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  • 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

  • Barbara Humpton: Siemens Govt Technologies to Provide Fire Protection Services Under NAVFAC Contract
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    Barbara Humpton: Siemens Govt Technologies to Provide Fire Protection Services Under NAVFAC Contract

    Siemens‘ federal subsidiary Siemens Government Technologies seeks to help the Naval Facilities Engineering Command design, install and repair fire protection systems at various U.S. Navy installations under a $49 million contract the service branch awarded in May. SGT said Wednesday it is eligible to bid on task orders to deliver fire suppression systems, water supplies, low and high expansion foams, gaseous special […] More

  • Inmarsat Unveils New Office in Tokyo; Gerbrand Schalkwijk Comments
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    Inmarsat Unveils New Office in Tokyo; Gerbrand Schalkwijk Comments

    Inmarsat has moved to grow the satellite communications provider’s footprint in the Asia-Pacific region with a newly opened office in Tokyo, Japan. The company said Monday it commemorated the opening with a traditional Japanese sake-barrel-breaking ceremony and several of Inmarsat’s partners and clients attended the celebration. Gerbrand Schalkwijk, chief sales officer at Inmarsat’s maritime sector, said the company considers […] More

  • Boeing’s Jeppesen Subsidiary to Support Istanbul Airport Construction Project
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    Boeing’s Jeppesen Subsidiary to Support Istanbul Airport Construction Project

    Boeing has signed an agreement with Turkey-based company iGA Havalimani Isletmesi to provide technical assistance services for an international airport infrastructure development project in Istanbul. Under the deal, Boeing unit Jeppesen will supply a Total Airport and Airspace Modeler tool to help iGA and the General Directorate of State Airports Authority of Turkey design airpace structure for the Istanbul New Airport as well as develop an operations […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Starts Construction on Training Center for Hercules Pilots, Crew
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    Lockheed Martin Starts Construction on Training Center for Hercules Pilots, Crew

    Lockheed Martin has started the construction of a training center focused on the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter and LM-100J commercial freighter at a site in Marietta, Georgia. The Hercules Training Center will work to train future air mobility pilots and crews for the C-130J and LM-100J and feature classroom space, training devices and a reconfigurable C-130J/LM-100J full-mission simulator, Lockheed said Tuesday. Sandy Samuel, […] More

  • Riverbed Federal Lead Davis Johnson on Continuous Monitoring Trends & How Agencies Can Understand Their IT Assets
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    Riverbed Federal Lead Davis Johnson on Continuous Monitoring Trends & How Agencies Can Understand Their IT Assets

    Davis Johnson joined application and network services provider Riverbed Technology in April 2015 as vice president of a U.S. public sector business that works with government agencies that want new tools to manage network performance in their enterprise. Founded in 2002, San Francisco-headquartered Riverbed is known in the technology sector as the developer of a series of […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Concludes 5th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Concludes 5th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time after it performed three in-orbit scientific missions and delivered approximately 7,900 pounds of scientific experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The atmospheric re-entry of the space vehicle, also known as S.S. Rick Husband, loaded with 4,087 pounds of items for disposal marks the company’s […] More

  • Booz Allen Unveils Cyber Defense Tool Suite for Cloud-Based Data, Apps; Chris Christou Comments
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    Booz Allen Unveils Cyber Defense Tool Suite for Cloud-Based Data, Apps; Chris Christou Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton has launched a set of security platforms designed to help government agencies and companies protect data workloads and applications in cloud environments from potential cyber attacks. The company’s Virtual Cloud Defense consists of open source-based, commercial-off-the-shelf platforms that work to help users implement security controls and perform situational awareness operations, Booz Allen […] More

  • Smiths Detection Gets DHS Follow-On Order for Handheld Radiation Detector Tech
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    Smiths Detection Gets DHS Follow-On Order for Handheld Radiation Detector Tech

    Smiths Detection has received a $40.9 million follow-on task order from the Department of Homeland Security to supply a handheld radiation detection and identification system to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. The company said Tuesday it will provide its RadSeeker technology for department  personnel to detect, locate and identify the source of radiological materials. “RadSeeker technology was developed in cooperation with […] More

  • CGI Awarded State Dept Visa Process Support Service Task Order Recompete
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    CGI Awarded State Dept Visa Process Support Service Task Order Recompete

    CGI Federal has been awarded a potential four-year, $32 million recompeted task order to continue visa processing support services for the State Department‘s Bureau of Consular Affairs in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The subsidiary of Montreal-based CGI Group said Wednesday that it will work with the bureau to process visas for immigrants and non-immigrants as well as perform information delivery, appointment, document transfer and greeter […] More

  • DARPA to Host Workshop on Synthetic Polymer-Based Medicine R&D Program
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    DARPA to Host Workshop on Synthetic Polymer-Based Medicine R&D Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a workshop in Southbridge, Massachusetts, on June 29 to discuss a program that seeks to develop medicines designed to retain potency for long periods of time amid exposure to extreme conditions on the battlefield. DARPA said Tuesday researchers under the Fold F(x) program aim to design biotherapeutics and […] More