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The future USS Frank E. Petersen, slated to become the U.S. Navy’s 71st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be christened on Saturday at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The nearly 9.5K-ton guided-missile destroyer will receive a Flight IIA configuration designed for power projection, forward presence and escort operations for open-ocean conflicts as well as […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has received three contracts to provide information technology modernization services to the Agriculture Department through centers of excellence led by the General Services Administration. SAIC said Thursday it will help USDA build a data analytics system, manage organizational change and train more than 100K employees under a single-award task order. GSA awarded the […] More

NCI Information Systems has received a $22M contract to modernize information technology infrastructure at the U.S. Army‘s Home Station Mission Command Centers located at nine domestic and international sites. The service’s program executive office for enterprise information systems awarded the contract that has three base years along with eight optional tasks, NCI said Thursday. HSMCCs support mission command operations […] More

James Hanson, formerly managing director at marketing communications firm ConnellyWorks, has joined Nextgov as first publisher, the publication reported Monday. He will oversee business development, client relations and product planning for the GovCon community through the publication’s Washington, D.C.-based office. Hanson is “a master at helping government contractors connect with federal decision makers, and Nextgov […] More

Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary expect the SB>1 Defiant compound helicopter to have the initial flight in December, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The two companies have teamed up to design and propose the aircraft for the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program. The service considers Defiant and the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FVL initiative. Randy Rotte, director of FVL […] More

The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit proposals for a program to design, build and test a future attack reconnaissance aircraft prototype. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says Army Contracting Command plans to use an “other transaction” authority for the prototype initiative in support of the cross-functional team responsible for the service’s future vertical lift […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $45M contract modification to support integration and technical work on airborne guidance kits designed to guide free-falling bombs into the target area. Boeing will conduct studies, analysis, modernization and integration efforts for the Joint Direct Attack Munition system at a company facility in Missouri through March 31, 2019. The Air Force will […] More

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded separate contracts to five companies to conduct research-and-development projects to support DHS’ nuclear and radiological threat detection efforts. DHS announced the contract awards in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday. Contractors will assist DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office in exploratory research into technologies or approaches that can help detect and […] More

Carahsoft Technology has landed a spot on the Washington Business Journal’s 2018 list of top 100 privately held companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, ranked by total revenue during the previous fiscal year. The company said Tuesday it recorded $4.4B in 2017 bookings and saw the number of its employees increase to more than 900 […] More

B&A, formerly Bart & Associates, has launched a video to highlight the McLean, Va.-based government information technology services contractor’s brand refresh. The move is part of the company’s rebranding efforts that kicked off in July with the launch of a new corporate logo and name to reflect B&A’s commitment to delivering innovative platforms across four […] More