A joint venture of Amentum, Fluor and Atkins has received a notice to proceed from the Department of Energy to begin transition activities for cleanup work at the Hanford site in Washington.

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Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Red Hat to advance the use of Agile development practices and automated software tools in order to speed up the development and deployment of software platforms and other capabilities for the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, Signal Magazine reported.

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The Energy Department plans to extend a contract with a joint venture of AECOM and SNC-Lavalin‘s Atkins business unit to manage, treat and dispose nuclear waste at the department’s Hanford site. The DOE said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it intends to award a one-year contract extension to Washington River Protection Solutions, with work slated to occur […] More

Boeing has handed over NATO’s updated E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, the first of 14 the company is contracted to modernize for the intergovernmental military organization through a $257 million modernization effort. The company updated the communication navigation surveillance/air traffic management digital flight deck and avionics systems of the E-3A to help NATO comply with air […] More

Atkins North America Inc. has been awarded a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Army and Air National Guard. Atkins will work to design programs and perform construction support to the Army and ANG in the continental U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

A Jacobs Engineering Group and Atkins joint venture has been selected to design three motorway projects in England. The team will deploy integrated transport systems in junctions 13 to 15 of the M6, 3 to 5 of the M20 and 8 to 10 of the M23 projects in order to transmit traffic data to motorists […] More

Tracy Atkinson, executive vice president of finance at State Street Corp., has been elected to join the Raytheon board of directors. Raytheon Chairman William Swanson said Tuesday that Atkinson brings financial management skills and international business experience to the company’s board. Atkinson joined State Street in 2008 and has served in SVP and chief compliance […] More

Northrop Grumman is delivering the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft with an airborne early warning and tactical data system to the U.S. Navy, UPI reported Friday. Richard Tomkins writes that the E-2D will be delivered to the Navy’s Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125 at the Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field this week. The delivery is […] More

Jay Watkins has rejoined Parsons to serve as vice president of strategic development and will be based in Washington. Watkins will oversee business development, transportation strategy and customer relations within North America in his new role, Parsons said Monday. He rejoins the company after serving as CEO at another project and construction management company for seven […] More

Dell has been chosen by the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology to replace two large-scale storage systems with three-petabyte compellent arrays to improve the University’s cloud storage environment and inspire world-class research from its learning community. According to a company statement, the large-capacity compellent arrays provide cloud storage and support for JAIST“™s frontier campus IT […] More

The U.S. Navy installed an unmanned combat air system demonstrator aboard an aircraft carrier on November 26, according to a U.S. Navy article.  The X-47B N-UCAS demonstration prepares the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier for carrier-based testing. N-UCAS’s flight test director Cmdr. Kevin Watkins said the Navy has tested the X-47B for several years and it  “proves […] More

Timothy Atkins is executive vice president and chief operating officer for SRA International, Inc. In this position, he oversees the organic services growth for the company through operational efficiencies. In addition to his current position, Atkins previously managed SRA“™s civil government business and has also served as vice president and deputy director of the civil […] More