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    Vishal Giare Named Air, Missile Defense Mission Area Lead at Johns Hopkins APL

    Vishal Giare, formerly a program area manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed as APL’s mission area executive for air and missile defense. He now leads the laboratory’s efforts to develop ballistic missile defense and anti-air warfare systems for U.S. forces and allies, APL said Thursday. Giare previously served as program area manager for Aegis BMD […] More

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    Rolf Ziesing Joins General Atomics as Programs VP for Electromagnetic Systems Business

    Rolf Ziesing, former vice president of national security programs and nuclear equipment manufacturing at BWX Technologies, has been named VP of programs at General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit. General Atomics said Tuesday Ziesing will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear programs as well as help transition technology […] More

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    Cubic to Display Virtual Training, C4ISR Platforms at Maritime Expo; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s global defense and mission solutions businesses will feature a variety of air combat and maritime virtual training systems alongside C4ISR platforms at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition to be held in National Harbor, Maryland, from April 3 to 5. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic’s mission solutions unit, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will also present its NextMission strategy with communications and ISR […] More

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    Booz Allen Gets $59M Navy Contract for Professional Support Services

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a five-year, $59 million contract to provide professional support services to the military branch’s battlespace awareness and information operations program office, or PMW 120. Booz Allen said Wednesday the contract covers acquisition, program, installation and operations management support for 21 Defense Department programs led by PMW 120. The company will also help manage the […] More

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    Naval War College Team Wins Top Prize in Cyber Policy Competition

    A team of U.S. Naval War College students has won first place at the Atlantic Council-sponsored Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Washington. The U.S. Navy said Monday the three-day contest was held at the American University’s Washington College of Law and drew 48 college teams from 32 schools across the world. Participants were required to write a policy brief in […] More

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    Mike Twyman: Cubic to Integrate Common Data Link, FMV, Networking Hardware for SPAWAR Contract

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business will supply man-portable Common Data Link systems to the U.S. Navy under an estimated $20 million contract in support of the Carrier and Air Integration Program Office’s Tactical Mobile program. The company said Wednesday the award from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command covers development, tests, documentation and delivery of PCDL systems in efforts to provide expeditionary […] More

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    Booz Allen Subcontracts ACT I for F-35 Program Office Engineering Support; Kevin Fischer Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a five-year subcontract from Booz Allen Hamilton to provide engineering services to the Naval Air Systems Command in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office. Booz Allen awarded the subcontract under a task order the company won through the U.S. Navy‘s Seaport-e contract vehicle, ACT I said. Kevin Fischer, […] More

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    Former JCS Vice Chairman James Winnefeld Named Perthera Senior Adviser

    James Winnefeld, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has joined Perthera as a senior adviser of the McLean, Virginia-based precision medicine company. The 37-year Navy veteran will advise Perthera on business matters, the company said Tuesday. “I have had the opportunity to become a board member or a strategic adviser to some exciting […] More

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    SAIC Inaugurates 1st Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototype for Marine Corps

    Science Applications International Corp. has rolled out an amphibious combat vehicle model developed for the U.S. Marine Corps at a company-run integration facility in Charleston, South Carolina. SAIC said Tuesday the ACV 1.1 prototype is an updated version of ST Kinetics‘ TERREX vehicle and designed to help the Marine Corps transport fighting units from ship to shore. The service […] More

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    Executive Profile: Shaun Bierweiler, Hortonworks Public Sector VP

    Shaun Bierweiler serves as vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, where he oversees the company’s work with U.S. federal, state, local and education customers. The government information technology industry veteran came to Hortonworks in November 2016 after he previously served as sales director at Red Hat and held responsibility over Defense Department and federal systems integrators in that capacity. At Red […] More

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    BAE Launches New San Diego Floating Dry Dock

    BAE Systems has unveiled a new floating dry dock the company built to provide maintenance and repair services to U.S. Navy ships stationed in San Diego. The company said Friday the 950-foot-long platform is designed to lift up to 55,000 tons and will be paired with another dry dock to help maintain the service branch’s fleet. BAE dedicated its new dry dock at […] More

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    General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of 5th Navy Expeditionary Sea Base

    General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has kicked off construction of a follow-on mobile sea base for the U.S. Navy under a previously awarded contract. The company said Thursday the fifth ship in the military branch’s Expeditionary Transfer Dock/ Expeditionary Sea Base program will be built with a 52,000-square-foot flight deck, accommodation areas for up to 250 personnel, repair, mission planning, fuel and equipment storage rooms. […] More