George Mason University’s School of Business has announced the addition of 10 new members to the advisory board of its Center for Government Contracting. “These additional appointments continue our efforts to diversify the composition of the center’s board, from small to large firms, whether products or services, and with business and government representation,” Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting, said in a statement released Tuesday.

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Shiju Zacharia, a 10-year Crowley Maritime veteran, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the company’s solutions group as part of a realignment effort. He will report to Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley and oversee the delivery of novel platforms to government services clients through the company’s Jacksonville, Fla.-based office, the company said Tuesday.

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Sikorsky Aircraft President Dan Schultz has said the company’s first CH-53K King Stallion delivery to the U.S. Marine Corps initiates the distribution of the new heavy-lift cargo helicopter, which will be used for combat and relief operations. “With 18 additional aircraft in various stages of production already, the entire Sikorsky team, in partnership with our […] More

Boeing‘s F/A-18 Super Hornet will be live-testing Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile later this year, Military.com reported Tuesday. The AGM-158C LRASM is expected to become operational in September 2019. At Naval Station Patuxent River, Md., the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet completed a successful “jettison release” test in 2017, which led to captive-carry tests at Navy Air Weapons Station China Lake, […] More

General Dynamics‘ information technology business has announced more than 40 job vacancies for bilingual customer service representatives and quality assurance specialists at a company-operated contact center in Imeson, Jacksonville, The Jax Daily Record reported Friday. The positions will support census questionnaire assistance services covered by a $430 million contract that General Dynamics Information Technology secured from the U.S. Census […] More

AAR has partnered with Avitech to offer container and shelter repair services to U.S. military and NATO forces through a newly established facility in Europe. Jeff Jackson, vice president of business development at AAR’s mobility systems business, said in a statement published Thursday the company aims to continue to provide support services for government customers worldwide. Jackson added […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has awarded a five-year contract to Kaman to produce cockpits for two variants of the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Kaman said Monday its aerospace business will build model cockpits at a company facility in Jacksonville, Florida, for integration into UH-60M multimission helicopters and HH-60M medical evacuation mission units from 2018 through 2022. “Kaman is honored to be Sikorsky’s […] More

Science Applications International Corp. and Root9B will collaborate to offer training and simulation environments intended to help government organizations prepare personnel to secure cyber operations. The alliance seeks to integrate SAIC’s Integrated Training Edge training platform and  Root9B’s DAEDALUS cyber range content into a modular training platform that will  support cyber force certification, SAIC said Tuesday. “This collaboration will enable operationally-focused teams to receive […] More

Maximus has been selected as a regional 2016 Employer of the Year by the Texas Workforce Commission’s Texas Workforce Solution – Vocational Rehabilitation Services division for efforts to employ and retain persons with disabilities. The government services provider said Wednesday a special committee selected the awardee from a pool of nominees that was submitted by TWS-VRS regional staff and […] More

The Department of Homeland Security seeks to install facial recognition cameras in airports in a move to assess the information system that supports the Customs and Border Protection’s traveler exit protocol, Nextgov reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes a solicitation released in early November seeks mounted facial recognition cameras from industry sources through DHS’ FirstSource II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle. […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled a training platform for SAIC professionals to analyze customers’ training needs and challenges as well as design, implement and assess training systems. SAIC said Monday the company will demonstrate its Integrated Training Edge platform during the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Florida, that kicked off Nov. 28 and will conclude […] More

The Florida Department of Transportation district two has tasked Parsons to design the FDOT’s freeway traffic management system expansion on a 17-mile stretch on I-95 Parsons will develop the traffic management system’s backbone and identify and design the individual devices needed to cover the area between north of Jacksonville International Airport and the Georgia state line. […] More