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  • Divine Imaging Wins $60M DLA COTS Item Supply IDIQ
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    Divine Imaging Wins $60M DLA COTS Item Supply IDIQ

    Malibu, California-based Divine Imaging has won a potential five-year, $60 million contract to supply commercial off-the-shelf items to the Defense Logistics Agency for use by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and other service branches. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base term and four option years, Divine Imaging said Wednesday. DLA received 24 proposals for the contract […] More

  • Army Selects General Dynamics, Orbital ATK for Tank Training Ammo Cartridge Production Contracts
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    Army Selects General Dynamics, Orbital ATK for Tank Training Ammo Cartridge Production Contracts

    Subsidiaries of General Dynamics and Orbital ATK have secured contracts from the U.S. Army to deliver new and recapitalized cartridges designed for 120mm tank training ammunition. The service branch awarded $63.7 million to General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems unit and $47.5 million to Orbital ATK’s Alliant Techsystems Operations subsidiary for the supply of M1002 production cartridges as well as M865 and M1002 recapitalized cartridges, the Defense Department […] More

  • BAE Updates Flight Simulator for F-35 Pilots; Peter Wilson Comments
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    BAE Updates Flight Simulator for F-35 Pilots; Peter Wilson Comments

    BAE Systems has refurbished a flight engineering simulator to help F-35 pilots prepare for flight trials on a new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier of the U.K. armed forces. The company said Wednesday it updated the simulator previously used for the Harrier jump-jet and Hawk jet trainer in an effort to help British airmen train for flights to and from the U.K. aircraft carrier […] More

  • Highpoint to Offer Professional Services via GSA IT Schedule 70
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    Highpoint to Offer Professional Services via GSA IT Schedule 70

    HighPoint Global has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70  contract vehicle to offer professional services for federal government agencies. The company said Tuesday it received a potential 20-year contract to provide support under the IT professional services and health IT professional services special item numbers. HighPoint CEO Ben Lanius said the company now holds […] More

  • Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments
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    Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a potential five-year contract from NASA to provide a range of engineering and technical services to the Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Wednesday the Facilities Construction, Engineering and Technical Services III contract covers engineering, construction, design-build, information technology and program management services. “We are honored to be awarded this contract and continue our relationship […] More

  • Brian Harper Takes Senior Executive Director Role at Sabre Systems
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    Brian Harper Takes Senior Executive Director Role at Sabre Systems

    Brian Harper, formerly managing director of Deloitte‘s consulting business, has joined technology and mission support services contractor Sabre Systems as senior executive director of operations. Sabre Systems said Harper will manage U.S. Navy and federal civilian programs for the Warrington, Pennsylvania-based company in his new position. During his industry career, Harper has managed accounts for customer agencies such as  the Naval Sea […] More

  • Riverbed’s WAN Optimization Tech Receives Common Criteria Security Certification; Davis Johnson Comments
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    Riverbed’s WAN Optimization Tech Receives Common Criteria Security Certification; Davis Johnson Comments

    Riverbed Technology has obtained the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a wide-area network optimization technology designed to help federal customers address network security challenges. The company said Wednesday its SteelHead CX version 9.1.4. will work to help federal government clients mitigate traffic across their respective networks, manage end-to-end user experience and strengthen cybersecurity posture. “As the federal government adopts innovative […] More

  • MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort
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    MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort

    The governments of France and the U.K. have agreed to invest approximately $53.9 million each to collaborate on the development of future missile technologies and long-range weapons with MBDA. The British government said Tuesday the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon program will commence with a three-year concept phase that aims to replace, update or create weapons for […] More

  • Vencore Lands DoD Contract to Develop Cellular Tech for Aerial Telemetry Applications
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    Vencore Lands DoD Contract to Develop Cellular Tech for Aerial Telemetry Applications

    Vencore’s research arm has received a potential three-year, $6 million contract from the Defense Department to develop a cellular technology platform for use in aeronautical mobile telemetry. Vencore Labs will build a prototype system under DoD’s Cellular Range Telemetry Network program, the company said Tuesday. The proposed prototype will leverage commercial cellular technology platforms designed to […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agency Leaders Need to Recognize Millennials’ Career Expectations
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agency Leaders Need to Recognize Millennials’ Career Expectations

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said government agency leaders should work to build up a “modern and flexible workforce” by assessing the expectations of employees such as millennials. “The key is to recognize that millennials have high expectations of how they will progress through their careers and want to understand their […] More

  • Aerobotix Develops F-22 Engine Coating Restoration Tech Under Air Force SBIR Program
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    Aerobotix Develops F-22 Engine Coating Restoration Tech Under Air Force SBIR Program

    Madison, Alabama-based Aerobotix has developed a robotic technology for U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance personnel to restore coatings on F-22 engine inlets as part of a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research contract. The Phase II SBIR contract awarded to Aerobotix supports the efforts of Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to increase the efficiency […] More

  • Esterline to Supply Visual Systems for UK Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon Simulators
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    Esterline to Supply Visual Systems for UK Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon Simulators

    Esterline has received a contract from BAE Systems to deliver visual systems for the U.K. air force’s Eurofighter Typhoon simulators. BAE said Tuesday Esterline is scheduled to deliver two TREALITY SEER display systems for Eurofighter Typhoon simulator facilities at Royal Air Force Lossiemouth in Scotland by the end of the year. The visual systems will support the training […] More