An Engility subsidiary has won $22.2 million in task orders to help the U.S. Air Force engineer, test and manage the branch’s fleet of Reaper and Predator unmanned aerial systems. Dynamics Research Corp. will perform UAS flight and ground assessments, weapons integration, logistics, acquisition and flight scheduling, among other support services, Engility said Wednesday. “We appreciate […] More

Google has signed an agreement to provide George Mason University students access to select cybersecurity and artificial intelligence training and certification programs on the company’s cloud platform. Christian Michael, public sector training lead at Google Cloud, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the partnership aims to help fill talent gaps in the cybersecurity industry, […] More

Google will provide George Mason University students access to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence training and certification programs on the company's cloud platform as part of a partnership agreement.On Sept. 12, ExecutiveBiz will host the Trusted AI and Autonomy Forum to provide in-depth insight on the evolving threats and responsible use of AI. Join the in-person event in Falls Church, VA by registering here. More

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary continues to provide support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s on-orbit evaluation of a small satellite that was launched in December 2021. AFRL deployed the Blue Canyon Technologies-built Ascent spacecraft to test in geostationary orbit the performance of commercial satellite systems, including a cold gas propulsion system from the Georgia Institute […] More

Another fiscal year had passed, and many small business government contractors could procure their products and services successfully. While others are selling to the federal government, other large and small businesses are still hoping to win government contracts. The U.S government announces and releases its available contracting opportunities in many different ways. Some are just […] More

Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new research center at Wichita State University in Kansas to advance work on high temperature materials, such as hypersonic weapons, for aviation, defense and space programs. The National Defense Prototype Center covers over 125,000-square-foot of space for manufacturing and laboratory activities such as material processing and characterization work, the Wichita, […] More

CFD Research received a potential five-year, $49.6M contract to develop and test environmental analysis tools for the U.S. Army.

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Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Dimension Data and FireEye have teamed up to establish a cyber defense and response center in Australia as part of a five-year, multimillion-dollar investment to combat cyber threats. Vodafone said Monday the company intends for the CDRC to monitor cyber events, gather threat intelligence and respond to incidents in order to help […] More

Orbital ATK has performed a hot-fire test on the updated first stage propulsion system of the Antares rocket with RD-181 main engines at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. NASA said Wednesday the test sought to assess the performance of the integrated first stage — including new engines, modified Stage 1 core, avionics, thrust vector control and pad fueling systems — in an operational environment. The Antares engineering […] More

The government services market started to get a glimpse of what would eventually become an ongoing landscape shift in October 2014 when Engility Holdings announced its $1.3 billion acquisition of fellow Chantilly, Va.-based contractor TASC, a deal which closed in February 2015. Since the TASC deal was announced, companies in the government services space have […] More

Dara Dirth, director of marketing and communications at NJVC, has been elected to the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce board of directors for 2015 to 2016. The company said Wednesday Dirth will also co-chair DRCC’s GovConnections committee, which will work with small and midsize businesses on current issues in the government contracting space. “NJVC is proud to […] More

In his role of chief financial officer at Engility, Mike Alber was one of the leaders that spearheaded the Chantilly, Va.-based services contractor’s $11.50-per-share purchase of Dynamics Research Corp. and pending $1.1 billion acquisition of TASC. As covered on GovCon Wire in December, the Federal Trade Commission has cleared the TASC buy and Engility expects the deal to close during the […] More