Mark Connel serves as vice president of contracts, procurement and subcontracts at SRA International. He has more than three decades of government contract management experience. Connel oversees the negotiation and management of all contracts related to SRA’s information technology platforms and services and directs contract policy implementation and compliance with government regulations. Prior to joining […] More

SRI International has developed an online game as part of a government program that intends to verify software to ensure that it lacks errors and security vulnerabilities. The company said Tuesday it created Binary Fission with the University of California in Santa Cruz and the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Crowd-Sourced Formal Verification initiative of the Defense […] More

NASA will seek to build on its materials science research efforts with a flight of the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space experiment on a Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft owned by the U.S. Air Force. The space agency said Wednesday the experiment will expose 100 quarter-size materials samples, including polymers and composites, to the space environment at the International Space Station for […] More

Science Applications International Corp. asked the weather industry at a January conference for ideas on nontraditional ways to use National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration open data. The five winners that were selected were mobile applications for traffic forecasting, weather uncertainty tracking, weather emergency alert and medical preparedness, SAIC said Wednesday. The online contest, which ran for 10 […] More

The CrescoAg Corporation and Raytheon Company said last week that they have joined forces on the development of next-generation technologies and analytics to increase productivity and streamline operations for agricultural producers. CrescoAg’s agricultural knowledge, farming expertise and relationships with crop farmers–paired with Raytheon’s abilities in engineering, climatic science, sensor technology and systems integration–will be a […] More

As we recently covered, SAIC is continuing to hone in on its management structure as the company moves forward after the legacy SAIC separated into two companies – the ‘new’ SAIC (Science Applications International Corp.), and Leidos. As a new brand, Leidos leaders have needed to introduce and position the firm to the GovCon marketplace, […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential seven-year, $494 million recompete contract to provide safety and mission assurance support services at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract III covers safety, reliability, engineering and quality and software assurance support for NASA programs in deep space, including the Gateway lunar space station, Orion spacecraft and Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility, NASA said Friday.

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Heather Gray, formerly senior vice president of business development at Science Applications International Corp., has joined QinetiQ's U.S. subsidiary as VP of business development for the defense technologies and solutions business unit, according to a LinkedIn post. She brings to the role over two decades of experience in overseeing business development and capture and proposal management functions for defense, civilian and intelligence communities.

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Rite-Solutions has secured a five-year, $60.7 million prime contract to deliver information technology support services for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center’s Activity Chief Information Officer/IT Division. Under the award, the company said Monday it will collaborate with Science Applications International Corp., McLaughlin Research Corp., Mikel and other subcontractors.

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Science Applications International Corp. booked approximately $284 million in contracts from the U.S. Intelligence Community between January and February. SAIC said Thursday the contract awards include work across the areas of data, engineering and artificial intelligence.

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Science Applications International Corp. has acquired a satellite kit from the North America subsidiary of aerospace company GomSpace Group for integration into a specialized satellite. Components are in the process of being delivered to SAIC, with integration set for the second quarter of the current calendar year, GomSpace North America said Tuesday.

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Science Applications International Corp. has booked a $96 million contract from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to help modernize critical business operations, including policies and procedures. Under the contract, the company said Thursday it will increase data reuse and reduce internal organizational operational delivery times.

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