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  • Paul Davis to Offer Agencies Emergency Services Under GSA Schedule 84
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    Paul Davis to Offer Agencies Emergency Services Under GSA Schedule 84

    Property restoration services company Paul Davis has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 84 contract vehicle to offer emergency services to government agencies. Paul Davis said Monday the contract will help the company’s franchise owners across U.S. to expand their businesses and services. Brad Cowan, senior vice president of business development at Paul Davis, said the […] More

  • Lockheed Updates Exoskeleton to Help Boost Soldier Mobility, Load-Carrying Capacity
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    Lockheed Updates Exoskeleton to Help Boost Soldier Mobility, Load-Carrying Capacity

    Lockheed Martin has updated its computer-controlled exoskeleton to help increase user mobility and load-carrying capacity as well as reduce the risk of overstress on the lower back and legs. The company said Tuesday it built the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device using Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology from B-Temia under a licensing agreement signed in April. FORTIS K-SRD is designed to help […] More

  • Navin Sagar Named AECOM Transit Systems Practice VP, National Director
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    Navin Sagar Named AECOM Transit Systems Practice VP, National Director

    Navin Sagar, former associate vice president and national director at infrastructure services firm T.Y. Lin International, has been named VP and national director of AECOM‘s transit systems practice in North America. The company said Monday Sagar brings 35 years of experience in implementing infrastructure projects such as intercity railroad, commuter rail, light rail and mass transit systems. He previously […] More

  • Inmarsat Launches 4th Boeing-Built Global Xpress Satellite; Rupert Pearce Comments
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    Inmarsat Launches 4th Boeing-Built Global Xpress Satellite; Rupert Pearce Comments

    The fourth Boeing-built broadband communications satellite launched into space Monday to join Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communications network. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite took off aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket at 7:21 p.m. Eastern time from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and transmitted telemetry data to a ground station in Perth, Western […] More

  • AppDynamics-Govplace Team to Help CBP Implement App Mgmt Platform
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    AppDynamics-Govplace Team to Help CBP Implement App Mgmt Platform

    The Customs and Border Protection has chosen a team composed of AppDynamics and Govplace to help the agency implement infrastructure visibility and application performance management tools. CBP will use the tools as part of efforts to manage the agency’s digital operations and the movement of goods and travelers, Govplace said Monday. Both companies will also work to create dashboards for CBP to view performance baselines around […] More

  • Textron Unit Tests Glide Munition Against Moving Targets in Arizona
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    Textron Unit Tests Glide Munition Against Moving Targets in Arizona

    Textron‘s systems business has tested a lightweight precision guided glide munition against moving targets during a flight test at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. Textron said Monday that its weapon and sensor systems team recorded 23.8 flight hours for the Fury weapon between captive carriage, survey flights and weapon releases from unmanned aircraft systems. The company performed a […] More

  • CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes ‘Fully Operational’
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    CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes ‘Fully Operational’

    A C-130 aeromedical evacuation trainer CAE built for the U.S. Air Force has been declared fully operational and ready for use at the service branch’s Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia. CAE said Monday the Aeromedical Evacuation Training System is equipped with a motion platform and designed to train aeromedical crews for pre-flight, emergency procedures and in-flight patient care on C-130 transport planes. […] More

  • CNAS Introduces Future Joint Force Project, Names Advisory Council Members
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    CNAS Introduces Future Joint Force Project, Names Advisory Council Members

    The Center for a New American Security has launched a new project that aims to analyze how the U.S. joint force should adapt to technological innovations of potential state and non-state adversaries. CNAS said Monday the Evolving the Future Force project is part of the center’s Defense Strategies and Assessments program and seeks to explore the […] More

  • PAE Tests Resolute Eagle UAS’ Beyond-Line-of-Sight Mission Capacity
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    PAE Tests Resolute Eagle UAS’ Beyond-Line-of-Sight Mission Capacity

    PAE has tested the beyond-line-of-sight mission capacity of an unmanned aerial system at the White Sands Missile Test Range in New Mexico to demonstrate the platform’s ability to offer satellite communications and support large data transmission at an extended range. The Resolute Eagle system was able to receive command-and-control data from a tactical ground station during the test, PAE said […] More

  • OPM Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources of HR Products & Services
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    OPM Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources of HR Products & Services

    The Office of Personnel Management has posted a request for information on vendors that can help provide a range of human resources products and services to federal agencies. The RFI notice published Monday on FedBizOpps says OPM wants information from companies that can assist the agency’s HR Solutions group in the delivery of managed services that meet federal agencies’ human capital and training needs. […] More

  • Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo
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    Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo

    The U.S. Air Force has invited a team composed of Sierra Nevada and Embraer‘s defense and security business to participate in the service branch’s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration in July at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Sierra Nevada said Friday the two companies will jointly showcase the A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft at the OA-X assessment. OA-X will inform the Air […] More