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SRI International will provide preclinical treatment development support for the National Cancer Institute’s Prevent Cancer Drug Development Program under a potential $9 million contract. NCI’s Prevent initiative aims to advance the development of biomarkers and drug candidates designed to prevent cancer and transition them from preclinical phase to clinical trials, SRI said Monday. Toufan Parman, […] More
A new PwC report says the value of merger and acquisition deals in the global aerospace and defense sector reached $52 billion in the third quarter of this year alone, surpassing the M&A deal value the sector has recorded for any full year. According to PwC’s Mission Control report, significant deals in the sector during the […] More
CACI International will provide application development support and sustainment services for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s software engineering center under a potential three-year, $25 million contract. The contract covers support for CECOM SEC’s financial management platforms, records management systems and other enterprise software tools, CACI said Tuesday. Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI, said the […] More
Jon Yim, a director at investment bank KippsDeSanto, has cited potential implications of the General Services Administration’s efforts to consolidate contract vehicles for buyers and sellers seeking to enter the mergers and acquisitions market. Yim wrote in a blog post posted Oct. 26 the changes that contract consolidation has brought to the M&A market have resulted in […] More
The National Science Foundation has awarded $5 million in grants to seven universities to set up four regional hubs that will work to advance big data developments, Fedscoop reported Monday. Billy Mitchell writes the regional “big data brain trusts†will work to support programs across the country that seek to facilitate big data collection and establish […] More
The Missile Defense Agency has performed an operational flight test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and related assets in an effort to evaluate BMDS’ capability to detect and intercept ballistic missile threats. MDA said Sunday the test’s assets included Lockheed Martin-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon platforms, two Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radars and a Lockheed-developed Command, […] More
Tom Romeo, president of federal services at Maximus, has said the adoption of case management and business process management practices could help federal agencies manage workflow processes as they continue to use legacy information technology systems and modernize IT platforms. Romeo wrote in an FCW commentary published Thursday that BPM works to improve operational agility […] More
A Northrop Grumman business unit has won a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and produce radar antennas for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite. Northrop’s Astro Aerospace will use and integrate its AstroMesh mesh reflector with the radar-based imaging satellite’s 12-meter aperture antenna, Northrop said Friday. “We are very proud to once again work with JPL […] More
DRS Technologies’ Canadian arm has been awarded a contract to provide integrated communications platforms for installation aboard the Canadian navy’s Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship. DRS Technologies Canada will supply SHINCOM 3100 shipboard communications systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s AOR program under a contract with shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada and Project Resolve, DRS said Wednesday. […] More
Orbital ATK has received a five-year contract from a subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to produce and supply flight sets of titanium propellant tanks for integration with a commercial communications satellite. Orbital ATK’s space components division in California will manufacture flight sets comprised of two liquid propellant tanks for Space Systems/Loral’s SSL 1300 satellites, Orbital […] More
A joint venture of Bechtel National and Parsons Government Services has wrapped up the construction of a facility built to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass established the plant in Richmond, Kentucky, under a contract with the Defense Department’s Program Executive Office – Assembled Chemical Weapons […] More
Alexium International Group has been tapped by the Defense Department to develop and supply fire retardant treatments for use on nylon-cotton uniforms of U.S. Army personnel. DoD will finance the final development phase of Alexium-made Alexiflam FR treatment and expects the chemicals development firm to complete work on the product by the first half of next year, […] More
