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Northrop’s Rolling Meadows Repair Station Gets FAA Diamond Award for Aviation Maintenance

AÂ Northrop GrummanÂ repair station in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has received theÂ Federal Aviation Administration‘sÂ Aviation Maintenance Technician Diamond Award of Excellence in recognition of the companyâ€™s maintenance training and safety operations at the station. In addition to the Diamond Award, individual AMT awards were also given to 36 employees at the FAA-certified repair station, NorthropÂ said Thursday. â€œOur customers […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers July 6, 2018, 3:47 am
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CACI Receives Navy Ordnance Support Order Under SeaPort II Vehicle; DeEtte Gray Comments

CACI International has received a five-year, $48 millionÂ task order from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical support services to a Naval Surface Warfare Center division that manages the service branch’sÂ ordnance materials. The company said Tuesday it will help NSWC’s Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division to analyze, test, evaluate and manage logistics […] More

by Nichols Martin July 5, 2018, 12:40 pm
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Army Solicits Proposals for Second Phase of Next-Generation UAS Demonstration

The U.S. Army has issued a request for proposals for the development of conceptual designs based on requirements for the service branch’s future fleet of unmanned aircraft systems. Proposals for the Phase II Conceptual Design and Technology Assessment of the Next Generation UAS Technology Demonstration will aid the creation of a procurement program for the […] More

by Joanna Crews July 5, 2018, 10:47 am
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Knight Point Systems Among ‘Top Workplaces’ in Washington, D.C.; Bob Eisiminger Comments

Knight Point Systems has been included in The Washington Post’s “Top Workplaces 2018” list for businesses and institutions in Washington, D.C. Energage conducted a third-party survey of employees on workplace culture elements such as alignment, connection and execution for the selection of the 150 honorees, Knight Point Systems said Monday. Bob Eisiminger, CEO of Knight […] More

by Joanna Crews July 5, 2018, 7:00 am
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Julian Setian: SOSi to Expand European Footprint Through $78M Army Contract Win

SOS InternationalÂ has won a potential $78 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide technical support to U.S. Army Europe’s intelligence directorate. The company said Monday it will help the service branch analyze intelligence data, provide security support and manage information systems across USAREUR’s area of responsibility. Five bids were submitted to the Army 409th Combat Support Battalion […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers July 5, 2018, 3:20 am
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Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Eyes RFP for New Light-Attack Aircraft by December

Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, top acquisition official at the U.S. Air Force, has said the service will call off the remaining flights in its light-attack experiment following the death of a naval pilot in an aircraft crash on June 22, Defense News reported Tuesday. The accident involved the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from theÂ Sierra Nevada–EmbraerÂ team. […] More

by Jane Edwards July 5, 2018, 2:35 am
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Lockheed Martin Lists 19 Suppliers for Missile & Fire Control Business Support Services

Lockheed Martin has acknowledged 19 small businesses’ support for products and services of the company’s missiles and fire control unit in 2017. The suppliers were recognized for factors such as the delivery schedule and prices of parts, products and services, business process, values alignment and resolutions generation, Lockheed said Monday. Brian Kubik, global supply chain […] More

by Joanna Crews July 3, 2018, 1:01 pm
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Caddell to Build NNSA’s Albuquerque, N.M. Facility Under Potential $140M Contract

Caddell ConstructionÂ has started to build a facility for theÂ Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration inÂ Albuquerque, N.M., through a potential $140 million contract fromÂ the Army Corps of Engineers. NNSA said Monday it broke ground on the agency’s Albuquerque Complex Project that will consolidate 25 buildings into a three-story, 333,000-square-foot facility. The facilityÂ is being built within Kirtland […] More

by Joanna Crews July 3, 2018, 9:05 am
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NASA Solar Probe to Launch Aboard ULA Heavy Rocket

A NASA spacecraft designed to gather information about the sun is scheduled to take off no earlier than Aug. 4 aboard the United Launch Allianceâ€™s Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Parker Solar Probe will determine how heat and energy move through the sunâ€™s atmosphere by flying directly […] More

by Jane Edwards July 3, 2018, 7:32 am
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Engineering Services Network Gets $70M Navy Weapon Systems Support Contract

Engineering Services NetworkÂ has received a potentialÂ five-year, $69.6 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide technical, engineering and logistics support for weapon systems programs of the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said MondayÂ it will help test, engineer and conduct post-event analysis of theÂ Aegis Combat System and theÂ Ballistic Missile Defense […] More

by Joanna Crews July 3, 2018, 6:11 am
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Vectrus Designated ‘Military Friendly’ Employer for 2018; Chuck Prow Comments

Vectrus has been named toÂ Victory Media‘s 2018 Military Friendly Employer list in recognition of the company’s hiring and retention programs for U.S. service members transitioning from active duty to the civilian workforce. Chuck Prow, CEO and president of Vectrus and aÂ four-time Wash100 winner, said in a statement released Thursday military veterans contribute knowledge and leadership […] More

by Joanna Crews July 2, 2018, 8:45 am
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DHSâ€™ Soraya Correa: Department Plans New Flexible Procurement Process for IT Services

Soraya Correa, the Department of Homeland Securityâ€™s chief procurement officer, said some agile methodology from the canceled $1.5 billion Flexible Agile Support for the HomelandÂ will be applied to a new information technology procurement, FCW reported Friday. DHS plans to implement federal category management and agile and best-practice contracting activities to the replacement of the Security […] More

by Joanna Crews July 2, 2018, 7:57 am