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  • AirTronic Receives Grenade Launcher Orders From DLA, Int’l Defense Customers
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    AirTronic Receives Grenade Launcher Orders From DLA, Int’l Defense Customers

    AirTronic USA has received contracts from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency and undisclosed international defense clients to supply 40-millimeter grenade launcher systems. The company said Thursday it will provide M203 grenade launcher barrels under a multiyear contract with DLA and grenade launcher systems under a pair of foreign contracts. Richard Vandiver, AirTronic president and chief operating officer, said the company […] More

  • Army to Test Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming System
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    Army to Test Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming System

    The U.S. Army plans to implement a new technology designed to help the service branch’s AH-64 Apache helicopter operators communicate with up to two unmanned aerial vehicles, Defense News reported Sunday. The report said Manned-Unmanned Teaming X system will work to help AH-64E crews to operate the sensors and flight paths of Textron‘s RQ-7 Shadow and General […] More

  • Siemens Donates $246M Software Grant to Florida Institute of Technology
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    Siemens Donates $246M Software Grant to Florida Institute of Technology

    Siemens has provided an in-kind software grant worth more than $246 million to the Florida Institute of Technology to help students prepare for science, technology engineering and math careers. Florida Tech said Thursday it will incorporate Siemens’ product lifecycle management platform into students’ coursework and projects related to computer-aided design, engineering simulation, industrial design, digital manufacturing and […] More

  • SPA Appoints Brad Williamson as Strategic Initiatives Director; William Vantine Comments
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    SPA Appoints Brad Williamson as Strategic Initiatives Director; William Vantine Comments

    Brad Williamson, former founder and CEO of consulting firm MVSEA, has joined professional services company Systems Planning and Analysis as director of strategic initiatives. SPA said Williamson will work to expand the company’s customer base and teaming opportunities in his new role. “Williamson’s leadership, as well as his understanding of the Department of Defense’ acquisition process will provide […] More

  • CAE’s Gene Colabatistto Speaks at USC Viterbi’s 2017 Scholarship & Fellowship Dinner
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    CAE’s Gene Colabatistto Speaks at USC Viterbi’s 2017 Scholarship & Fellowship Dinner

    Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, was one of the featured speakers at the 2017 Scholarship and Fellowship Dinner hosted Wednesday by the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering. Colabatistto is a USC alumnus who established the Colabatistto Family Scholarship in 2015 with his wife Connie, USC Viterbi said Friday. “Going […] More

  • Engility Unveils Cyber Training Scholarship for Military Vets; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility Unveils Cyber Training Scholarship for Military Vets; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has partnered with the nonprofit Center for Cyber Safety and Education to introduce a scholarship program designed to help U.S. military veterans obtain cybersecurity training and certification. The CyberWarrior program is open to service members who will be discharged from any of the country’s five military branches by Dec. 21 as well as active members of […] More

  • Northrop to Participate in Int’l C4I Tech Forum; Walid Abukhaled Comments
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    Northrop to Participate in Int’l C4I Tech Forum; Walid Abukhaled Comments

    Northrop Grumman has announced it will serve as a strategic partner for the International C4I Solutions Conference that is scheduled to take place at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia from Oct. 17 to 19. The conference, themed “Alliance Against Terrorism, Strategies and Capabilities,” will feature a range of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence platforms designed for […] More

  • Army Vet George Casey Joins Sarcos Advisory Board
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    Army Vet George Casey Joins Sarcos Advisory Board

    Sarcos Robotics has appointed George Casey Jr., a retired U.S. Army general, to the board of advisers at the Salt Lake City-based robotic system manufacturing company. The 41-year military veteran joins Sarcos’ advisory board as the company aims to market robotic platforms in the defense sector, the company said Monday. Casey served as the Army chief of staff […] More

  • Small Business Red Balloon Security to Update Cybersecurity Tool for DHS
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    Small Business Red Balloon Security to Update Cybersecurity Tool for DHS

    The Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate has awarded Red Balloon Security a $746,756 Small Business Innovation Research contract to update its Symbiote Defense intrusion detection system for the agency. DHS said Thursday the New York-based company will inject four new features to the system as part of the Hybrid Prediction for Embedded Malware project under the two-year SBIR […] More

  • CompTIA Study: Nearly 75% of Gov’t Officials Support Smart City Tech Dev’t
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    CompTIA Study: Nearly 75% of Gov’t Officials Support Smart City Tech Dev’t

    A new survey from nonprofit technology association CompTIA says almost 75 percent of government officials are optimistic about the development of smart city technologies. The “Building Smarter Cities and Communities” report includes responses from 350 government personnel about their views regarding smart cities, CompTIA said Thursday. Respondents indicated expected benefits from smart city platforms such as operational efficiencies, […] More

  • Bloomberg Report: Professional Services Deals Top List of GovCon Opportunities in FY 2018
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    Bloomberg Report: Professional Services Deals Top List of GovCon Opportunities in FY 2018

    A new report by Bloomberg Government predicts that professional services contracts will be the U.S. federal government’s highest paying deals for fiscal year 2018, with eight opportunities valued at $152.3 billion in total. The fourth annual Top 20 Opportunities report also ranks information technology and logistics and maintenance requirements as leading categories, Bloomberg said Thursday. The report lists […] More

  • PV Puvvada: Cultural Shift Key to Meet Federal IT Modernization Requirements
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    PV Puvvada: Cultural Shift Key to Meet Federal IT Modernization Requirements

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has urged government agencies to implement cultural transformation efforts to obtain governance, management and technology skills required for digital modernization projects. Puvvada, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that federal information technology leaders should adopt tested systems, migrate services to a cloud platform […] More