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Northrop, Raytheon Technologies Help DARPA Further Test Autonomous Vehicle Swarms for Urban Mission
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman have commenced the fourth experiment with groups of autonomous vehicles designed to support future small infantry operations in an urban environment.
Rocket Lab Concludes Wet Dress Rehearsal in Preps for US Launch of Electron Mission
Rocket Lab has wrapped up wet dress rehearsal activities for the Electron vehicle ahead of its liftoff from a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.
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GE Subsidiary Delivers Initial Engines for Air Force F-15 Modernization Program
General Electric's aviation subsidiary has produced and delivered an initial batch of engines for installation on the F-15EX fighter aircraft Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force.
Bastion Technologies Gets NASA Safety Support Contract Modification
Bastion Technologies will continue to support safety and mission assurance efforts at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama under a $33.9M contract modification.
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USAF, DoD Vet Paul Kaminski Named Federal Advisory Board Member at Immersive Wisdom
Paul Kaminski, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran and former acquisition chief at the Department of Defense, has joined the federal advisory board of geospatial collaboration software provider Immersive Wisdom.
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One Network Wins Potential $62M USAF IDIQ for Software Licenses
One Network Enterprises has won a potential five-year, $61.9M contract to help the U.S. Air Force obtain software licenses. The company will deliver commercial off-the-shelf products and technical support services to Wright-Patterson AF Base in Ohio as part of a master logistics capability initiative, the Department of Defense said Friday.
DoD Seeks Consortium for National Security Innovation Network’s Prototype Projects
The Department of Defense’s Washington Headquarters Services has asked industry for proposals to establish a consortium that will bring together small businesses, entrepreneurs, universities and inventors to collaborate on prototyping projects in support of the National Security Innovation Network.
SAIC’s Lakshmi Ashok: Industry Has Role to Play in Gov’t IT Procurement
Lakshmi Ashok, vice president of digital transformation at Science Applications International Corp., highlighted the important role contractors play in simplifying the government's buying process for information technology modernization projects.
Kevin Phillips Adds Board Chairman Title
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 21, 2020 — ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT) President and CEO Kevin Phillips succeeded George Pedersen as chairman of the board, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 4.
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Former Salesforce Exec Laura Boufford Joins Google as Federal Civilian Sales Director
Laura Boufford, former regional vice president of aerospace sales at Salesforce, has been named director of federal civilian sales at Google, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday. Her technology industry experience encompasses the areas of cloud computing, enterprise information technology and software as a service.
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Leidos Wins $89M DoD Energetics R&D Task Order; Michael White Quoted
Leidos has been awarded an approximate five-year, $89 million Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) task order by the U.S. Air Force's Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA/KD) to support energetics research and development for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OUSD) and the Combat Capability Development Command, Armament Center (CCDC-AC).