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  • DARPA Picks 8 Firms to Support Phase 2 of UAS Collaborative Autonomy R&D Project
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    DARPA Picks 8 Firms to Support Phase 2 of UAS Collaborative Autonomy R&D Project

    Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have received contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform system integration work for the second phase of the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program. The CODE program aims to develop collaborative autonomy algorithms and open software architectures designed to help a single commander stimulate unmanned aircraft systems to perform both individual […] More

  • Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support
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    Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support

    Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Orbital ATK and their respective small business partners Davidson Technologies, Mentis Sciences and Martinez and Turek have each received an award from the Defense Department‘s office of small business programs under the mentor-protege program. The three teams, which currently support the Missile Defense Agency, received the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of the mentor-protege teams’ technical developments and contributions to business opportunity […] More

  • NATO Agency, AFCEA International to Address Euro-Atlantic Security at Estonia Conference
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    NATO Agency, AFCEA International to Address Euro-Atlantic Security at Estonia Conference

    Participants from NATO’s communications and information agency and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International will host a conference in Estonia to discuss new strategies to address Euro-Atlantic security and cyber threats. The international event called NITEC will include panel discussions with Estonia’s president Toomas Hendrick Ilves and Adm. Michael Rogers, U.S. Cyber Command director and National Security Agency […] More

  • Oceaneering CEO Kevin McEvoy Joins Emcor’s Board of Directors; Stephen Bershad Comments
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    Oceaneering CEO Kevin McEvoy Joins Emcor’s Board of Directors; Stephen Bershad Comments

    Kevin McEvoy, CEO of deep water energy and engineering services provider Oceaneering International, has joined the board of directors of Emcor Group. McEvoy was elected to the board at Emcors’ annual meeting of stockholders, the company said Thursday. He is also the chairman of the National Ocean Industry Association, director of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers’ Association and a member of […] More

  • Fulcrum Receives Employee Talent Development Helios HR Apollo Award; Jeff Handy Comments
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    Fulcrum Receives Employee Talent Development Helios HR Apollo Award; Jeff Handy Comments

    Helios HR has presented Fulcrum with a 2016 Helios HR Apollo Award under the employee assimilation & onboarding category during the Apollo Awards ceremony held Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. Fulcrum was one of 33 finalists for the award and was also a nominee for the employment brand, employee mentorship/coaching and employee recognition distinctions, the company […] More

  • Raytheon to Rebuild Vehicle Parts for Marine Corps; Dave Wajsgras Comments
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    Raytheon to Rebuild Vehicle Parts for Marine Corps; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon will provide services for the U.S. Marine Corps to support the Secondary Reparable program that will work to rebuild vehicle parts including engines, transmissions and electronics. Raytheon said Monday the contract will cover an estimated 1,000 items to be serviced with a network of original equipment manufacturers, military depots and small business suppliers in an effort to meet […] More

  • Ankura Appoints New Senior Executives to its SEC Enforcement and Forensic Accounting Practice
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    Ankura Appoints New Senior Executives to its SEC Enforcement and Forensic Accounting Practice

    Ankura Consulting Group said Monday that they have appointed Martin Wilczynski, Jason Flemmons and Amy Gonce to senior managing director positions in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement and forensic accounting practice under its corporate investigations and financial forensic group. Wilczynki has worked with worked as a SEC staff for six years with a focus on Department of Justice […] More

  • NSF Taps Charles River Analytics to Create Game-Based STEM, Entrepreneurship Training Module
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    NSF Taps Charles River Analytics to Create Game-Based STEM, Entrepreneurship Training Module

    Charles River Analytics has produced a game-based module for the National Science Foundation as part of an initiative to help U.S. high school students develop their science, technology, engineering, math and entrepreneurship skills. Charles River Analytics said Thursday the Trains of Thought proof-of-concept integrates educational research, the Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe business simulation video game and a gameplay. The approach is […] More

  • Airbus-Telespazio Alliance Gets Follow-On Contract for France Maritime Surveillance Services
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    Airbus-Telespazio Alliance Gets Follow-On Contract for France Maritime Surveillance Services

    A team comprising Airbus Group‘s defense and space unit and Telespazio‘s French subsidiary has secured a follow-on contract to provide satellite-based maritime surveillance services to the French navy. France’s maritime zone commanders will have access to a portal of radar and optical satellite images as well as automatic identification system data under the four-year Trimaran 2 program, Airbus said Thursday. Airbus and Telespazio […] More

  • General Atomics, Fokker to Collaborate on Predator UAV Landing Gear Development
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    General Atomics, Fokker to Collaborate on Predator UAV Landing Gear Development

    A General Atomics subsidiary has partnered with Fokker Technologies, a division of GKN Aerospace, to develop landing gear technology for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system. Netherlands-based Fokker and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. have worked together to offer Predator B to the Dutch armed forces and aim to integrate Fokker’s technology onto the UAV as the companies anticipate a potential drone procurement by […] More

  • Honeywell, Army Partner for Energy Consumption Project at Electronics Maintenance Depot
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    Honeywell, Army Partner for Energy Consumption Project at Electronics Maintenance Depot

    Honeywell and the U.S. Army will collaborate on a $29 million modernization project at Tobyhanna Army Depot that will work to reduce energy and water consumption. Honeywell said Thursday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a 23-year energy savings performance contract to the company in support of a project that looks to address greenhouse gas […] More