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  • HII Recognizes 148 Shipbuilding Apprentice School Graduates; Jennifer Boykin Comments
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    HII Recognizes 148 Shipbuilding Apprentice School Graduates; Jennifer Boykin Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries honored 148 graduates of the company’s Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia, during commencement exercises held Saturday. The company said Monday that Jennifer Boykin, president of HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony. “We are working smart every day to innovate, to rethink and reinvent the business of shipbuilding,” said Boykin. […] More

  • Debra Lehman Joins ACT I as Business Development VP; Michael Niggel Comments
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    Debra Lehman Joins ACT I as Business Development VP; Michael Niggel Comments

    Debra Lehman, a 35-year government contracting veteran, has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as vice president of business development and program manager for the company’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract. She will lead ACT I’s efforts to identify, qualify and pursue business opportunities with the U.S. Navy and federal civilian agencies through the […] More

  • FCC to Begin ‘Restoring Internet Freedom Order’ Implementation in April
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    FCC to Begin ‘Restoring Internet Freedom Order’ Implementation in April

    The Federal Communications Commission has set April 23 as the effective date of an order that would repeal internet regulations the Obama administration implemented in 2015. Changes under the Restoring Internet Freedom Order will go into effect in April except for certain amendatory instructions, which are subject to the Office of Management and Budget‘s approval of information […] More

  • Report: DoD Seeks 12% Military Electronics Funding Boost for Fiscal 2019
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    Report: DoD Seeks 12% Military Electronics Funding Boost for Fiscal 2019

    The Defense Department has asked Congress to earmark $12.93 billion in fiscal 2019 funds for research and procurement of communications, electronics, telecommunications and intelligence technology platforms, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. DoD’s proposed CET&I budget represents a 12.3-percent increase from the amount requested for FY 2018 and excludes military activities that cover “substantial” electronics systems. The department seeks […] More

  • Cobham Says 2017 Airborne Tactical Radio Sales Exceed Forecast
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    Cobham Says 2017 Airborne Tactical Radio Sales Exceed Forecast

    Cobham has reported that sales of the company’s software-based airborne tactical radio offering over the past year exceeded its previous estimate. The company said Monday it sold RT-7000 radios to various clients that include government and military aviation organizations in North and South America, Asia and Europe. RT-7000 is built with modules that operators can update to address evolving requirements and […] More

  • GSA, ServiceNow Sign Governmentwide Software Agreement; Emily Murphy Comments
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    GSA, ServiceNow Sign Governmentwide Software Agreement; Emily Murphy Comments

    The General Services Administration and ServiceNow have reached a governmentwide agreement that seeks to facilitate the procurement of ServiceNow’s software platforms by federal agencies through Carahsoft Technology’s IT Schedule 70 contract. Emily Murphy, GSA administrator and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement published Friday the agreement seeks to address duplication in the procurement process and […] More

  • CAE Delivers Predator RPA Training System to Italian Air Force; Gene Colabatistto Comments
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    CAE Delivers Predator RPA Training System to Italian Air Force; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    Italy’s air force has received a CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer that is designed to train military operators of General Atomics‘ remotely piloted aircraft. CAE said Sunday it worked with General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business to develop the trainer that represents the Italian Predator A RPA during phase one of delivery. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, the company applied its decades […] More

  • Report: Qatar’s Future Boeing-Built F-15s Would Include New Wing Upgrade
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    Report: Qatar’s Future Boeing-Built F-15s Would Include New Wing Upgrade

    Boeing will introduce an updated wing structure for the F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter aircraft that the company will deliver to Qatar, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Steve Parker, Boeing vice-president of F-15 programs, told FlightGlobal that the aircraft maker could offer the redesigned wing as a service life extension option for the F-15 fleets of the U.S. Air Force and […] More

  • Austal USA Hosts Christening of Navy’s 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship
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    Austal USA Hosts Christening of Navy’s 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship

    The 10th expeditionary fast transport ship Austal USA is constructing for the U.S. Navy was christened Saturday at the company’s shipbuilding facility in Alabama. Austal said Saturday the future USNS Burlington is part of a 12-ship contract worth potentially $1.9 billion. The EPF 10 christening ceremony featured Rear Adm. Dee Mewbourne, commander of the Military Sealift Command, as well as Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Space Tech R&D Proposals
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    Air Force Seeks Space Tech R&D Proposals

    The U.S. Air Force has requested proposals from small businesses that can research and develop technologies to optimize the U.S. military’s space systems. The Air Force said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the Spacecraft Object Tracking and Characterization program will cover space systems such as launch platforms, payload adapters, on-orbit systems, communications links, ground systems and […] More

  • Report: New Lockheed Missile Aims to Target UAVs, Mortars
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    Report: New Lockheed Missile Aims to Target UAVs, Mortars

    Lockheed Martin has begun to develop a new missile designed to target and destroy incoming projectiles through the use of a radar system and kinetic energy, the New York Post reported Friday. The company has recently tested in New Mexico the Miniature Hit to Kill Missile platform, which is based on the technology used in the […] More

  • Microsoft’s Paul Nicholas: National Cyber Agency Could Help Harmonize Security Policies
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    Microsoft’s Paul Nicholas: National Cyber Agency Could Help Harmonize Security Policies

    Paul Nicholas, senior director of trustworthy computing at Microsoft, has said he believes the establishment of a national cybersecurity agency would help the government prioritize and coordinate cyber policies as well as address cyber threats. Nicholas wrote in a blog post published Feb. 19 the company’s new whitepaper calls on governments to equip the national cyber […] More