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  • Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch
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    Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch

    Lockheed Martin has enclosed a missile warning satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force in a protective launch vehicle fairing in preparation for a scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The third Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite went through encapsulation at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will be deployed aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • MASS Group Secures 4-Year GSA Schedule Contract Extension
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    MASS Group Secures 4-Year GSA Schedule Contract Extension

    The General Services Administration has awarded a four-year contract extension to Los Angeles-based software company MASS Group under GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule. MASS Group said Tuesday it has offered its TME web-based software to government customers since 2012 and will continue to offer the company’s products to agencies as a GSA contractor through 2021. The software is designed to help organizations manage […] More

  • Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE
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    Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE

    Tom Feldhausen, senior vice president and federal international strategy director at Parsons, will take part in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum that will kick off Jan. 13 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Feldhausen, a 25-year defense and security industry veteran, will discuss the cyber and physical risks to energy infrastructure […] More

  • Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson Named to RapidSOS Advisory Board
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    Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson Named to RapidSOS Advisory Board

    Former Raytheon Chairman and CEO William Swanson has joined the advisory board of New York-based emergency communications technology provider RapidSOS. RapidSOS said Tuesday that Swanson will bring more than 40 years of experience in cybersecurity, defense and communications to the advisory board. “Bill led the development and deployment of technologies that brought safety and security to millions of […] More

  • David Zorger Named Project Solutions Group President & CEO
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    David Zorger Named Project Solutions Group President & CEO

    David Zorger, partner and co-founder of Project Solutions Group, has been appointed president and CEO of the Chantilly, Virginia-based project and construction management and corporate real estate advisory services company. The company said Zorger has worked in the corporate real estate and construction management field for 35 years and has held various executive leadership roles within […] More

  • Dawn Scalici on Thomson Reuters’ Government Market Strategy & Data Priorities at Agencies
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    Dawn Scalici on Thomson Reuters’ Government Market Strategy & Data Priorities at Agencies

    Dawn Scalici joined global media and information services company Thomson Reuters in July 2015 as its first global government business director after a three-decade career in the U.S. intelligence community that included roles at the CIA, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Homeland Security. At Thomson Reuters, she oversees efforts to build relationships with government agencies and […] More

  • NASA Sets March Launch Date for Orbital ATK’s 7th ISS Cargo Flight
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    NASA Sets March Launch Date for Orbital ATK’s 7th ISS Cargo Flight

    Orbital ATK has delivered the pressurized cargo module for the Cygnus spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of a scheduled launch in March. The spacecraft will undergo processing and assembly at the facility and its shipment concludes a new milestone for NASA’s next International Space Station cargo mission, NASA said Tuesday. NASA plans to launch the […] More

  • XLA to Support USAID Operations in Middle East, North Africa
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    XLA to Support USAID Operations in Middle East, North Africa

    XLA has secured a potential five-year, $25 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support USAID’s operations across the Middle East and North Africa. The company said Monday it will provide acquisition and assistance, administrative and financial management, technical sector and program office support services to USAID’s Middle East Regional Platform and […] More

  • Carahsoft Offers Sword Active Risk’s Risk Mgmt Platform in Federal Market
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    Carahsoft Offers Sword Active Risk’s Risk Mgmt Platform in Federal Market

    Carahsoft Technology and Sword Active Risk have entered an agreement to add the latter’s risk management tool to Carahsoft’s positions under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule and NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicles. Reston, Virginia-based Carahsoft said Tuesday it will offer Active Risk Manager to U.S. government agencies under the partnership agreement. Keith Ricketts, marketing vice president at Sword […] More

  • RE2 Robotics to Develop Robots for Army Combat Medics; Jorgen Pedersen Comments
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    RE2 Robotics to Develop Robots for Army Combat Medics; Jorgen Pedersen Comments

    Robotic manipulation systems developer RE2 Robotics has received a second phase Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army to build robotic technologies that would help combat medics perform their tasks in the field. RE2 Robotics said Monday the Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center intends for the robotic systems to minimize risk […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Secure Info Exchange Via Handheld Device Program
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Secure Info Exchange Via Handheld Device Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a proposers day on Jan. 31 in McLean, Virginia, to discuss a program that aims to develop a system that would facilitate secure exchange of sensitive information through a handheld device. DARPA said Tuesday it seeks to help deployed troops share classified information without the need to route traffic through secure data centers […] More

  • Safran to Update Navigation System of France’s Ballistic Missile Submarines
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    Safran to Update Navigation System of France’s Ballistic Missile Submarines

    Safran‘s electronics and defense business has been selected to design and build a new global navigation system for integration into the Triomphant-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines of the French navy. The company said Monday it will use feedback from the fleet’s current laser gyro-based navigation systems and other new technologies to develop a new submarine navigation system for France. Safran […] More