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  • Blue Origin Secures Spot on NASA’s Suborbital Flight, Payload Integration Services IDIQ
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    Blue Origin Secures Spot on NASA’s Suborbital Flight, Payload Integration Services IDIQ

    Blue Origin has received a spot on NASA‘s contract for suborbital reusable launch vehicle flight and payload integration services with a maximum combined value of $45 million. NASA said Friday Blue Origin will work to integrate payloads into its New Shepard suborbital rocket and fly the spacecraft near the boundary of space as part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program. […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL, Harsco Form Unmanned Rail Security Tech Alliance; Jim Resio Comments
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    Johns Hopkins APL, Harsco Form Unmanned Rail Security Tech Alliance; Jim Resio Comments

    Harsco’s Protran Technology unit and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have formed a partnership to market an unmanned vehicle technology designed to help operators manage the safety and security of rail operations. The alliance seeks to introduce the Instrumented Rail Inspection System offering to the entire Harsco network of railway and urban transit system customers as well […] More

  • Report: NOAA to Use Raytheon-Built UAV for Hurricane Tracking Efforts
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    Report: NOAA to Use Raytheon-Built UAV for Hurricane Tracking Efforts

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to deploy a Raytheon-developed unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor and analyze hurricane activity, WBKO reported Tuesday. Peter Zampa writes NOAA is testing Raytheon’s Coyote UAS and aims to use up to seven units of the drone to aid in the agency’s storm forecasting efforts this year. Raytheon originally developed the Coyote to support the Defense Department‘s […] More

  • Irving Burton Associates to Support Army Medical Research Institute’s HR Acquisition Programs
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    Irving Burton Associates to Support Army Medical Research Institute’s HR Acquisition Programs

    Irving Burton Associates has received a task order from the U.S. Army to provide acquisition support services to the human resources division of the military branch’s Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases Research and Development Support Services. IBA said Tuesday the order was awarded through the Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center contract vehicle. Karthik Srinivasan, an IBA senior vice president, […] More

  • Erickson to Transport Alaska Forestry Research Crew for USDA, Forest Service
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    Erickson to Transport Alaska Forestry Research Crew for USDA, Forest Service

    Erickson has been selected to transport a research crew tasked to analyze forest areas in Alaska under a five-year contract with the Agriculture Department and U.S. Forest Service. Erickson said Wednesday the company will provide helicopter transport to interagency research crew led by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ division of forestry, USDA and USFS in support […] More

  • CSRA Finance Chief David Keffer Named NVTC Public Company CFO of the Year
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    CSRA Finance Chief David Keffer Named NVTC Public Company CFO of the Year

    David Keffer, executive vice president and chief financial officer at CSRA, was selected to receive the Public Company CFO of the Year distinction at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 20th annual Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards. NVTC said Thursday the awards recognize local CFOs and financiers for achievement in the promotion of the Washington metropolitan region’s technology community. Keffer […] More

  • Phacil Appears in Virginia Fantastic 50 Fastest Growing Companies List for Fourth Consecutive Year
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    Phacil Appears in Virginia Fantastic 50 Fastest Growing Companies List for Fourth Consecutive Year

    Federal technology services provider Phacil has been featured in the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Fantastic 50 Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth consecutive year. Phacil and other Fantastic 50 companies were recognized in a banquet held on April 29 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia with more than 400 in attendees, Phacil said May 2. “It is an […] More

  • VA, Nonprofit LeanIn.Org Forge Women Veterans Support Alliance; Ashley Finch Comments
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    VA, Nonprofit LeanIn.Org Forge Women Veterans Support Alliance; Ashley Finch Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Women Veterans and nonprofit organization LeanIn.Org have formed a partnership in an effort to provide support to women veterans. The LeanIn.Org Women Veterans’ chapter initiative consists of pilot programs, where women veterans will participate in peer-to-peer meetings and share leadership skills with fellow women veterans and non-military members, VA […] More

  • Textron to Build EW Threat Simulation Platform for Canada
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    Textron to Build EW Threat Simulation Platform for Canada

    A Textron subsidiary has been chosen by the Canadian government to provide a technology platform that will work to simulate electronic warfare threats. Canada picked the Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator  technology that Textron Systems Electronic Systems offered to the country’s New Electronic Warfare Threat Simulator program, Textron said Wednesday. The A2PATS comprises EW communications and electronic intelligence tools as well as employs an open architecture designed […] More

  • CEO Kevin Robinson on MTSI’s Unmanned Technology Partnerships & Full Employee Stock Ownership Goal
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    CEO Kevin Robinson on MTSI’s Unmanned Technology Partnerships & Full Employee Stock Ownership Goal

    Kevin Robinson succeeded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. co-founder Phil Soucy as president and CEO of Alexandria, Virginia-based government services contractor in early 2014. Started in 1993, the employee-owned MTSI with 700 workers on its current roster focuses on technical and engineering services in areas such as unmanned aircraft, missile defense, intelligence research-and-development and cybersecurity. Robinson recently […] More

  • Brad Antle: Salient CRGT Adds Tysons Corner Office to Support Federal Customers
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    Brad Antle: Salient CRGT Adds Tysons Corner Office to Support Federal Customers

    Salient CRGT is opening a new office at 8255 Greensboro Drive in Tysons Corner, Virginia, as part of efforts to grow its footprint in the Greater Washington technology services market. The 33,370-square-foot facility includes two laboratories for the company’s agile development activities, an innovation laboratory and a talent operations center built to support federal clients, Salient CRGT said Wednesday. “We are excited to expand […] More

  • Intelsat to Provide Satellite Services for Myanmar’s Wireless Comms Network
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    Intelsat to Provide Satellite Services for Myanmar’s Wireless Comms Network

    Intelsat has been selected to provide satellite services to Myanmar in an effort to build on the country’s 2G and 3G wireless network infrastructure. Myanmar’s ministry of transport and communications will initially utilize C-band satellite services from Intelsat 902 and Ku-band services from Intelsat 906 for wireless communications services, Intelsat said Friday. The goal is to expand broadband […] More