BAE Systems has announced it will feature a new situational awareness system in the latest iteration of the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle. The iFighting system is designed to augment a vehicle’s decision-making capacities via data harnessing, and will be installed in the CV90 MkIV vehicle that the Czech Republic will employ for infantry, the company said Monday. Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, […] More

BAE Systems has been selected to test and verify the Active Protection Systems installed aboard the Netherlands’ CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. The system comprises countermeasures designed to intercept rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles and other threats in order to protect crewmembers and the vehicle, BAE Systems said Friday. BAE Systems will also lead the integration of […] More

Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, has said AFSOC wants to equip the AC-130 aircraft with laser guns and allow it to launch small drones to counter future threats, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. “I believe we can put a high energy laser — offensive and defensive — on an AC-130 […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has turned over the USNS Lewis B. Puller afloat forward staging base vessel to the U.S. Navy. The military branch accepted the AFSB ship from General Dynamics NASSCO Friday, General Dynamics said Monday. The company said modifications to the AFSB, which is named after Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller of the U.S. Marine […] More

Phacil has received a task order contract from the U.S. Transportation Command to provide on-site enterprise information technology support for Transcom’s Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. The company said Wednesday the performance-based contract includes information assurance, content management, application development, system administration, network infrastructure engineering and other services. Phacil added that contract work covers support for SDDC activities at locations in […] More

Alexandra Guenther, formerly program vice president for the civil operation of the Antarctic support contract at Leidos, has been appointed as the company’s chief information officer. Carly Kimball, executive VP and chief performance officer at Leidos, announced the appointment on LinkedIn Sunday.

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Accenture Federal Services has teamed with Microsoft to support federal agencies and other national security-focused organizations looking to optimize their cloud technologies. Through the new Cloud Modernization and Migration Factory hosted on Microsoft Azure Government, the partners will help public sector organizations and industry customers achieve the security standards necessary to operate in the national security realm, Accenture Federal Services announced from its Arlington, Virginia headquarters on Wednesday.

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Garland Garris, the quantum lead and associate director for security and science at Accenture Federal Services, discussed in a recent interview his company's participation in a Department of Energy project focused on achieving advancements with the help of quantum technologies. Garris told Federal News Network that his company is working with various agencies to comply with the provisions Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act.

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Portia Crowe, chief data strategist for defense and applied intelligence unit at Accenture Federal Services, said organizations looking to advance artificial intelligence-based network management should understand the devices, infrastructure and connections of the network and assess data flows and sources.

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LMI has secured a potential five-year, $33.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide data and analysis services in support of the service branch’s Readiness-Based Sparing and Readiness-Spares Packages. Under the contract, the company said Tuesday it will help the Air Force Sustainment Center Logistics Directorate improve supply chain readiness, facilitate the decision-making process and provide optimization tools to help meet the goals of AFSC 2.0 and the Digital Depot Vision for Industry.

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Nick Weiser, former senior director of human resources at L3Harris Technologies' space systems arm, was promoted to the role of HR vice president at the company's maritime sector. He is responsible for leading HR strategy development, driving the execution of segment and enterprise efforts and overseeing other workforce-related initiatives.

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Nick Weiser, former senior director of human resources at L3Harris Technologies' space systems arm, was promoted to the role of HR vice president at the company's maritime sector. He is responsible for leading HR strategy development, driving the execution of segment and enterprise efforts and overseeing other workforce-related initiatives.

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