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Lockheed Martin has received a potential six-year, $31.4 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain and update software on the C-5M Galaxy military transport aircraft. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes maintenance and engineering support for the service branch’s Systems Integration Laboratory, the Defense Department said Tuesday. USAF will obligate $4.9 million in fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2023 transportation funds at […] More

Boeing has selected Israel-based company Assembrix to provide a software platform to help the aerospace and defense contractor secure intellectual property it shares with other vendors through design and additive manufacturing processes. The Chicago-based company said Monday it will adopt Assembrix technology in efforts distribute and secure 3D printing design information from corruption, interception and unauthorized decryption. […] More

The Justice Department has approved CenturyLink‘s proposal to sell certain Level 3 Communications assets in Tucson, Ariz., to FirstDigital Telecom. CenturyLink said Monday it will divest metro fiber network platforms as part of an agreement with DOJ related to the telecommunication firm’s approximately $34 billion acquisition of Level 3. The proposed sale is subject to customary closing conditions that include […] More

CACI International has received a potential five-year, $23 million contract to continue to help the Defense Department update and maintain an enterprise financial management system. The company said Monday it will provide onsite financial management support, as well as help design, build, test, implement and sustain an Oracle Enterprise Business System  platform for the department. DeEtte Gray, president […] More

N3B is set to commence environmental cleanup efforts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory after the Huntington Ingalls Industries–BWX Technologies joint venture completed a transition period under the terms of a potential $1.39 billion contract from the Energy Department. Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday that N3B hired personnel, assessed conditions, established a working procedure and implemented […] More

Leidos has received a $33.7 million contract modification to provide scientific and technical services for a Defense Threat Reduction Agency program that aims to thwart biological threats. DTRA exercised the option period 1 of a previously awarded time-and-materials contract for the company to support multiple projects under the Cooperative Biological Engagement program, the Defense Department said Monday. The program […] More

Charles Moorman IV and William Parrett have been elected to Oracle‘s board of directors in a unanimous vote that expands the number of board members to 14. As members of the board, they will serve a one-year term and will take part in the election during the annual stockholders meeting to be held in November 2018, […] More

Turkey, a parts supplier for the F-35 program, will receive its first delivery of the aircraft on June 21, with a second one to follow after, AA reported Friday. The deliveries follow orders Turkey made in 2014 for two F-35 units that are scheduled for deployment by 2019. The U.S. military is currently training two […] More