Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has been selected for three categories in the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services governmentwide contract vehicle for small businesses. MTSI secured spots in OASIS SB’ vendor pools for research and development work on aircraft, aircraft parts, space vehicles and guided missiles, the company said Tuesday. Mark Lester, […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has won a $138 million contract to help the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center perform clinical services for service members and veterans. General Dynamics Information Technology’s traumatic brain injury specialists, healthcare workers and service coordinators will be deployed across 15 medical treatment sites of the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, General […] More

A division of L-3 Communications has signed a three-year contract with Optometrics for the supply of optical components worth more than $4 million. Laura Lunardo, chief operating officer of Optometrics, said Monday the Dynasil company expects to create about 15 new jobs to scale production in order to meet the supply agreement terms. Watertown, Mass.-based Dynasil is a manufacturer of homeland […] More

ATK has been awarded a contract to help the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining beta test an aircraft structures inspection system for the U.S. Air Force, CompositesWorld reported Monday. The online magazine reports ATK’s aerospace group and NCDMM will collaborate under phase two of the Air Force Research Laboratory‘s on-tool composites inspection technology […] More

Keene will assist in the foundation’s goal to serve as the “National Park for the Performing Arts” for local and national performing arts communities, SAIC announced Monday. She said the foundation serves the “artistic pursuits” of the arts community both locally and internationally.  Keene is responsible for SAIC’s customer relations, long-term strategic business pipeline expansion […] More

DynCorp International has selected 26 of its employees working on the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense Program to receive the Chairman’s Valor, the highest award the company gives its personnel. The employees were commended for their work during a terrorist attack on Camp Pinnacle in Afghanistan on July 2, 2013, the company said Monday. “Each day, DynCorp […] More

The U.S. Air Force will test a hyperspectral imaging sensor developed by a Raytheon-lead contracting team for the service’s MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Sunday. John Keller writes the Air Force intends to negotiate a contract with Raytheon for the flight testing of a pod-based Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System-Hyperspectral system. […] More

Carlos Fernandes serves as director of Salient Federal Solutions‘ Cyber Security Center of Excellence and recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Insurance Technology Association. The more-than 21-year information security veteran was the founder, managing principal and CEO of Agile Cybersecurity Solutions prior to joining Salient. The Air Force veteran has also held leadership roles at CACI, L-3, Booz Allen […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has delivered four phased array antennas for the Orion spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and prime contractor Lockheed Martin, as preparations are underway ahead of Orion’s inaugural flight in September. The antennas are intended to help comprise of Orion’s voice, video and data communications systems and be installed on Orion’s exterior, […] More

A-T Solutions will help The Mayvin Consulting Group form a business development approach to winning prime and subcontract awards under the General Services Administration‘s Mentor Protege Program. GSA launched the program in 1991 to expand marketplace participation of small businesses by partnering them with larger businesses, A-T Solutions said Thursday.  “As a former small business, A-T Solutions […] More

URS Corp. has received two task orders worth an estimated $183 million from the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command to provide maintenance and logistics support under the Field and Installation Readiness Support Team contract. The task orders for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract involve work at Army depots in Red River, Texas for two years and […] More

Orbital Sciences will launch Skybox Imaging’s imaging and spacecraft into space in late 2015 under a contract of an undisclosed value. The commercial Minotaur-C space launch vehicle will be used to transport six Skybox spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Orbital said Thursday. Orbital’s small-class launch vehicles unit within its launch systems group […] More