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    Peraton Becomes Member of Satellite Industry Association; David Myers Quoted

    Peraton has joined the Washington, D.C-based Satellite Industry Association, which aims to promote the use of commercial satellite technology in global missions. David Myers, president of Peraton’s communications sector, said in a statement released Wednesday the company seeks to engage with industry leaders in efforts to support applications of satellite platforms to national security and information infrastructure […] More

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    Serco’s US Arm Gets Navy Shipboard Network Assembly Orders; Dave Dacquino Quoted

    Serco‘s North American subsidiary will assemble shipboard networks aboard the U.S. Navy‘s submarines, aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers and amphibious assault ships under two task orders worth $46M combined. The Navy awarded the task orders under the potential eight-year, multiple-award Consolidated Afloat Networks Enterprise Services contract, the company said Wednesday. Dave Dacquino, CEO and chairman at Serco Inc., said the […] More

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    Northrop Completes Cannon Production Hub Expansion

    Northrop Grumman‘s innovation systems sector has completed the expansion of a Mesa, Ariz., facility built to manufacture Bushmaster medium-caliber cannons for the military sector. The company said Wednesday it will hire up to 60 new employees to support manufacturing, program management and engineering efforts at the 36K-square-foot facility. The expansion project almost doubled the site’s production capacity. Lisa […] More

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    Army Releases Electronic Countermeasure Support RFI

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential providers of electronic countermeasures support services to the military branch’s explosive ordnance disposal mission. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the electronic warfare air/ground survivability division at the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center needs assistance to conduct laboratory tests with the EWAGS Coaxial Test Bed. […] More

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    George Korch to Lead Battelle-Operated Nat’l Biodefense Analysis & Countermeasures Center

    George Korch, former commander at the U.S. Army‘s Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, has joined Battelle as lab director for the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center. Battelle said Tuesday Korch succeeds Patrick Fitch, who will transition to a new role as associate lab director for chemical, earth and life sciences at the Triad National Security-managed Los […] More

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    SAIC to Guide IronArch in Business Pursuits via DoD Mentor-Protege Program

    Science Applications International Corp. and IronArch Technology have entered into an agreement that allows the service-disabled, veteran-owned company to receive business guidance and counsel through the Department of Defense‘s protege-mentor program. SAIC will help IronArch pursue new business opportunities, establish a corporate infrastructure and implement cloud and cybersecurity technologies, the companies said in a joint statement released Monday. […] More

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures DARPA Propulsion Tech Development Contract

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential two-year, $13.4M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop propulsion systems for a ground-launched tactical weapon platform. The contract was awarded in support of DARPA’s Operational Fires program that aims to build new mobile missile technologies, the company said Tuesday. The OpFires initiative seeks to meet the […] More

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    In-Q-Tel Invests in Immersive Wisdom’s Collaboration Tech

    Intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Immersive Wisdom to further develop the latter company’s virtual and intelligence platform for government applications. Immersive Wisdom designed its software to help users access information in real time and view live 3D maps through a shared virtual workspace, IQT said Tuesday. The technology employs virtual, mixed and […] More

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    AECOM Opens Augusta Office; Earl Johnson Quoted

    AECOM held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for its new office that is situated close to the Georgia Cyber Center, Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday. Earl Johnson, a senior vice president at AECOM, oversees the new facility where employees will work to pursue new business opportunities with Army Cyber Command and Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon. Johnson […] More

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    Iron Mountain-QualX-TDEC Team to Help Army War College Digitize Military Records

    A team composed of Iron Mountain, QualX and TDEC will provide records digitization and preservation services to the U.S. Army War College’s Heritage and Education Center under a potential five-year, $30M contract. The three companies will help USAHEC process, move and store a collection of the military branch’s artifacts, manuscripts, photographs and audio-visual items in a […] More

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    Perspecta Awarded CDC Public Health Data Analysis Support IDIQ; Mac Curtis Quoted

    Perspecta has secured a potential five-year, $40M contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention address public health threats with the use of spatial data analysis and communication tools. The company said Tuesday it will combine geospatial statistics, epidemiology and environmental models with information technology methods in efforts to analyze location and health data […] More

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    Leidos to Open Tech Center in West Virginia; Drew Formica Quoted

    Leidos plans to consolidate its two facilities in Monongalia County, W. Va., into a new technology center that will be established at Westridge business park, WV News reported Monday. The company is scheduled to open the Agile Center of Excellence within a year and expects to accommodate approximately 250 people there. Drew Formica, site manager at Leidos, […] More