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Radiance Technologies has appointed Kacey Clark as the company's director of Marketing, Communications and Brand Engagement to advance corporate marketing and communication efforts, the company announced Thursday. "His data-driven marketing approach and experience in brand positioning make him a perfect fit for this moment at Radiance," said Cindy Santy.

Viasat has partnered with AeroVironment to enable flying small UAS platforms to deploy a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network under a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative, Viasat reported on Thursday. Viasat will work with AeroVironment to develop and demonstrate advanced, encrypted communications for AeroVironment's portable, hand-launched Puma AE tactical UAS. 

The U.S. Army has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a potential two-year, $185 million single-award, cost-plus fixed-fee task order to support the Decision Support Division for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) throughout space, space control, high altitude, air and missile defense and cyberspace operations.

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.

Iron Bow Technologies has secured a spot on the ten-year, $5 billion Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-3 (ADMC-3), indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, the company reported on Tuesday. ADMC-3 will be available for the U.S. Army, Department of Defense (DoD) and federal agencies to procure services, beginning Oct. 1.

Orolia has been selected by Raytheon Technologies to support the U.S. Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar program with its low size, weight and power, rugged time and frequency system, Oriola said Wednesday.

Octo Consulting has appointed Rob Albritton, an award-winning artificial intelligence and machine learning leader, as senior director of the company’s AI Center of Excellence, Octo announced on Tuesday.

TechWerks has appointed Yuri Campbell, Army senior health IT executive, as vice president for strategic initiatives, the company reported on Wednesday.

The U.S. Army has issued a request for quotation for software that will help the service branch investigate felonies.

A subsidiary of ST Engineering North America has tested a common synthetic environment that consists of training management and simulation software designed to help the U.S. Army plan and evaluate personnel exercises.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business began testing an extended-range unmanned aircraft system for use in multi-domain operations in November.

The U.S. Army is inviting small businesses to propose unique and nontraditional technologies under the xTechSearch competition’s fourth iteration, Federal News Network reported Thursday.

UAV Turbines, a manufacturer of microturbine technology for unmanned aircraft, has completed the initial flight of its Monarch 5 turboprop engine designed for mid-sized drones, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.

Chris Valentino, vice president of global cyber solutions at Northrop Grumman’s mission systems business, said the U.S. Army must integrate cyber technologies into traditional, physical missions, C4ISRNet reported Tuesday.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, plans to conduct a fully autonomous flight of the S-70 helicopter as an optionally manned aircraft by 2020, Military.com reported Thursday.