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Accenture‘s federal services business has received the “Above and Beyond” award from a Defense Department group for offering non-mandated benefits to employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve. The Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presented the award to Mark Hild, senior manager at Accenture Federal Services, at an event […] More

Julie Ann Phinney, a senior business development executive at CACI International, has joined Ensco as a director. Phinney will serve as business development director of Ensco’s aerospace sciences and engineering division, the company said Thursday. “She is a seasoned business development professional and has spent a great deal of her career pursuing and working programs […] More

Systems Planning and Analysis has opened an office in Canberra, Australia, to serve current and new government customers in the country. SPA said Wednesday it intends to recruit local professionals in the coming months to work at the new facility. William Vantine, president and CEO of SPA, said the company has supported the Australian navy’s Future Submarine Program over […] More

The Philippines plans to launch a potential $14 billion development project that seeks to establish a new sustainable city approximately 75 miles outside the Manila capital, Business Insider reported last Wednesday. BCDA Group and Surbana Jurong will serve as developers of the New Clark city project that is set to enter the construction phase in […] More

Sparton will collaborate with Raytheon to design, test and deploy a mine neutralization system as part of the latter company’s potential $363 million contract with the U.S. Navy. De Leon Spring, Fla.-based Sparton said Wednesday it will produce a deployment packaging technology and a wireless communications buoy for Raytheon’s Barracuda  mine neutralizer vehicle. Jim Lackemacher, vice president of […] More

Eric Wagner, a former executive at Honeywell International, has been named senior policy adviser for Van Ness Feldman in the Washington, D.C. office. He will guide and advise clients on policies and strategies on international government relations and incentives, export controls, national security, energy, technology and grants, the company said Tuesday. Richard Agnew, Van Ness Feldman […] More

Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has partnered with the University of Alaska Fairbanks for an effort to help state, local and tribal governments integrate the use of unmanned aircraft systems into the country’s airspace. The partnership will work to support the Federal Aviation Administration‘s UAS Integration Pilot Program, which aims to develop new aviation regulations for unmanned aircraft usage, Insitu said Tuesday. The […] More

Airbus, Saab and Boeing plan to compete for a potential $1.8 billion program to provide maritime patrol aircraft for the South Korean navy, Jane’s 360 reported Tuesday. South Korea’s naval force intends to initially procure six MPAs with plans to expand the procurement of the aircraft once it retires its 16 Lockheed Martin-built P-3 planes […] More

General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has laid the keel on the U.S. Navy‘s future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship that will be called USS Daniel Inouye. The ship, designated as DDG 118, is named after the former senator who earned a Medal of Honor for his U.S. Army service during World War II, General Dynamics said Tuesday. Irene Hirano […] More

The U.S. Air Force has posted an advanced research announcement on FedBizOpps to seek input from entrepreneurs on how to increase the security and resiliency of energy management systems at the service branch’s installations. USAF said Tuesday the solicitation will remain open through May 2, 2023, and calls for ideas to develop alternative energy-efficiency systems for […] More