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  • Veritas Updates Cloud-Based Data Archiving Platform for Govt Clients
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    Veritas Updates Cloud-Based Data Archiving Platform for Govt Clients

    Veritas Technologies has launched a new version of its software-as-a-service data archiving platform for government customers to manage email records electronically. Enterprise Vault 12.1 is designed to help federal agencies comply with the Managing Government Records Directive as well as support the National Archives and Records Administration‘s Capstone approach for email management, Veritas said Wednesday. “Our federal customers […] More

  • General Atomics Lands Air Force Contract Modification for MQ-9 Reaper ER Retrofit Kits
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    General Atomics Lands Air Force Contract Modification for MQ-9 Reaper ER Retrofit Kits

    A General Atomics subsidiary has received a potential two-year, $39.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to produce, install and deliver retrofit kits for the extended-range variant of the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will perform work in Poway, California, through Nov. 20, 2018, the Defense Department said Monday. The […] More

  • By Light, Intelsat Partner to Deliver Satcom Services to DLA’s Haiti Hurricane Relief Efforts
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    By Light, Intelsat Partner to Deliver Satcom Services to DLA’s Haiti Hurricane Relief Efforts

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded By Light Professional IT Services a three-month contract to support satellite communication services for hurricane relief efforts in Haiti. By Light said Monday it will combine the firm’s engineering expertise with Intelsat‘s Ku-band Galaxy 18 satellite platform to provide communications support to first responders. Mike Bowser, By Light senior vice president, said that By Light and Intelsat’s […] More

  • Echodyne Tests Detect and Avoid Radar on Commercial Drone; Eben Frankenburg Comments
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    Echodyne Tests Detect and Avoid Radar on Commercial Drone; Eben Frankenburg Comments

    Echodyne has completed an airborne test of a detect-and-avoid radar technology mounted on a commercial small unmanned aerial vehicle. The company said Nov. 8 its radar is designed to help UAVs sense moving and stationary obstacles with radar vision when drones fly through the airspace beyond the operator’s line of sight. The tests were conducted using Echodyne’s patented Metamaterial Electronically Scanning […] More

  • Amtrak Taps Phase One to Support Mobile Mgmt Tool for Chicago’s Union Station; Jodi Huston Comments
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    Amtrak Taps Phase One to Support Mobile Mgmt Tool for Chicago’s Union Station; Jodi Huston Comments

    Phase One has been selected to support a mobile management tool Amtrak will use to manage processes at Chicago’s Union Station. Phase One said Friday it will leverage the company’s Salesforce application expertise to help Amtrak manage train turn-around times and streamline the station’s operations. Yard personnel will use the tool to schedule the preparation of each train for departure and supervisors will […] More

  • DynCorp Marks 10th Appearance in Victory Media’s Military Friendly Employer List
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    DynCorp Marks 10th Appearance in Victory Media’s Military Friendly Employer List

    DynCorp International has made its 10th appearance on Victory Media‘s annual Military Friendly Employer list in recognition for its employment opportunities for servicemembers and veterans. The 2017 Military Friendly Employer list will be sent to servicemembers, veterans and their family members in an effort to offer employment options to support their post-military careers, DynCorp said Monday. “At DynCorp International we recognize […] More

  • Booz Allen Co-Hosts Online Crowdsourcing Hackathon
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    Booz Allen Co-Hosts Online Crowdsourcing Hackathon

    Booz Allen Hamilton has co-hosted an onsite and online crowdsourcing hackathon at the firm’s innovation center in Washington, D.C. to present the impacts of crowdsourced development in the federal sector. The four-day 2016 Topcoder Open Finals exhibited an Environmental Protection Agency Megahack that aimed to develop a portal for policymakers, industry associations and other key stakeholders […] More

  • Paul Hobelmann to Serve as WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff VP; Jeffrey Smilow Comments
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    Paul Hobelmann to Serve as WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff VP; Jeffrey Smilow Comments

    Paul Hobelmann will join WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff as a vice president at the company’s Arlington, Virginia office. WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff said Monday Hobelmann will lead its structural engineering practice on buildings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and aid the company’s suite of services that covers mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering. Hobelmann has more than […] More

  • Fitch Ratings: Govt Reimbursements Can Help Address Contractors’ Cash Flow Worries From Pension Liabilities
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    Fitch Ratings: Govt Reimbursements Can Help Address Contractors’ Cash Flow Worries From Pension Liabilities

    Fitch Ratings has said U.S. government reimbursements and lower funding requirements can help mitigate cash flow impacts to defense contractors over the next three-to-four years as the companies face large underfunded pension liabilities. Changes to accounting rules enacted in 2012 will continue to impact interest rates used to calculate pension benefit obligations discount rates and will also affect reimbursements through 2017, […] More

  • CSRA Secures $52M DHS Technical & Program Support Contract
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    CSRA Secures $52M DHS Technical & Program Support Contract

    CSRA has won a four-year, $52 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications to perform a range of technical and program support services. The company said Monday it will aid in DHS’ efforts to optimize the security, resiliency and reliability of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure under the recompeted contract. Sally Sullivan, executive […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Establish Depot Capability for Navy Poseidon Radio Parts; Thierry Tosi Comments
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    Rockwell Collins to Establish Depot Capability for Navy Poseidon Radio Parts; Thierry Tosi Comments

    Rockwell Collins has received a $27 million contract to establish the depot capability of  the HF-121C communications system and miscellaneous radio components for the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The activation stage follows the assessment of the P-8A radio component depot capability and the next phase covers sustainment plan and a potential public-private partnership, Rockwell Collins […] More

  • GSA Picks Schooley Caldwell Associates, Hill International for $104M Courthouse Project
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    GSA Picks Schooley Caldwell Associates, Hill International for $104M Courthouse Project

    The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to Schooley Caldwell Associates and Hill International for a $104 million renovation and construction project on the Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio. GSA said Friday Schooley Caldwell Associates received an architect/engineer contract to provide design management and inspection services. Hill International will serve as GSA’s subject-matter adviser and support project oversight […] More