Science Applications International Corp. and IronArch Technology have entered into an agreement that allows the service-disabled, veteran-owned company to receive business guidance and counsel through the Department of Defense‘s protege-mentor program. SAIC will help IronArch pursue new business opportunities, establish a corporate infrastructure and implement cloud and cybersecurity technologies, the companies said in …

Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential two-year, $13.4M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop propulsion systems for a ground-launched tactical weapon platform. The contract was awarded in support of DARPA’s Operational Fires program that aims to build new mobile missile technologies, the company said Tuesday. The OpFires …

Intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Immersive Wisdom to further develop the latter company’s virtual and intelligence platform for government applications. Immersive Wisdom designed its software to help users access information in real time and view live 3D maps through a shared virtual workspace, IQT said Tuesday. The …

AECOM held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for its new office that is situated close to the Georgia Cyber Center, Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday. Earl Johnson, a senior vice president at AECOM, oversees the new facility where employees will work to pursue new business opportunities with Army Cyber Command and Cyber Center …

A team composed of Iron Mountain, QualX and TDEC will provide records digitization and preservation services to the U.S. Army War College’s Heritage and Education Center under a potential five-year, $30M contract. The three companies will help USAHEC process, move and store a collection of the military branch’s artifacts, manuscripts, photographs …

Perspecta has secured a potential five-year, $40M contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention address public health threats with the use of spatial data analysis and communication tools. The company said Tuesday it will combine geospatial statistics, epidemiology and environmental models with information technology methods in efforts to …

Leidos plans to consolidate its two facilities in Monongalia County, W. Va., into a new technology center that will be established at Westridge business park, WV News reported Monday. The company is scheduled to open the Agile Center of Excellence within a year and expects to accommodate approximately 250 people there. Drew …

Harris plans to make an investment worth over $125M in research-and-development projects in Florida to support tech innovation and talent recruitment efforts in the state. The company said Monday R&D initiatives will focus on robotics, avionics, small satellite units and electronic warfare and will occur at the firm’s facilities in Central Florida in support …

A Lockheed Martin-led industry group has wrapped up a series of acceptance trials of the U.S. Navy‘s eighth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in Lake Michigan. USS Billings (LCS-15) underwent maneuverability tests and demonstrations of the ship’s combat systems against surface and aerial threats as well as aviation support and small boat launch-and-recovery …

Steve Isakowitz, president and CEO of Aerospace Corp., has said adopting a flexible architecture can help the U.S. military and industry update satellites with a new payload or augment constellations, SpaceNews reported Monday. He told the publication in an interview the government should use an enterprise-level approach and simplify the decision-making …

United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has established an aerospace engineering center in Puerto Rico through a partnership with the island’s government-owned industrial development company. Pratt & Whitney said Monday it opened the 104K-square-foot facility during a ceremony held Monday and attended by Gov. Ricardo Rosello and PRIDCO representatives. The building is designed …

Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has celebrated his 25th anniversary at the nonprofit scientific research and development services contractor. CTC said Monday it awarded plaques to Sheehan and 33 other employees who have worked at the company for more than a quarter century. He joined the nonprofit in …

PAE will continue to help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division engineer, operate and maintain the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic test range under a $72M contract modification. The modification exercises an option in a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and will include range sustainability, testing and data reduction services to NAWCAD’s marine operations division, the …

Northrop Grumman will obtain long-lead parts and support the full rate production of two lot 7 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under a $49.9M contract modification from the U.S. Navy. The company will perform work through December 2023 and receive full amount of the modification at the time of award, the Department …

Iridium Communications has announced that the launch of the eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled on Jan. 7, SpaceNews reported Friday. The new schedule sought to provide SpaceX more time to accommodate Spaceflight Industries’ SmallSat Express rideshare mission, which took off on Monday, Dec. 3. Iridium …