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KBR’s government services business has received a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to train U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircrew on the effects of high levels of acceleration, or “G”, during flight operations. KBRWyle will immerse about 600 students in a hands-on training program about high-G environment in the company’s centrifuge, which creates realistic acceleration forces from […] More

Parsons has received the National Veteran Small Business Coalition’s Champion of Veteran Enterprise Award for collaborating with veteran-owned and service-disabled, veteran-owned companies to support federal projects. The company said Wednesday it surpassed the government’s SDVOSB contracting goal of 3 percent in 2017 by awarding 10 percent of subcontractor dollars to businesses that fall under that group. The Pasadena, […] More

Boeing has landed a $16.1 million contract to provide engineering services for a U.S. Air Force project to update the interior of the C-32 military passenger transportation aircraft. The company will refresh C-32’s interior appearance to resemble the VC-25A aircraft’s presidential section and replace the double-seat configuration with a triple-seat configuration aft of Door 3, the Defense Department said […] More

Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine hosted a keel laying ceremony in Marinette, Wis., for the U.S. Navy’s 23rd Littoral Combat Ship, which will be named USS Cooperstown. Ellen Tillapaugh, mayor of Cooperstown, N.Y., welded her initials onto a steel plate that will be placed on the Freedom-class ship to complete the authentication process, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

The Agriculture Department has issued a request for information on support services for an initiative that aims to establish a private two-way communication site for USDA employees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the department seeks to leverage a OneUSDA Intranet network to help department officials simultaneously relay messages to their team members. USDA expects […] More

ICF has received a pair of three-year contracts worth $15 million combined to provide on-call environmental services to California’s Department of Transportation. The company said Monday it will continue to develop policies and procedures for Caltrans’ environmental program under the first contract, won through a recompete. Work will support ongoing statewide efforts to comply with National Environmental Policy Act […] More

VIQTORY, a veteran-owned recruitment marketing firm, has included Constellis in its list of Military Friendly Employers for 2019. The firm chose the winning companies by conducting extensive research on thousands of U.S. federal contractors, administering a survey of over 200 businesses and seeking input from military employees as well as the Military Friendly Advisory Council, […] More

Mitre has recommended to the public and private sectors to modify their contracting and regulatory processes to address the increasing threats to the U.S. supply chain. The McLean, Va.-based firm said Monday its Deliver Uncompromised report outlines the need to deter emerging asymmetric attacks such as fake parts passing ordinary inspections and malicious data infiltrating […] More

Adam Clater, chief architect of Red Hat’s North American public sector business, has said there is a need for federal agencies to accept the integration of security in software development processes as a cultural change, MeriTalk reported Monday. Clater noted he believes it is important that agency managers grasp the need to standardize their way of […] More