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Tetra Tech Books USACE Task Order to Design River Navigation Lock; Dan Batrack Quoted

Tetra Tech has won a task order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division for the creation of a new navigation lock on the Illinois River. Valued at $33 million, the contract covers architectural and engineering services associated with the navigation lock, Tetra Tech announced from its Pasadena, California headquarters on Tuesday.

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November 14, 2023, 11:21 am
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Tetra Tech Books USACE Task Order to Design River Navigation Lock; Dan Batrack Quoted

Tetra Tech has won a task order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division for the creation of a new navigation lock on the Illinois River. Valued at $33 million, the contract covers architectural and engineering services associated with the navigation lock, Tetra Tech announced from its Pasadena, California headquarters on Tuesday.

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November 14, 2023, 11:21 am
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MAG Aerospace Appoints Retired Army General Stephen Townsend to Advisory Board

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend has been selected as an advisory board member at MAG Aerospace, a provider of command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings. He brings over 40 years of military experience to the company, having served in leadership positions in platoons, corps and joint task forces, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday.

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November 9, 2023, 10:57 am
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ECS to Provide Technical & Analytical Support Under $1.25B DARPA IDIQ; John Heneghan Quoted

ECS has secured a prime spot on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s $1.25 billion Technical and Analytical Support Services contract vehicle. ECS will offer technical, analytical and program support services to help DARPA achieve its research and development mission goals, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced on Wednesday.

ECS is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 15. At the event, you will have the opportunity to hear from top public and private sector homeland security experts, who will come together for a variety of speeches and panels. Click here to learn more and click here to register for the summit.

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November 8, 2023, 10:40 am
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Lumen Books $110M DISA Award for Fiber Support Services; Jason Schulman Quoted

Lumen Technologies has received a five-year, $110 million contract to continue delivering secure, mission-critical network services to the U.S. Department of Defense. Awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency, the contract encompasses the operation and maintenance of the agency’s fiber structure, Lumen announced from Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

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November 7, 2023, 10:48 am
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Bain Capital to Acquire Guidehouse for $5.3B; Scott McIntyre, Ramzi Musallam Quoted

Guidehouse has confirmed its agreement to be acquired by a Bain Capital Private Equity affiliate for $5.3 billion. The company’s executive team will remain in their roles, with Scott McIntyre continuing as CEO, Guidehouse announced from McLean, Virginia on Monday.

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November 6, 2023, 10:52 am
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Michael Kelley Appointed DecisionPoint EVP

Michael Kelley has been selected as executive vice president of DecisionPoint. As a part of DecisionPoint’s corporate leadership team, Kelley will support the organization’s business development and capture solutions activities while helping to facilitate and maintain strategic growth, the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company announced on Tuesday.

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October 31, 2023, 11:27 am
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AT&T’s Lance Spencer Shares Insights on 5G Potential, Challenges & Use Cases in the DOD

Lance Spencer, client executive vice president for defense at AT&T, leads the company’s efforts to help the Department of Defense modernize its operations with 5G offerings. Spencer recently sat down with ExecutiveBiz for an Executive Spotlight interview, during which he discussed the immense potential of 5G, its ability to transform the way the military uses technology and the challenges that may be faced in its development and deployment.

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October 31, 2023, 10:01 am
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Materion Secures AFRL Contract to Help Boost Additive Manufacturing Capabilities; Clive Grannum Quoted

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has issued Materion Corporation a contract to support additive manufacturing research and development efforts. Under the award, Materion will assist with the study of this production technique, which is also referred to as 3D printing, for beryllium and aluminum-beryllium alloys, the Mayfield Heights, Ohio-headquartered company announced on Monday.

At the Potomac Officers Club's 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31, experts from both government and industry will come together for a deep dive into the Department of Defense's most critical R&D initiatives. Click here to learn more and click here to register.

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October 30, 2023, 11:22 am
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Department of the Air Force Finishes Zero Trust Implementation Plan; Justin Stolpman Quoted

The Department of the Air Force has completed its Zero Trust Implementation Plan, according to Justin Stolpman, director of DAF’s Zero Trust Functional Management Office. He shared that the plan is built around defined steps and milestones to guide the Air Force and Space Force as they move forward in their adoption of zero trust.

Zero trust is just one way the public sector is modernizing its IT. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual CIO Summit in April 2024 to hear from top IT experts on how the government is strengthening its digital capabilities. Click here to register.

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October 27, 2023, 10:53 am
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Paul Tennant Selected as Corporate VP of Engagement and International Government Relations at HII

Retired British Army Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant has been appointed as corporate vice president of engagement and international government relations at HII. In his new role, Tennant will work with think tanks, professional organizations, federal entities, academia, consultancies and other groups to progress the company’s objectives, HII announced from Arlington, Virginia on Wednesday.

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October 26, 2023, 11:31 am
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Raytheon Demos KuRFS, Coyote Counter-UAS Systems for Army; Tom Laliberty Quoted

Two technologies developed by an RTX business have shown success in detecting and defeating unmanned aircraft vehicles. In an assessment that took place during the U.S. Army’s annual summer test period, Raytheon’s KuRFS and Coyote, which make up a portion of the service branch’s Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defense System, demonstrated the ability to take down multiple types of targets.

Interested in learning more about how the Army is working to acquire new systems? Join ExecutiveBiz's Army Acquisition Priorities: Balancing Readiness and Modernization Forum on Nov. 8. Click here to register.

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October 25, 2023, 12:15 pm