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  • Boeing Subcontracts Rockwell Collins for Indian Chinook Helicopter Services
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    Boeing Subcontracts Rockwell Collins for Indian Chinook Helicopter Services

    Boeing has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to provide a Common Avionics Architecture System for 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters flown by India’s military. The Rockwell Collins India Design Center will lead the implementation of tests and software changes as ordered by India’s army to meet requirements, Rockwell Collins said Monday. Troy Brunk, vice president and general manager of airborne […] More

  • Microsemi Products Support Lockheed-Built Ballistic Missiles in Navy Test Flights
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    Microsemi Products Support Lockheed-Built Ballistic Missiles in Navy Test Flights

    Microsemi has provided design services and electronic products in support of the Lockheed Martin-built Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile, which completed U.S. Navy-led test flights this month. The semiconductor provider said Thursday its electronics technology that works to support missile control and navigation functions has been integrated into the Trident missiles as part of the D5 […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Team to Work on NASA Solar Array Devt Program
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    Johns Hopkins APL Team to Work on NASA Solar Array Devt Program

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will collaborate with SolAero Technologies, Deployable Space Systems and RA Stall Consulting on a NASA program that seeks to develop solar array platforms designed for deep space missions. APL said Thursday the team has entered into contract negotiations with NASA on the Transformational Solar Array for Extreme Environments proposal under the space agency’s Game […] More

  • SaiTech Lands Stennis Space Center IT Support Contract From NASA
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    SaiTech Lands Stennis Space Center IT Support Contract From NASA

    SaiTech has received a potential $43.9 million contract from NASA to provide information technology services support to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The government IT contractor will provide a range of IT services for Stennis, including planning, management, audiovisual, communications and technology support, NASA said Tuesday. The contract entails a 17-month base period, which could extend up to five years […] More

  • Peridot Secures Navy Contract for Marine Corps System Command Program Mgmt Support
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    Peridot Secures Navy Contract for Marine Corps System Command Program Mgmt Support

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $43 million contract to Peridot Solutions for program management support services to the Marine Corps System Command. The Defense Department said Monday the contract calls for Peridot to provide portfolio management, administrative, operations, core competency and analytic support for logistics, engineering, contracts and financial management functions. Marine Corps Systems Command awarded […] More

  • Report: Navy’s ‘Submarine Unified Build’ Plan Sets Roles for General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls
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    Report: Navy’s ‘Submarine Unified Build’ Plan Sets Roles for General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls

    The U.S. Navy has devised a strategy for General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries to concurrently build Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines through at least 2023, USNI News reported Monday. USNI News quoted Navy spokeswoman Capt. Thurraya Kent as saying the Submarine Unified Build Strategy calls for General Dynamics Electric Boat to lead the design and delivery of […] More

  • Boeing to Deliver 30 QF-16 Aerial Target Units Under AF Contract Modification
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    Boeing to Deliver 30 QF-16 Aerial Target Units Under AF Contract Modification

    Boeing has received a $34 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to deliver 30 QF-16 full-scale aerial target units with corresponding four-year warranties. The Defense Department said Monday work will occur in St. Louis, Missouri, through April 9, 2018, while the warranties will expire on April 8, 2022. The full obligated amount at the time of award […] More

  • ICF Names HHS’ Audie Atienza a Senior Fellow for Biomedical Informatics Team
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    ICF Names HHS’ Audie Atienza a Senior Fellow for Biomedical Informatics Team

    ICF International has appointed Audie Atienza as a senior fellow for its biomedical informatics team, where he will contribute to the company’s clinical research efforts focused on healthcare data analytics. ICF said Monday Atienza brings at least 15 years of behavioral science and health IT program leadership experience from the Department of Health and Human Services‘ National […] More

  • EPA Recognizes Boeing for Energy Efficiency Initiatives; Kim Newton Comments
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    EPA Recognizes Boeing for Energy Efficiency Initiatives; Kim Newton Comments

    Boeing has been chosen to receive a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency award for the company’s efforts to integrate energy conservation tools and methods into its business operations. The company said Monday it will accept the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the agency during a ceremony that is scheduled to take place in  Washington on April […] More

  • HyTrust Adds Intelligence Community Vet Joanne Isham to Federal Advisory Board
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    HyTrust Adds Intelligence Community Vet Joanne Isham to Federal Advisory Board

    Joanne Isham, an independent defense and intelligence consultant and former career officer with CIA, has joined the federal advisory board of HyTrust. The federal advisory board will work to help HyTrust build on its cloud and virtualization offerings to the public sector, the company said Monday. “We’re privileged to have Joanne join our federal advisory board […] More

  • Stephen Kopeck Joins Kroll as Cybersecurity & Investigations Associate Managing Director
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    Stephen Kopeck Joins Kroll as Cybersecurity & Investigations Associate Managing Director

    Kroll has appointed Stephen Kopeck as associate managing director for its cybersecurity and investigations practice, where he will report to practice leader Tim Ryan. The risk mitigation services provider said Monday Kopeck, a former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, holds experience in work with law enforcement and other private sector companies. “He brings extraordinary levels of technical expertise as […] More

  • Bloomberg: Navy Eyes BAE for Nuclear Weapon Cyber Defense Contract
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    Bloomberg: Navy Eyes BAE for Nuclear Weapon Cyber Defense Contract

    The U.S. Navy plans to select BAE Systems as the prime contractor for a program to build up cyber defenses that surround the country’s nuclear weapons inventory and other systems, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Benjamin Katz writes BAE will review and oversee the safety policies for the Lockheed Martin-built Trident missiles under the potential five-year contract, which contains […] More