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  • 4 Firms Awarded Spots Under $60M Army Contract for Engineering Services
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    4 Firms Awarded Spots Under $60M Army Contract for Engineering Services

    Four firms have landed spots under a $60 million U.S. Army contract for architect and engineering services. Tetra Tech, HDR Engineering, AECOM‘s technical service business and a joint venture between MCM and Stantec will compete for task orders under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Army will assign work locations and funds with each order. Work under the five-year contract will […] More

  • Mercury Systems Launches Digital Transceiver for Electronic Warfare Missions
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    Mercury Systems Launches Digital Transceiver for Electronic Warfare Missions

    Mercury Systems has introduced a digital transceiver that works to help warfighters perform electronic warfare and signal processing operations in hostile environments. The EnsembleSeries DCM6111 6U VPX digital transceiver complies with OpenVPX standards and features a system security engineering capability – BuiltSECURE - that seeks to facilitate the configuration and deployment of personalized security platforms, the company […] More

  • Mike Lawrie: DXC Eyes ‘Tuck-In’ Acquisitions
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    Mike Lawrie: DXC Eyes ‘Tuck-In’ Acquisitions

    Mike Lawrie, chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, has said the company plans to close more “tuck-in” acquisitions as part of efforts to build up its digital offerings, CRN reported Thursday. “We have a pipeline of things we are looking at. … Most of what we do classifies more as tuck-ins that are very consistent […] More

  • FCI Enterprises Names Joseph Chioda as Chief Growth Officer
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    FCI Enterprises Names Joseph Chioda as Chief Growth Officer

    FCI Enterprises has appointed Joseph Chioda as chief growth officer, the Chantilly, Va., company announced Thursday. “I look forward to working closely with Joe as we execute our strategic plan and continue to expand into new customers and diversity our capabilities,” said Michael Gulino, who was named president and chief executive officer two weeks ago. “Joe brings […] More

  • Army Seeks R&D Information on EW Technologies for Multi-Domain Battle
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    Army Seeks R&D Information on EW Technologies for Multi-Domain Battle

    The U.S. Army seeks research and development information from industry and academia on electronic warfare technologies to support the Training and Doctrine Command’s multi-domain battle concept. The Army said in a FedBizOpps request for information posted Wednesday the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate wants insight on R&D efforts that may address EW requirements […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 9th Cargo Resupply Mission
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 9th Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK spacecraft has completed berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station as part of the company’s ninth resupply mission with NASA. The company said Thursday the Cygnus spacecraft dubbed “S.S. J.R. Thompson” carried 7,400 pounds of cargo consisting of supplies and experiments to ISS. The spacecraft launched Monday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew secured the […] More

  • Boeing Names 8 Potential International Block III Super Hornet Customers
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    Boeing Names 8 Potential International Block III Super Hornet Customers

    Boeing has named Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Poland and Switzerland as potential clients for the latest configuration of its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft, National Defense reported Wednesday. Dan Gillian, vice president of F/A-18 programs at Boeing, said Wednesday at a media day in Virginia potential orders from those international customers could be a […] More

  • Red Hat’s David Egts, Unisys’ Peter O’Donoghue Outline DevOps Challenges in Public Sector
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    Red Hat’s David Egts, Unisys’ Peter O’Donoghue Outline DevOps Challenges in Public Sector

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat‘s public sector business, has said public sector organizations may encounter challenges in adopting DevOps in their information technology systems due to a culture that focuses on long-term initiatives. TechTarget reported Tuesday that Egts believes the procurement culture in government is used to multiyear programs supported by a waterfall approach. Peter […] More

  • John Donovan: AT&T to Expand Rural Coverage, Spend $2B on FirstNet Deployment Effort
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    John Donovan: AT&T to Expand Rural Coverage, Spend $2B on FirstNet Deployment Effort

    AT&T plans to broaden its coverage in rural areas and advance software upgrades to facilitate the delivery of 5G services through its cell cites by leveraging its work on a national public safety broadband network with the First Responder Network Authority, Urgent Communications reported Wednesday. “FirstNet gives us a great opportunity to go into the […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Gets USAF Reimbursement Modification for Satellite Sustainment
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    Northrop Grumman Gets USAF Reimbursement Modification for Satellite Sustainment

    Northrop Grumman has received a $7.1 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for reimbursements concerning satellite sensor sustainment services. The increase stems from an exercised option tasking the company to sustain sensors of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program on-orbit constellation and raises the contract’s value to $14.1 million, the Defense Department said Wednesday. USAF obligates entire the modification amount that was […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Holds Dual Test-Fire of Air-Launched Long-Range Missile
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    Lockheed Martin Holds Dual Test-Fire of Air-Launched Long-Range Missile

    Lockheed Martin conducted a dual test-fire of its precision-guided, anti-ship missile from a U.S. Air Force B-1B aircraft that flew over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif. The aircraft fired two production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles that used data from an onboard sensor to navigate planned waypoints, shift to mid-course guidance and identify […] More

  • United Technologies to Add 35,000 Jobs; Invest $15B in R&D Through 2022
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    United Technologies to Add 35,000 Jobs; Invest $15B in R&D Through 2022

    United Technologies has announced it will add 35,000 jobs and invest over $15 billion for research and development, as well as well as capital expenditures, in the United States through 2022. The company said Wednesday it also launched a new website www.utcinvestingintheusa.com aimed at highlighting UTC’s U.S. investments. These new investments are intended to boost support for customers in […] More