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  • Julie Gravallese: Mitre Managers Play Role in Employee Development
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    Julie Gravallese: Mitre Managers Play Role in Employee Development

    Julie Gravallese, a vice president and chief human resources officer of Mitre, has said managers at the McLean, Virginia-based nonprofit research and development organization help advance career development among employees through annual conversations, the Society for Human Resource Management reported Tuesday. Kathy Gurchiek writes Gravallese told HR People+Strategy Conference attendees Monday that managers facilitate CLEAR conversations with […] More

  • General Dynamics Awards $76M Contract to BWXT for Submarine Common Missile Compartment Tube Assemblies
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    General Dynamics Awards $76M Contract to BWXT for Submarine Common Missile Compartment Tube Assemblies

    BWX Technologies‘ Nuclear Operations Group subsidiary has received a $76.2 million contract from General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat business to produce additional common missile compartment tube assemblies for U.S. and U.K. nuclear submarines. BWXT said Monday the Block II CMC missile tubes will be integrated on Columbia-class and Dreadnought-class nuclear submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat received a $95.6 million contract […] More

  • Air Force Taps Lockheed Martin to Construct New Fuselage Trainer Under Previously Awarded IDIQ
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    Air Force Taps Lockheed Martin to Construct New Fuselage Trainer Under Previously Awarded IDIQ

    Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business unit has secured a $19.1 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture an enhanced fuselage trainer as part of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed will provide modified C-130J airframe assets that will reflect the appearance, functions and performance of […] More

  • Report: France Awards $4B Frigate Devt Contract to DCNS, Thales
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    Report: France Awards $4B Frigate Devt Contract to DCNS, Thales

    France’s defense procurement agency has named DCNS and Thales as prime contractors on a potential $4.1 billion contract to build five intermediate frigates for the French navy, Defense News reported Monday. Pierre Tran writes DCNS and Thales will respectively serve as shipbuilder and electronics provider of Belharra-class frigates under the contract. The first delivery will occur in 2023, Tran reported. French defense minister Jean-Yves […] More

  • Fortinet, Leidos Form Managed Security Service Partnership
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    Fortinet, Leidos Form Managed Security Service Partnership

    Leidos has agreed to be a managed service provider of Fortinet‘s security products to federal government and commercial customers under a partnership agreement. Leidos said Tuesday its distribution of Fortinet offerings such as FortiSIEM will expand the former’s current pool of managed security services for clients. FortiSIEM combines the capacities of security operations centers and network operations centers into a single […] More

  • DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods
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    DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract to apply mathematics-based development methods in efforts to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency defend various military platforms against cyber threats and address system vulnerabilities. The company said Monday it will initially incorporate technologies developed under DARPA’s High Assurance Cyber Military Systems into U.S. Navy programs under the contract. The HACMS project aims to build cyber-physical systems that works to […] More

  • Raytheon Opens Missile Tech Warehouse on Navajo Nation
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    Raytheon Opens Missile Tech Warehouse on Navajo Nation

    Raytheon has completed a $5 million warehouse at the company’s facility on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, New Mexico. The three-hectare warehouse is part of Raytheon’s 9.5-hectare Dine facility that was established on the Navajo Nation more than 25 years ago, the company said Monday. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon’s missile systems business, said the project was supported by […] More

  • Boeing, Saab Test-Fly 2nd Joint T-X Model Aircraft
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    Boeing, Saab Test-Fly 2nd Joint T-X Model Aircraft

    A team comprised of Boeing and Saab has flown a second production-ready aircraft that both companies built for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer competition. Boeing said Monday its T-X aircraft model completed a one-hour flight test that demonstrated  the key features and performance of the platform. The Boeing-Saab alliance completed the first flight of an initial trainer offering for the Air Force in December. “This aircraft was built to Air Force requirements […] More

  • CenturyLink’s Glen Post: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Cybersecurity
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    CenturyLink’s Glen Post: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Cybersecurity

    Glen Post, president and CEO of CenturyLink, told attendees of the NITEC17 conference that public-private partnerships could help advance efforts against cyber threats. “We have found that our trusted partnerships play a critical role in combating the cyber threat, since we all bring different assets, approaches and specialized knowledge to the table,” Post said during his […] More

  • BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool
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    BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool

    BAE Systems has introduced a new platform designed to help aircrews detect incoming threats to aircraft and launch countermeasure defense operations against such threats. The company said Monday the 3-Dimensional Advanced Warning System suite is a modular platform built to work with the U.S. Army’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and can be integrated with laser-warning tools […] More

  • Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources
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    Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources

    Interested vendors have until May 26 to respond to a U.S. Coast Guard request for information on the possibility of replacing the service branch’s paper-based health data documentation system with an electronic health records system. USCG currently explores potential industry sources of an integrated Electronic Health Record Acquisition platform that can work to secure personally identifiable information and personal health information, according to […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Maintain Taiwan’s F-16 Fleet Under $65M USAF Contract
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Maintain Taiwan’s F-16 Fleet Under $65M USAF Contract

    AECOM‘s URS Federal Services subsidiary has won a $65 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to maintain the Taiwanese air force’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets. The contract was issued under a foreign military sales deal and work will occur at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, through July 31, 2023, the Defense Department said Monday. The 338th Specialized Contracting Squadron […] More