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  • GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors
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    GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has unveiled the list of officers and members who were elected to the association’s board of directors for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Maximus CEO Richard Montoni and Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of DXC Technology’s U.S. public sector, will respectively serve as chairman and vice chairman of NVTC […] More

  • OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees
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    OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees

    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has drafted new rules that will reduce the use of paid administrative leave for employee under investigation for misconduct, a change to the 2016 Administrative Act. The proposed regulation was posted to the Federal Register Thursday and is open for comments until August 14. Under the proposed change, agencies may not place an […] More

  • Lockheed EVP Rick Ambrose to Receive NDIA’s Peter B. Teets Award
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    Lockheed EVP Rick Ambrose to Receive NDIA’s Peter B. Teets Award

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems segment at Lockheed Martin, will receive the Peter B. Teets Award from the National Defense Industrial Association in recognition of his contribution to the space systems sector, the Denver Post reported Thursday. NDIA’s space division will present the award to Ambrose during the awards dinner event to […] More

  • IARPA Seeks Info on Large Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers
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    IARPA Seeks Info on Large Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has posted a request for information on large U.S.-based infrastructure-as-a-service providers that can help develop technologies to host sensitive workloads on public cloud. IARPA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks to create a classified-as-a-service platform that will support the secure processing of classified government data on […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

  • KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order
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    KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order

    KBR‘s government services arm has secured a three-year task order for programmatic support services to the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for aviation. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will help PEO Aviation research, develop and analyze critical milestone documents and other deliverables for cargo helicopter and fixed-wing project management offices. The order falls under the […] More

  • Datapipe to Provide Azure Support for Govt Clients Through Microsoft Partnership
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    Datapipe to Provide Azure Support for Govt Clients Through Microsoft Partnership

    Datapipe has started to offer managed services to public-sector customers of the Microsoft-built Azure Government platform. Datapipe said Wednesday it can now sell integrated offerings, provide direct billing and and help customer agencies manage cloud environments through Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud Solution Provider program. Tom Keane, general manager of Microsoft Azure Government, said the company aims to expand the […] More

  • Leonardo to Update UK Typhoon Aircraft Defense System Under $52M Contract
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    Leonardo to Update UK Typhoon Aircraft Defense System Under $52M Contract

    Leonardo has secured a two-year, $51.7 million contract to update the threat detection system of U.K.’s fleet of Typhoon fighter aircraft, Belfast Telegraph reported Thursday. The Defensive Aids Sub System upgrade effort will help Typhoon jets carry out homeland defense missions as well as air strikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria, the […] More

  • VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities
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    VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities

    Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting has implemented a common database builder system at multiple facilities of the Special Operations Command and other government agencies. VATC said Wednesday the U.S. Air Force and Army will use the CDB Builder tool to conduct training and mission planning activities at various sites in Florida and Tennessee. Sara Moola, co-founder […] More

  • BAE Taps 14 Firms for Type 26 Warship Manufacturing Equipment Supply Contracts
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    BAE Taps 14 Firms for Type 26 Warship Manufacturing Equipment Supply Contracts

    BAE Systems has awarded 14 companies contracts to deliver manufacturing materials to support production work on the first three ships as part of the U.K. government’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. Thales and Tods Defence will produce sonar domes and towed array systems for the ships and Dent Steel Services will supply structural steel materials, […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Help MDA Sustain Trident, Orion Rocket Motors
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    Orbital ATK to Help MDA Sustain Trident, Orion Rocket Motors

    Orbital ATK has secured a five-year, $48 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to help sustain Trident I and Orion rocket motors the agency intends to use in target and interceptor vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will provide engineering, test and analysis, motor logistics storage and disposal static test, and flight test motor preparation support under the […] More