; Don Brown Quoted

    Telesat has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to assess the capability of commercial satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit to support the Pentagon’s future broadband connectivity requirements and other space-based communication needs. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with Leidos on the contract awarded through DARPA’s Blackjack program. Blackjack seeks to leverage […] More

  • Navy Eyes Potential Two-Carrier Deal With Huntington Ingalls
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    Navy Eyes Potential Two-Carrier Deal With Huntington Ingalls

    Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Navy have entered negotiations on a potential contract to build the third and fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, Navy Times reported Thursday. James Geurts, assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition at the Navy, said at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing Tuesday that he expects the military branch to […] More

  • Noblis Awarded DoD Environmental Research Program Support Contract
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    Noblis Awarded DoD Environmental Research Program Support Contract

    Noblis has won a potential $24M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support a pair of Defense Department environmental research programs. The contract has a one-year base period of performance, two option years and an additional one six-month extension, Army Contracting Command said in an award notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps. Work covers technical review, direct program area support, administrative and […] More