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TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 17, 2020 — Mike Kahn, former sector vice president and general manager for weapon systems at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), succeeded Shawn Black as CEO of Cobham's advanced electronic solutions business, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 1.

ICF secured four contracts during the second quarter to help the Department of Housing and Urban Development pursue COVID-19 response and other recovery efforts across states and local communities. The company said Tuesday it will provide transitional housing, response support and disaster recovery expertise to nonprofits, municipalities, tribes and housing authorities.

Paradyme Management has appointed Lisa Douds as vice president of growth and said she will be responsible for the company’s business development and strategic planning functions. Douds will join Paradyme with more than three decades of experience throughout the government contracting (GovCon) sector.

Maximus has launched Maximus Public Health (MPH) to provide resources to help remediate COVID-19 and other public health threats for government agencies. To support the new division, Maximus has added five additional public health professionals to establish the MPH mission and structure. MPH will collaborate with academic partners, conduct research and expand partnerships with public health agencies.

Expanse has partnered with the National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center in a push to help contractors secure internet-facing systems through the use of attack surface management tools.

General Dynamics's mission systems business has supplied encryption systems to the U.S. government to help users secure intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and mission data in unmanned systems.

Lockheed Martin wrapped up on-orbit testing activities for the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite five months after the U.S. Space Force launched the system into orbit to support global military communications. 

The U.S. Air Force awarded KBR a potential eight-year, $974M contract to help sustain the well-being of troops at the service branch's facilities in Spain and Turkey.

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, said he believes the U.S. government could take more steps to help contractors address the risk posed by China’s infiltration of the U.S. supply chain, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has partnered with Mitre to help ensure the proper classification of industrial control systems under the latter’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program.

Paul Lewis, director of ethics and business conduct for the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems Inc., wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that there are several issues the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center should address when implementing the five ethical principles for AI and one is clarifying the terms used in the principles.

Fred Kennedy, former director of the Space Development Agency and a more than 25-year defense and industry veteran, has been appointed president of Santa Clara, California-based space technology company Momentus.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a potential five-year, $78 million cost-plus fixed fee task order to provide support services for mobility platform integration for the Expeditionary Department at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), the company announced Tuesday. The task order has one base year plus four option years.

NCI Information Systems has been awarded a two-year, $89 million contract from the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to provide IT Fit-Out services for the Secure Admin Operating Facility (SAOF), the company announced Tuesday. Under the contract, NCI will deliver information technology (IT) and audiovisual (AV) engineering services to modernize INSCOM headquarters.

General Atomics demonstrated the performance of its MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft in the maritime domain through flight tests that took place Friday over Southern California's coast.