Georgia Power has selected Bechtel to perform construction work on a two-reactor expansion project at a nuclear power plant located in Georgia. Bechtel said Thursday it will build the third and fourth units of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant under the supervision of Southern Nuclear. Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 will also be the first reactors […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has been appointed as vice chair of the Professional Services Council’s executive committee and board of directors. Unisys said Friday Puvvada will lead strategy development and implementation at PSC in his new role. “PV has been a key contributor to PSC for years, and we are pleased he has accepted this […] More

U.S. Army Europe‘s Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine has selected Janus Global Operations to carry out an $8.4 million unexploded ordnance clearance project  in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Janus said Friday it aims to dispose of explosives, munitions and other hazardous materials within a nearly seven-square-mile area at the Yavoriv International Peacekeeping and Security Center training range. U.S. military personnel conduct various training […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has introduced a $30 million grant program in an effort to advance research and development work on broadband technology platforms for first responders. NIST’s public safety communications research division will accept applications from nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions and other non-federal entities for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Professional Services Council board of directors and newly elected to serve on the council’s executive committee. Unisys said Friday Puvvada was also selected to chair PSC’s Civilian Agencies Council that oversees acquisition policies and strategies of federal civilian agencies such […] More

Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal business unit, will serve as secretary of the Professional Services Council’s board of directors and continue as member of the council’s executive committee for another term. Parsons said Wednesday Smith, who joined the PSC executive committee and board in 2015, has provided leadership on government services industry issues such as agile […] More

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall met with three defense trade associations in an effort to understand and address issues that affect the aerospace and defense industry. CEOs and senior executives from the National Defense Industrial Association, Aerospace Industries Association and the Professional Services Council discussed acquisition and budget challenges within the […] More

Northrop Grumman has helped deploy elements of a ground system that will work to provide satellite communications coverage for U.S. Air Force users in the North Polar region under a contract with the service branch. The company said Tuesday the Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment is set to undergo system acceptance testing in 2017. Northrop delivered CAPS operations and test equipment hardware […] More

IBM has created a team of security professionals and ethical hackers to offer testing services intended to help enterprise clients identify system vulnerabilities and avoid breaches. The company said Tuesday IBM X-Force Red will operate under IBM’s security services unit and be led by Charles Henderson, IBM’s global head of security testing and threats. “Having a machine scan your servers and […] More

A joint venture of Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton has secured $19.2 million in contracts to manufacture underwater acoustics technology for multiple foreign customers. The ERAPSCO/SonobuoyTech Systems JV will distribute contract funds to the Ultra Electronics USSI and Sparton De Leon Springs business units for the production of active and passive sonabuoys, Sparton said Monday. Sonobuoys are designed to detect, classify and localize adversary submarines during […] More

DynCorp International has achieved a private security company management systems certification conducted by independent auditing firm MSS Global. The certification builds on the company’s compliance with the ISO 18788 standards for security operations management systems, DynCorp said Tuesday. “The PSC.1 Standard, established by the U.S. Congress, requires any company providing security services to meet high standards for […] More

Janus Global Operations‘ quality management system has attained the ISO 18788:2015 certification, a worldwide standard that seeks to set a global business and risk management framework for security contractors and organizations. The company said Thursday that the ISO 18788:2015 certification follows on its ANSI/ASIS PSC.1 certification in 2015. Alan Weakley, JGO president and COO, said that “Commercial and government clients in […] More