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    Norb Ryan Becomes Member of Spectrum Group; Jim Hinkle Comments

    Norb Ryan, former president and CEO of Ryan and Associates, has joined The Spectrum Group as a team member at the Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting firm. TSG said Monday the retired U.S. Navy vice admiral has extensive knowledge of key issues facing the Defense Department and military veterans as well as gained experience on Capitol Hill. “We are confident he […] More

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    Mark Fox Named Customer Affairs VP for Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News Shipbuilding Division

    Mark Fox, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries as corporate vice president of customer affairs at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. He will succeed Evan “Marty” Chanik, also a retired Navy vice admiral who is scheduled to retire in October, in the role and will directly report to Mitch Waldman, […] More

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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

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    Liquid Robotics Adds 3 Members to Strategic Advisory Board; Gary Gysin Comments

    Liquid Robotics has named three new members to its strategic advisory board  U.S. Pacific Command head Timothy Keating, former United Nations Command leader Walter Sharp and Francisco Chavez — a senior scientist and biological oceanographer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. The unmanned ocean robot manufacturer said Tuesday Keating, Sharp and Chavez will join 18 board advisers from […] More

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    Leidos Announces Disruptive Tech Essay Contest Winners

    Leidos has awarded $10,000 in cash prizes to the winners of an essay writing contest that focused on emerging and disruptive technologies. Sean Cate and Jesse Sloman took first place in the competition, U.S. Navy Commander Timothy McGeehan and retired Commander Douglas Wahl won second place and Navy Lt. (junior grade) Michael Haydell took third place, Leidos said […] More

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    New Coalition of Retired Service Officials to Advocate for Changes to Gun Ownership Background Check Laws

    Former Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly have formed a coalition of retired military officers that aims to urge political leaders to help prevent gun violence by addressing loopholes in laws and regulations on gun ownership-related background checks. Giffords and Kelly, also a retired NASA astronaut, named the members of the […] More

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    Oceaneering CEO Kevin McEvoy Joins Emcor’s Board of Directors; Stephen Bershad Comments

    Kevin McEvoy, CEO of deep water energy and engineering services provider Oceaneering International, has joined the board of directors of Emcor Group. McEvoy was elected to the board at Emcors’ annual meeting of stockholders, the company said Thursday. He is also the chairman of the National Ocean Industry Association, director of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers’ Association and a member of […] More

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    Parsons to Provide R&D, Engineering Support Under Naval Research Lab IDIQ Contract; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons will provide engineering services as well as research and development support to the Naval Research Laboratory’s information technology division under a potential five-year, $245 million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy in May. The company said Tuesday it will work to support NRL-ITD across seven research areas that include artificial intelligence, data storage and computing, communications, security, […] More

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    Lockheed to Integrate Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Into Navy, AF Aircraft for Continued Tests

    Lockheed Martin will integrate the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile into the U.S. Air Force‘s B-1B and U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F aircraft under the $321.8 million sole-source contract awarded earlier this month. The company said Thursday the Air Force has set LRASM to start operations in 2018 with the Navy scheduled in 2019. The contract also funds continued testing on LRASM, a precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile, Lockheed added. Mike […] More

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    Tel-Instrument Electronics Receives Army Orders for Test Sets

    The U.S. Army has awarded a $1.3 million order to Tel-Instrument Electronics for the delivery of CRAFT 708 units with scheduled deliveries for the second calendar year quarter. Tel-Instrument Electronics also received orders from the U.S. Navy for four CRAFT 708 test sets for the U.S. Presidential Helicopter program, Tel-Instrument Electronics said Thursday. The company also unveiled […] More

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    David Stoudt Joins Booz Allen as Senior Executive Adviser, Directed Energy Fellow

    David Stoudt, formerly senior technologist for directed energy at the U.S. Navy, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior executive adviser and fellow for the company’s directed energy program. In his new role, Stoudt will focus on providing thought leadership in engineering, science and C4ISR, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Trey Obering, executive vice president for […] More

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    Ryan Norris Named Strategic Planning, BD Director for Huntington Ingalls’ AMSEC Arm

    Ryan Norris, a 12-year veteran of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been appointed director of strategic planning and business development at the company’s marine engineering and naval architecture services subsidiary AMSEC. He will report to AMSEC President Harris Leonard and oversee the organization’s strategic planning, BD, capture, proposal and marketing functions in his new position, HII said Wednesday. Norris has previously held […] More