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  • ACT I Gets Marine Equipment Support Order Under OASIS SB Vehicle; Michael Niggel Comments
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    ACT I Gets Marine Equipment Support Order Under OASIS SB Vehicle; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a potential three-year task order to help sustain specialized U.S. Marine Corps equipment. ACT I said Tuesday it will perform Care-of-Supplies-in-Storage of managed components and designated Ground Weapons System equipment sets at Marine Corps Logistics Command facilities in Barstow, California and Albany, Georgia. “We are honored that the MCLC selected ACT I to support their augmentation efforts […] More

  • Accenture Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization for Cloud-Based Analytics Platform
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    Accenture Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization for Cloud-Based Analytics Platform

    Accenture‘s federal services business has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board for a platform-as-a-service cloud offering. The Accenture Insights Platform for Government is a cloud-based tool that works to provide agencies with analytics, data access and visualization functionalities to help accelerate the development and deployment of analytics-driven platforms, […] More

  • Mexico’s Civil Aviation Authority Certifies Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter
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    Mexico’s Civil Aviation Authority Certifies Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has obtained an offshore and utility type certificate from Mexico’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics to operate S-92 medium-lift helicopters in the country. DGAC authorized operation of all S-92 configurations for offshore oil and gas transportation, search-and-rescue, airline passenger service and VIP transportation, Lockheed said Tuesday. “This moves us another step forward in our overall Latin America […] More

  • DynCorp to Continue Saudi F-15 Base Operations Support Under AFCAP IV Task Order
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    DynCorp to Continue Saudi F-15 Base Operations Support Under AFCAP IV Task Order

    DynCorp International has secured a potential $4.6 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to support F-15 base operations in Saudi Arabia under the foreign military sales program. The company said Tuesday it will provide tools, materials, safety equipment and vehicles along with transportation, supervision, lodging and training services to support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia FMS program […] More

  • Cubic Wins $61M Army Pre-Deployment Training Contract
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    Cubic Wins $61M Army Pre-Deployment Training Contract

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has won a potential five-year, $61.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to help train the country’s military forces for deployment to combat missions. Work covers pre-deployment rotational training services to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk in Louisiana, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command received four […] More

  • Report: Oshkosh Defense Eyes Armored Vehicle Partnerships in Middle East
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    Report: Oshkosh Defense Eyes Armored Vehicle Partnerships in Middle East

    George Mansfield, vice president and general manager of international programs at Oshkosh‘s defense business, has said the company looks to offer armored vehicles in the Middle East through partnerships with local manufacturers there, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said Oshkosh Defense is in talks with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Al-Tadrea Manufacturing Company about producing armored vehicles. Al […] More

  • Air Force Orders Lockheed Missile Instrumentation Kits
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    Air Force Orders Lockheed Missile Instrumentation Kits

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $44.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture intelligent test instrumentation kits that will support tests of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile system. JASSM tests will cover telemetry and flight termination assessments and the iTIK units will offer support for various missile programs, Lockheed said Tuesday. “The new […] More

  • Boeing to Sponsor MIT Academic Wind Tunnel Replacement Project
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    Boeing to Sponsor MIT Academic Wind Tunnel Replacement Project

    Boeing has pledged to become the lead donor of an $18 million project to replace the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s academic wind tunnel. The company said Monday it will help replace MIT’s 79-year-old Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel with a new tunnel that will be designated “The Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel — a Gift of the Boeing Company.” […] More

  • Former BAE CEO Ian King to Become Chairman at Engineering Firm Senior
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    Former BAE CEO Ian King to Become Chairman at Engineering Firm Senior

    Ian King, former CEO of British defense contractor BAE Systems, will join Senior Plc in 2018 as chairman of the U.K.-based engineering firm focused on automotive and aerospace markets, Reuters reported Monday. King will succeed the retiring Charles Berry in April as the company prepares for an expected rise in demand at its aerospace, energy and trucks […] More

  • Jonathan Eaton Named Grant Thornton Supply Chain Mgmt Practice Leader
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    Jonathan Eaton Named Grant Thornton Supply Chain Mgmt Practice Leader

    Jonathan Eaton, formerly a vice president and industry supply chain partner at Chainalytics, has joined Grant Thornton as leader of the professional services firm’s national supply chain management. Grant Thornton said Tuesday Eaton will oversee a portfolio of strategy, transformation,  demand and supply planning, procurement, analytics, transportation, visibility and network optimization service offerings in his new position. His more than […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Install Avionics Tech in Calidus-Built Multirole Aircraft
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    Rockwell Collins to Install Avionics Tech in Calidus-Built Multirole Aircraft

    A United Arab Emirates-based aircraft manufacturer has selected Rockwell Collins to produce and integrate an integrated avionics system into a new aircraft platform designed for combat and asymmetric warfare missions. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide its Pro Line Fusion system for installation on Calidus‘ B-250 light attack aircraft that debuted at the Dubai Airshow. Talel Kamel, managing director of Rockwell Collins’ business […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto: CAE to Serve as UAE’s Unmanned Aircraft Training Systems Integrator
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    Gene Colabatistto: CAE to Serve as UAE’s Unmanned Aircraft Training Systems Integrator

    CAE will assume the role of training systems integrator under a contract to deliver an unmanned aerial vehicle training system to the United Arab Emirates, Aviation Week reported Monday. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, said the company will provide a UAV training center and perform program management, obsolescence management and sustainment services […] More