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Raytheon Technologies has announced that the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB), built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), flew on an EA-18G Growler, marking the first flight test on the aircraft, the company announced Monday. 

Bleu Hilburn, former vice president of business development at American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group, will return to Crowley Solutions in a similar position to oversee its government services. His appointment is effective Aug. 31 and he will be responsible for developing customer pipeline, opportunity qualification, marketing, bid and capture strategies for Crowley's government business, the company said Tuesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 24, 2020 — Sumo Logic is in the process of securing Moderate certification for its cloud-based log analytics platform under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 10.

Gigamon has secured a Level 2 FIPS 140-2 validation status from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for an inline decryption technology based on transport layer security and secure sockets layer protocols.

Booz Allen Hamilton and VMD have collaborated to secure a position on a 10-year, $950M contract vehicle for analytical and technical support services to the U.S. Air Force's Concepts, Development and Management Office.

A joint venture between The Informatics Applications Group and Saliense has won a three-year blanket purchase agreement to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency protect information systems against cyberattacks.

PredaSAR has completed the critical design review of its synthetic aperture radar spacecraft and is set to begin fabrication, testing and launch of the vehicle, the company announced Monday.

PAE has entered into a teaming agreement with Alion Science and Technology, the prime contractor on a $896 million task order to support the U.S. Navy’s Integrated Training Environment (NITE) initiative, PAE announced Friday.

A Huntington Ingalls Industries unit has completed a light-off assessment of electronic components on USS Fort Lauderdale, the 12th amphibious transport dock ship of the U.S. Navy's San Antonio class.

ServiceNow has designated information technology services company Pharicode as an “Elite Partner” to validate the latter’s position as a top-performing partner entity over the past four years.

The Department of Defense has allocated a total of $17.4M to help four companies expand domestic COVID-19 diagnostic testing and retain workforce capacities at the defense industrial base.

Rolls-Royce and Reaction Engines have agreed to team up to build high-speed aircraft propulsion platforms and explore the use of Reaction Engines’ thermal management technologies in hybrid-electric systems and gas turbine engines for defense and civil aerospace platforms.

Ellen Lord, acquisition chief at the Department of Defense and four-time Wash100 awardee, said she is confident that DoD can hand down a decision in March on Lockheed Martin's readiness to begin full-rate production of the F-35 aircraft.

Gen. James Dickinson has been appointed as commander of the U.S. Space Command, after most recently serving as the first deputy commander of the agency, Defense News reported Thursday.

Suzette Kent, former federal chief information officer (CIO) and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient,  recently discussed the needed reform within federal information technology (IT) funding within the federal government, FedScoop reported Thursday.