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Paul Dolan, chief operating officer of Aviation Technical Services, has joined the Defense Department advisory board that offers advice to DoD and senior military leaders on how to incorporate business practices into their operations. He will join other industry executives who serve on the Defense Business Board and bring private-sector perspective to the department, ATS said Wednesday. […] More

The U.S. Air Force could name a manufacturer in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 to build helicopters that will replace the military service’s UH-1N Huey fleet, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Proposed replacement platforms are Sikorsky‘s HH-60U, Boeing‘s MH-139 and Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s UH-60L. Boeing said last year its offering was derived from Leonardo’s AW139 multimission helicopter that have […] More

The Nevada Department of Transportation has awarded Parsons a two-year contract to provide engineering design services to support statewide efforts aimed at reducing road traffic accidents. Parsons said Tuesday that it will design roadways, roundabouts, pedestrian access areas, traffic calming strategies, bike lanes and street lighting in accordance with the department’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan. “Our team […] More

The General Services Administration plans to create a governmentwide contract vehicle for support services to civilian and military platforms used on the ground, at sea and in the air, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The report noted that GSA’s Federal Systems Integration Management Center will manage the planned “ATLAS” acquisition program. Pamela Dixon, a GSA spokeswoman, […] More

The General Services Administration has launched a formal solicitation for a follow-on contract vehicle that will cover entity identification and validation services intended to secure contracting transactions across the federal government. GSA said Friday it seeks a contractor to help customer agencies verify the identities of organizations that aim to receive assistance from or do business with the […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries shipbuilding division is halfway done with the construction of the U.S. Navy‘s future John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding business reached the milestone upon the installation of a 905-metric ton superlift unit on the Ford-class ship’s aft section located in the middle of the hangar bay and flight deck, the company said […] More

The U.S. Army seeks a contractor to help the service manage the operation of wideband satellite communications systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday stated the Army Contracting Command will solicit bids until Sept. 24 through a full and open competition and use a “best-value tradeoff” method to evaluate proposals. A selected vendor would provide personnel, equipment, […] More

Austal‘s U.S. subsidiary has delivered the USS Charleston littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy at a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery marks the third LCS shipment from Austal USA this year, the company said Friday. Charleston is the eighth ship of the Independence variant and 16th LCS slated to enter the Navy’s fleet. The […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps has adopted a low-risk approach to acquire a new amphibious combat vehicle by opting for commercially available technologies, the National Defense Magazine reported Friday. “The recognition of needing to go with something that was low risk — meaning relatively commercially available — so that you could get a new vehicle into the […] More

Janus Global Operations has helped Iraq’s security forces clear a main road near Baghdad of approximately 400 pounds of improvised explosive devices buried across six sites. The company said Friday it used an unmanned aerial vehicle to locate the sites and demining experts worked to neutralize the IEDs discovered within a 100-meter area of the main […] More

Lockheed Martin is reportedly offering to the U.S. Air Force a new version of the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft that would integrate some structural modifications and avionics from the F-35 jet, Defense One reported Thursday. A source told the publication the proposed F-22 variant would include the F-35 mission platform and “other advancements in the […] More

Anne Rung, director of government for Amazon Business, has said online marketplaces could help federal agencies comply with competition requirements and achieve spending transparency and competitive pricing in terms of government procurement. Rung wrote in a FedScoop article published Thursday that agencies seeking to meet their small business spending goals could benefit from such online platforms. “Online […] More