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  • CSRA to Lead Supercomputing Capacity Expansion Effort for NASA Climate Simulation Center
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    CSRA to Lead Supercomputing Capacity Expansion Effort for NASA Climate Simulation Center

    CSRA will work with Supermicro Computer and Edge Solutions & Consulting to expand the computing capacity at NASA’s Center for Climate Simulation under a contract with the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center. CSRA said Wednesday it will update NASA’s Discover supercomputer to increase the system’s high-performance computing capacity to approximately 5 petaFLOPS as part of the […] More

  • Boeing Gets Navy Order for T-45 Aircraft Retrofit Kits, Special Tools
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    Boeing Gets Navy Order for T-45 Aircraft Retrofit Kits, Special Tools

    Boeing has received a $12.6 million order from the U.S. Navy to deliver 39 T-45 Goshawk retrofit kits, support equipment and special tools for the trainer aircraft’s service life extension program. The Defense Department said Wednesday the order also includes retrofit engineering and logistics services meant to address associated government technical directives. Eighty-six percent of work will occur in Missouri […] More

  • Kratos to Help Update DoD Cyber Defense Support Network Under GSA Alliant Order
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    Kratos to Help Update DoD Cyber Defense Support Network Under GSA Alliant Order

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $10.5 million task order to help a Defense Department command update a closed network built to support a cyberspace weapon system. The company said Wednesday it aims to modernize and expand the capacity of the network for DoD command users to manage network operations and defense missions. Paul Westover, a […] More

  • Report: Qatar Plans BAE Hawk Trainer Aircraft Procurement
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    Report: Qatar Plans BAE Hawk Trainer Aircraft Procurement

    Qatar’s defense minister Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah has said the country’s government looks to purchase nine BAE Systems-built Hawk trainer aircraft units, Dow Jones Newswires reported Wednesday. The report noted Qatar had planned to buy only six Hawk jet trainers. BAE closed on a potential $6.7 billion contract last month to supply 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar’s air force beginning […] More

  • Terma to Equip Air Force F-16 Variants With 3D Audio Tech
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    Terma to Equip Air Force F-16 Variants With 3D Audio Tech

    The North American subsidiary of Terma has received a potential six-year, $44.3 million contract to build a three-dimensional audio system for integration into the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 C and D aircraft models. Terma North America will engineer, integrate and produce the 3D audio technology as well as provide spares, support equipment and interim contractor support, the Defense Department […] More

  • BlackRidge Technology Names 4 Execs to Newly Formed Govt Advisory Board
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    BlackRidge Technology Names 4 Execs to Newly Formed Govt Advisory Board

    BlackRidge Technology International has appointed four executives to its newly established government advisory board that will work to provide insights on the cybersecurity and network requirements of the Defense Department and other public sector clients. David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix Government Solutions with oversight over the firm’s Americas public sector strategy, will […] More

  • DSA Wins Spot on Potential $50B GSA Alliant 2 Vehicle; Fran Pierce Comments
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    DSA Wins Spot on Potential $50B GSA Alliant 2 Vehicle; Fran Pierce Comments

    Data Systems Analysts holds a position on a potential 10-year, $50 billion information technology contract vehicle managed by the General Services Administration. DSA is one of 61 awardees on the unrestricted portion of the Alliant 2 governmentwide procurement contract in late 2011. The company said Wednesday Alliant 2 offers agencies access to multiple IT offerings that align with the Federal […] More

  • ManTech Named to Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Tech Companies List; Kevin Phillips Comments
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    ManTech Named to Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Tech Companies List; Kevin Phillips Comments

    ManTech International has been included in Thomson Reuters’ list of top 100 global technology companies recognized for their financial and operational performance. Kevin Phillips, ManTech president and CEO, said in a statement published Wednesday the company is honored with the 2018 Top 100 Global Technology Leader recognition that seeks to acknowledge the company’s efforts to deliver new […] More

  • Liz Anthony, Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Jill Singer Among Women in Technology Leadership Award Finalists
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    Liz Anthony, Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Jill Singer Among Women in Technology Leadership Award Finalists

    Women in Technology has named the finalists for the nonprofit organization’s 19th Annual Leadership Awards, which recognize prominent female industry and government technology professionals. WIT said Wednesday it will honor awardees during its gala ceremony that will be held on May 17 in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Finalists include Jill Singer, vice president of national security for AT&T‘s public […] More

  • Cubic to Demo Firearms Training Simulators
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    Cubic to Demo Firearms Training Simulators

    Cubic‘s global defense business will display a range of firearms training simulators at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, scheduled to take place from Jan. 23 to 26 in Las Vegas. Cubic Global Defense will offer hands-on demonstrations for its PRISim Suite and present multiple live-fire range systems through a remodeled QuickRange […] More

  • Julie Boland Named EY Vice Chair & Regional Managing Partner
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    Julie Boland Named EY Vice Chair & Regional Managing Partner

    Julie Boland, managing partner at EY‘s Cleveland office, has been named as the company’s vice chair and regional managing partner for the U.S. Central Region, effective July 1. EY said Wednesday Boland will oversee teams, market leadership, talent development and customer service for the company’s regional practice. She will also support several of the company’s largest […] More

  • Thomson Reuters Includes Leidos on Top 100 Tech Companies List; Roger Krone Comments
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    Thomson Reuters Includes Leidos on Top 100 Tech Companies List; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos has been included in Thomson Reuters‘ 2018 list of the top 100 technology companies worldwide. The information services provider launched its Top 100 Global Technology Leader program to rank global technology firms based on eight performance metrics, Leidos said Thursday. Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone said the company works to develop creative technology platforms “to […] More