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  • LMI Employees Receive DHS ‘Building Partnerships Award’ With National Urban Security Tech Lab Teammates
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    LMI Employees Receive DHS ‘Building Partnerships Award’ With National Urban Security Tech Lab Teammates

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a government-industry team that includes Kris Dooley, Abby Hooper and Steve Vargas of LMI the Building Partnerships Award. The LMI acquisition and financial management professionals are part of a group that worked with the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory within the DHS science and technology directorate’s office of national laboratories, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments
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    Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments

    John Kefaliotis, formerly Exelis vice president of international strategy and business development, has been appointed as president of Airbus Group‘s air traffic management subsidiary. Airbus said Monday Kefaliotis provides more than 40 years of air traffic management experience in operational air traffic control, government services and systems contracting to support Metron Aviation‘s mission. “With air traffic doubling […] More

  • CSRA, Docker Form Federal Cloud Migration & IT Management Partnership
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    CSRA, Docker Form Federal Cloud Migration & IT Management Partnership

    CSRA has partnered with open container platform provider Docker to help the former’s federal government clients migrate to the cloud and manage information technology applications across multiple environments. The collaboration also works to support efforts to update legacy applications and facilitate IT operational flexibility for government agencies, CSRA said Monday. Larry Prior, CSRA president and CEO, said the […] More

  • DISA Seeks $12M in Rapid Innovation Project Funds
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    DISA Seeks $12M in Rapid Innovation Project Funds

    The Defense Systems Information Agency is working to obtain a maximum $12 million in funds for its rapid innovation projects, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. Mark Pomerleau writes DISA will use the funds to advance its merit-based research and development program meant to deploy innovative technologies. DISA is seeking solicitations via FedBizOpps in four areas that include a transport […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Proposals for Radiation Detector Repair Services
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    Air Force Seeks Proposals for Radiation Detector Repair Services

    The U.S. Air Force looks to issue a sole-source contract for repair work on the military branch’s radiation detector equipment. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated the Air Force seeks a contractor to inspect and fix three Cryo-Pulse 5 detectors as well as provide one coaxial field effect transistor for detector. Responses to the solicitation are due Aug. 9. Canberra, the original equipment manufacturer of the Cryo-Pulse 5 technology, […] More

  • Navy Conducts Final Tests on ARA, Chevron Lummus Co-Developed Renewable Diesel
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    Navy Conducts Final Tests on ARA, Chevron Lummus Co-Developed Renewable Diesel

    The Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division has completed final phase tests of an Applied Research Associates and Chevron Lummus Global co-developed 100 percent drop-in renewable diesel fuel on a U.S. Navy Self Defense Test Ship. ARA said Friday the ReadiDiesel 100-percent renewable biofuel was designed to serve as a drop-in replacement for petroleum F-76 marine diesel in […] More

  • Granite Construction to Repave, Repair Fort Campbell Army Airfield
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    Granite Construction to Repave, Repair Fort Campbell Army Airfield

    The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command has awarded Granite Construction a $29 million contract to repair and refurbish the airfield at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Granite said Friday the contract covers asphalt repair and repaving for the two main runways, portland cement concrete and asphalt concrete repairs on 14 ramps and taxiways as well as airfield lighting and marking updates for the entire […] More

  • Cubic Receives $52M Joint Readiness Training Center Support Contract Modification
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    Cubic Receives $52M Joint Readiness Training Center Support Contract Modification

    Cubic‘s global defense business segment has received a new $52 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to support rotational and pre-deployment training exercise at the service branch’s Joint Readiness Training Center. The company said Monday it will continue to assist JRTC’s integration with U.S. and allied forces on training exercises through action-based and theater-specific operational environment scenarios […] More

  • DLA Exercises IronPlanet Surplus Asset Sale Contract Option; Jeff Holmes Comments
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    DLA Exercises IronPlanet Surplus Asset Sale Contract Option; Jeff Holmes Comments

    IronPlanet will continue to manage and sell the Defense Logistics Agency’s surplus trucks, heavy equipment and other assets after DLA exercised the first option year under a six-year contract. The exercised option comes after DLA awarded the Commercial Venture 4-Rolling Stock contract to the company in July 2014, IronPlanet said Monday. Jeff Holmes, senior vice […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Proposals for Biological Building Materials Development Program
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    DARPA Seeks Proposals for Biological Building Materials Development Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit proposals for a program that aims to create new materials that exhibit the characteristics of living systems as well as the structural attributes of building materials. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Engineered Living Materials program seeks to develop […] More

  • Lockheed Transports Missile Warning Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station; David Sheridan Comments
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    Lockheed Transports Missile Warning Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station; David Sheridan Comments

    Lockheed Martin shipped the U.S. Air Force‘s next missile warning satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 2. The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 3 satellite was shipped to Florida aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft at nearby Moffett Federal Air Field in preparation for its October launch, Lockheed said Friday. David […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab, Intelligent Automation Develop Aircraft Damage Characterization Tool
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    Air Force Research Lab, Intelligent Automation Develop Aircraft Damage Characterization Tool

    The Air Force Research Laboratory and Intelligent Automation Inc. have developed and tested a sensor that works to automate the inspection of aircraft inlet and exhaust damage under a $4 million contract. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said Wednesday the Auto-Scan: Inlet and Exhaust Damage Registration Sensor is designed to characterize, localize and register aircraft damage then transfer the information to […] More