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  • DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Security Threat Analytical Tool
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    DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Security Threat Analytical Tool

    Charles River Analytics has received a four-year, $4.4 million Defense Advanced Research Project Agency contract to develop an analytical tool to help study and address security threats occurring within the country and across the globe. The company said Monday it intends to design the Sensitivity Analysis of Uncertainty in Causal Environments technology as a tool to primarily address food insecurity […] More

  • DLA Taps Rockwell Collins for Repairs and Engineering Services
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    DLA Taps Rockwell Collins for Repairs and Engineering Services

    Rockwell Collins has received a five-year, $40 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to provide repairs, engineering support and depot-level reparable items. Work under the contract will be done to support the Defense Department and foreign military sales efforts, the DoD said Monday. The DLA is financing the contract through funds intended for fiscal year 2018 through 2023 defense […] More

  • Cubic Report: Public Transit Agencies Should Lead Mobility-as-a-Service Tech Devt
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    Cubic Report: Public Transit Agencies Should Lead Mobility-as-a-Service Tech Devt

    Cubic has released a new white paper that says public transit should be at the forefront of discussions on Mobility-as a-Service technologies. Matt Cole, president of Cubic’s transportation systems arm, authored the report titled “MaaS: Putting Transit Front and Center of the Conversation,” which was unveiled at the American Public Transportation Association’s three-day legislative conference that […] More

  • HHS Seeks AI-Based Acquisition Support Tool
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    HHS Seeks AI-Based Acquisition Support Tool

    The Health and Human Services Department has posted solicitations seeking contractors with the capacity to build an artificial intelligence tool for acquisition support, NextGov reported Monday. HHS intends for the future BUYSMARTER Acquisitions system to analytically process contract data through the use of AI, to generate information capable of supporting the department’s procurement activities. The system will be […] More

  • IARPA Launches Small UAV Imagery Enhancement Challenge
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    IARPA Launches Small UAV Imagery Enhancement Challenge

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a prize challenge for the research community to help IARPA restore and enhance imagery from sensors mounted on small unmanned aerial vehicles. The UG2 Prize Challenge is open to computational photography and image processing algorithm developers from industry and academia. Chris Boehnen, a program manager at IARPA, said in a statement […] More

  • VSE Receives Air Force C-130J MRO Task Order
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    VSE Receives Air Force C-130J MRO Task Order

    VSE has secured a potential 30-month, $28.5 million task order to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the U.S. Air Force‘s military transport aircraft fleet. The company said Monday it will perform organizational MRO services for the 314th Air Wing headquartered at Little Rock AF Base in Arkansas. USAF awarded the order under the Contract Field Teams indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […] More

  • KBR Subsidiary Gets USAF Weapon Systems Analysis, Engineering Support Order
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    KBR Subsidiary Gets USAF Weapon Systems Analysis, Engineering Support Order

    KBR‘s government services business has received a 54-month, $34.1 million task order to provide engineering and analysis support for U.S. Air Force weapons systems as part of the service branch’s cybersecurity and air traffic safety efforts. The company said Monday KBRwyle will support the engineering and communication network branch of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s engineering […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Secures $69M Navy Trainer Aircraft Engine Support Contract Option
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    Rolls-Royce Secures $69M Navy Trainer Aircraft Engine Support Contract Option

    Rolls-Royce has received a six-month, $69.4 million contract option to maintain and provide logistics support for the U.S. Navy‘s T-45 training aircraft engines. The company will perform intermediate and depot-level maintenance work on 209 F405-RR-401 Adour engines as part of the exercised option, the Defense Department said Monday. Forty-six percent of contract work will occur at Naval Air Station Kingsville in […] More

  • CACI Lands $60M Army National Guard Contract for Media Services
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    CACI Lands $60M Army National Guard Contract for Media Services

    CACI International has secured a potential three-year, $60 million contract to continue the provision of advertising and marketing support to the U.S. Army National Guard‘s State Media Services Program. The company said Monday it will help SMSP deliver advertising and creative resources to ARNG Retention and Recruitment Commands across U.S. states and territories. CACI will bring […] More

  • Rhys Williams Joins Cubic as VP, Treasurer
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    Rhys Williams Joins Cubic as VP, Treasurer

    Rhys Williams, a financial executive with more than 20 years of experience, has been appointed corporate vice president and treasurer at Cubic. He will oversee Cubic’s treasury functions that include capital structure, credit acquisition and administration, investments, insurance and risk management efforts, the company said Monday. Anshooman Aga, executive VP and chief financial officer at Cubic, said […] More

  • FBI Vet Timothy Gallagher Named Kroll Cyber & Investigations Practice Managing Director
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    FBI Vet Timothy Gallagher Named Kroll Cyber & Investigations Practice Managing Director

    Timothy Gallagher, a more than 20-year FBI veteran, has been named as a managing director within Kroll‘s cybersecurity and investigations practice. Kroll said Monday Gallagher brings investigative experience in the areas of financial fraud and cyber-related crimes to his new position. He previously managed the FBI’s Newark, New Jersey office and led a multiagency task force that worked to […] More