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  • Deloitte Says Defense Acquisition Program Cost Overruns Hit $468B in 2015; Robin Lineberger Comments
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    Deloitte Says Defense Acquisition Program Cost Overruns Hit $468B in 2015; Robin Lineberger Comments

    A Deloitte report says the total cost overrun for initiatives under the major defense acquisition program portfolio rose from $295 billion in 2008 to $468 billion in 2015. The consulting firm said Monday the Defense Department’s MDAP portfolio in 2015 recorded a 48.3 percent growth in cost with nearly 30 months in average schedule delays. The report is […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Lands $174M NASA Contract to Build Upper Stage Engines for SLS Rocket
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Lands $174M NASA Contract to Build Upper Stage Engines for SLS Rocket

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential eight-year, $174 million contract to develop, test and certify RL10 upper stage engines for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. NASA said Saturday the contract will run through Feb. 29, 2024 and covers the production of 10 RL10C-3 engines and two spare engines in support of the SLS rocket’s second and third space flights […] More

  • Microsoft to Add Riverbed App Performance Mgmt Tools on Azure Govt Cloud; Davis Johnson Comments
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    Microsoft to Add Riverbed App Performance Mgmt Tools on Azure Govt Cloud; Davis Johnson Comments

    Microsoft and Riverbed Technology have partnered to offer government customers access to application performance management tools designed to support information technology modernization and digital transformation efforts. Riverbed said Tuesday its SteelHead CX can now be purchased via Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud marketplace while Riverbed’s SteelCentral AppInternals platform will be available to agencies in the first quarter of 2017. “Federal agencies are seeking technology solutions that help […] More

  • John Martinez Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top General Counsel Executives Award
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    John Martinez Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top General Counsel Executives Award

    JOHN MARTINEZ VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL RAYTHEON – INTELLIGENCE, INFORMATION AND SERVICES (IIS) John Martinez is vice president and general counsel for Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) business. Raytheon Company, with 2015 sales of $23 billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions.  In […] More

  • Air Force Renews Telos’ Licenses for System Security Assessments
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    Air Force Renews Telos’ Licenses for System Security Assessments

    The U.S. Air Force has renewed Telos’ licenses to perform system security reviews in support of the Defense Department’s cybersecurity authorization process. The Air Force Space Command renewed the company’s General and Special Agent of the Security Control Assessor licenses that seek to authorize Telos to test systems, applications, networks and platform information technology security […] More

  • ICF Awarded 3-Year NIH IT Mgmt Services Task Order; Terry McKittrick Comments
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    ICF Awarded 3-Year NIH IT Mgmt Services Task Order; Terry McKittrick Comments

    ICF has secured a potential three-year, $14 million recompete task order for information technology support to National Institutes of Health‘s office of the chief information officer. ICF said Monday it will provide IT management, strategic advisory, planning and research services intended to help the NIH OCIO address technology requirements across the agency. The company will also conduct market research, studies […] More

  • Verocel to Supply Safety Computers for FAA Air Navigation Tool
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    Verocel to Supply Safety Computers for FAA Air Navigation Tool

    The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Verocel a $2.8 million contract for 50 safety computers to support an FAA air navigation tool that aims to augment the GPS system. Verocel said Tuesday it will develop, design and build certification evidence and infrastructure software for the computers. The company will partner with Curtiss-Wright and Atrenne Integrated Solutions to provide […] More

  • BAE to Install Radio Tech in Denmark’s Infantry Fighting Vehicles; Peter Nygren Comments
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    BAE to Install Radio Tech in Denmark’s Infantry Fighting Vehicles; Peter Nygren Comments

    BAE Systems will integrate battle management radio systems into Denmark’s fleet of CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles under a contract with the Danish defense acquisition and logistics organization. BAE said Monday it will install the radio systems in 44 CV9035 vehicles, which belong to  the CV90 family of tracked vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Hagglunds. Peter Nygren, director of business […] More

  • Sikorsky Unit Named Exclusive Distributor of Arkwin Aircraft Components Outside US, Japan
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    Sikorsky Unit Named Exclusive Distributor of Arkwin Aircraft Components Outside US, Japan

    A subsidiary of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky unit has signed a distribution agreement with Arkwin Industries to exclusively market the latter’s products to international clients starting 2017. Sikorsky’s Derco Aerospace subsidiary will exclusively distribute Arkwin’s hydraulic, engine control/fuel system and thrust reverser components for fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft across multiple military platforms to all customers beyond the U.S. and Japan, Lockheed said Monday. […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering Moves to New Dallas HQ; Steve Demetriou Comments
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    Jacobs Engineering Moves to New Dallas HQ; Steve Demetriou Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has relocated its global corporate headquarters to a 100,000-square-foot office in downtown Dallas from Pasadena, California. The company said Monday the relocation expands its footprint at Dallas’ Harwood Center in Texas, where Jacobs currently employs nearly 4,500 individuals who work in the aerospace, transportation, water, aviation, buildings, defense, oil and gas and power and energy industries. Jacobs […] More

  • Veritas Unveils Cloud-Based Archiving, eDiscovery Platforms for Govt Sector
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    Veritas Unveils Cloud-Based Archiving, eDiscovery Platforms for Govt Sector

    Veritas Technologies has released two new cloud-based technology offerings designed for data archiving and electronic discovery operations. Veritas said Tuesday it partnered with bluesource and ProjectHosts to make Veritas’  Enterprise Vault and Discovery Accelerator platforms available to government agencies through a software-as-a-service level cloud environment certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Enterprise Vault and Discovery Accelerator work to help users manage their […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Replace JFK Airport Terminal Check-in Platform
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    Rockwell Collins to Replace JFK Airport Terminal Check-in Platform

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract of an undisclosed value from International Airlines Group to replace the current check-in platform at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 7. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will provide its ARINC vMUSE common use passenger processing technology that works to assist check-in for passengers and baggage. The company will also deliver its ARINC […] More