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    BAE Secures $50M Army Contract for Bradley Fighting Vehicles

    BAE Systems‘ land and armaments subsidiary has received a one-year, $49.7 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide the company-built infantry fighting vehicles to the service branch. The full amount was obligated at the time of the award using the Army’s fiscal 2022 weapons and tracked combat vehicle procurement funds, the Department of Defense said […] More

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    Ken Walker Promoted to Owl Cyber Defense CEO

    Ken Walker, chief technology officer and president of Owl Cyber Defense, has been promoted to the dual role of president and CEO at the Columbia, Maryland-based network security company. The three-decade information system security veteran will lead the company and its efforts to bring cross-domain and data diode technology products to the intelligence, defense and […] More

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    Carahsoft to Offer 1Kosmos Authentication Platform to Government Customers

    Carahsoft Technology and 1Kosmos have partnered to offer the latter’s passwordless multi-factor authentication platform in support of the zero trust cybersecurity adoption strategy of the public sector. According to a joint statement published Tuesday, Carahsoft will utilize its reseller partner network and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 contracts […] More

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    Former Parsons Exec Jack Sears Named Aquia’s 1st Chief Growth Officer

    Jack Sears Jr., former vice president of business development and capture at Parsons, has been appointed chief growth officer at Millsboro, Delaware-based cloud and cybersecurity services provider Aquia. He will oversee BD, sales, marketing and go-to-market functions in his new position, Aquia said Monday. Sears holds three decades of work experience at multiple companies that offer […] More

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    Kratos Books Navy IDIQ for Target Drone Software Engineering

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a potential $14.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide software engineering services in support of a sub-sonic aerial target for anti-ship cruise missile threat emulation. The Department of Defense said Thursday that Kratos’ unmanned aerial systems unit will conduct software analysis and modification as well as changes […] More

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    Two Six Opens Office at Port San Antonio Tech Campus

    Two Six Technologies, a national security products and services provider, looks to further support its workforce and expand customer service with the establishment of an office at the Port San Antonio technology and innovation campus in Texas. The technology-focused company said Thursday it joins over 80 campus tenants whose businesses operate in aerospace and defense, cybersecurity, robotics […] More

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    Maximus to Update Nebraska’s Medicaid Provider Module; Chris Mirro Quoted

    Maximus has secured a six-year master services agreement with the National Association of State Procurement Officers to update a tool that Nebraska’s Medicaid providers use to manage electronic records.  The company said Wednesday it will perform technical support work to help modernize the provider module of the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. NASPO chose Maximus […] More

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    Boeing, Northrop Support Additive Manufacturing Forward Program

    Boeing and Northrop Grumman have joined the list of companies that have pledged support for the White House-led Additive Manufacturing Forward strategy. The two manufacturers are set to pursue initiatives in support of supply chain resilience in the AM or 3D printing industry, AM Forward organizer Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America said Wednesday. Both […] More

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    VSE Gets $86M Ceiling Increase on FMS Deal for Naval Technical Support

    VSE has received an $86 million increase to the ceiling value of an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Navy for providing technical support to foreign navies. The Alexandria, Virginia-based management consulting services company will use the additional amount for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the Egyptian navy’s four Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, four fast missile […] More

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne’s New Facility to Support Navy Torpedo Propulsion System Production

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has established a center of excellence in Orlando, Florida, for manufacturing a propulsion technology that will power a prototype anti-submarine weapon for the U.S. Navy. The company said it will produce Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion System boilers, tail cones and afterbody for the MK 54 MOD 2 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo at the new facility. […] More