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  • CH2M Selected for Dallas Fort Worth Airport Civil Design Services
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    CH2M Selected for Dallas Fort Worth Airport Civil Design Services

    CH2M has received a five-year contract to provide civil design and design management services to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. The company said Tuesday that it will focus on airfield civil engineering projects at DFW to support the airport’s Capital Improvement Program. Wiliam Paduzzi, CH2M aviation director, said CH2M aims to help DFW give passengers a “seamless travel experience.” Denver-based […] More

  • Boeing Unveils Space Simulation Training Facility in Houston; John Elbon Comments
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    Boeing Unveils Space Simulation Training Facility in Houston; John Elbon Comments

    Boeing has unveiled a new facility in Houston designed to allow NASA astronauts and mission control staff to train on various space flight operations through a simulator, the Houston Business Journal reported Wednesday. The company’s Space Training, Analysis and Review facility that officially opened Tuesday is built to facilitate crew training operations for the Boeing-built CST-100 […] More

  • AWS Gives Govt Competency Status to InfoReliance; John Sankovich Comments
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    AWS Gives Govt Competency Status to InfoReliance; John Sankovich Comments

    Amazon Web Services has recognized Fairfax, Virginia-based technology company InfoReliance for work to help government customers run workloads and applications on AWS’ cloud platform. InfoReliance achieved the AWS Government Competency status based on AWS cloud services to federal civilian and defense agencies, InfoReliance said Monday. John Sankovich, InfoReliance executive vice president for cloud solutions, said the designation recognizes […] More

  • CRN Selects Carahsoft to 2016 ‘Solution Provider 500’ List; Craig Abod Comments
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    CRN Selects Carahsoft to 2016 ‘Solution Provider 500’ List; Craig Abod Comments

    Carahsoft Technology is among the companies included in The Channel Company‘s annual list of the top 500 information technology consultants, integrators and service providers across North America based on sales revenue. The company said Wednesday it has climbed in rank on the CRN 2016 Solution Provider 500 from 22 last year to 20 this year, which is the company’s 11th consecutive placement in the […] More

  • Sikorsky Subcontracts Bluedrop Subsidiary for Aircrew Training Instructors & Courseware
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    Sikorsky Subcontracts Bluedrop Subsidiary for Aircrew Training Instructors & Courseware

    A Bluedrop Performance Learning subsidiary has secured a $13 million contract from Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to provide aircrew training instructors and courseware in support of a maritime helicopter program in Canada. Bluedrop Training & Simulation said Tuesday the contract requires 30 technician and aircrew instructors, simulator operators and training program support personnel to train the 406 Operational and Training Squadron to operate Canada’s CH-148 […] More

  • STG to Provide IT Support to Army Civilian Information Services Division
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    STG to Provide IT Support to Army Civilian Information Services Division

    The U.S. Army has awarded STG Group a potential $11 million contract to provide information technology support services for the service branch’s civilian information services division. The 23-month contract covers data management, software engineering, training, quality assurance, system security, software application support, backup and recovery assistance, and software integration services to CISD, the company said […] More

  • Lockheed, Israel Launch Country’s First F-35A Jet
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    Lockheed, Israel Launch Country’s First F-35A Jet

    Lockheed Martin and Israel have launched the country’s first F-35A fighter jet at a ceremony with at least 400 people in attendance such as company executives and Israel and U.S. government officials. The conventional-takeoff-and-landing jet’s stealth technology, fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and sustainment support functions are designed to help Israel face threats such as missiles and defended airspace, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More

  • NASA to Launch SpaceX’s Dragon for 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission in July
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    NASA to Launch SpaceX’s Dragon for 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission in July

    An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station on July 18 or onward to carry out a cargo resupply services mission. NASA said Wednesday the company’s ninth mission under the space agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract will bring almost 4,900 pounds of science research supplies and equipment to ISS. It will also deliver two […] More

  • Fifth Lockheed-Built MUOS Satellite Set to Launch Friday; Mark Woempner Comments
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    Fifth Lockheed-Built MUOS Satellite Set to Launch Friday; Mark Woempner Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are scheduled to launch a fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite Friday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida onboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. The launch of MUOS-5 will complete a network of orbiting satellites and relay ground stations designed to provide near-global communications coverage for mobile military forces, Lockheed said Wednesday. “MUOS […] More

  • NASA Seeks Next-Generation Spacecraft Onboard Computing Processor
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    NASA Seeks Next-Generation Spacecraft Onboard Computing Processor

    NASA has kicked off its hunt for a processor based on the ARM architecture for use aboard the space agency’s and U.S. Air Force’s future manned and unmanned spacecraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday. John Keller writes NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center released a solicitation Monday in search of a radiation-hardened, multicore processor under the […] More

  • Parsons to Help Plan U.S. Military Infrastructure Projects in Europe
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    Parsons to Help Plan U.S. Military Infrastructure Projects in Europe

    Parsons has been awarded a five-year contract to provide master planning and design services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Europe District. The company said Wednesday that it will help USACE develop a facilities master plan, assess infrastructure and document programs within the military organization’s Europe District area of responsibility. Chris Alexander, executive vice president and manager of Parsons’ federal infrastructure and […] More

  • Bechtel to Continue Support Work for Gabon’s $25B Nat’l Infrastructure Plan
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    Bechtel to Continue Support Work for Gabon’s $25B Nat’l Infrastructure Plan

    Bechtel has extended its partnership with Gabon to continue work on a $25 billion national infrastructure plan that looks to build the country’s skill base for project management, construction, engineering, project controls, sustainability, health, safety, environment, quality and contracts. Bechtel said Wednesday the collaboration has established a public works agency called l’Agence Nationale des Grands Travaux d’Infrastructures — or ANGTI — […] More