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Inmarsat Government Honored With DCSA’s Cogswell Award for Industrial Security Excellence; Susan Miller Quoted

A Viasat business was recognized by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency for demonstrating industrial security excellence while providing satellite communication services to government customers. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday it was honored with the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, DSCA’s highest cleared industry recognition. Recipients of the Cogswell Awards have proven best […] More

by Christine Thropp June 28, 2023, 10:27 am
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Bechtel Concludes Chemical Weapons Destruction Operations in Colorado; Michael Costas Quoted

Bechtel has completed the safe destruction of mustard agent-filled munitions at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado. The Bechtel Pueblo Team destroyed over 780,000 projectiles and mortar rounds under three campaigns involving three various sizes of chemical weapons and reported the milestone to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the company […] More

by Jane Edwards June 23, 2023, 11:37 am
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Virginia-Based GovCon Companies Named to 2023 Fortune 1000 List

Several Virginia-based defense, aerospace and government services companies landed spots on the 2023 Fortune 1000 list, which ranks the 1,000 largest U.S. public and private corporations by total revenue, Virginia Business reported Monday. Boeing and Raytheon Technologies, previously based in Chicago and Massachusetts, respectively, relocated their headquarters to Arlington County in 2022. New to the […] More

by Jane Edwards June 6, 2023, 6:43 am
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Day & Zimmermann’s Doug Magee: People Key to Supporting National Security Mission

Doug Magee, president of government services group at Day & Zimmermann, emphasized the importance of people as a valuable resource in advancing and supporting the U.S. national security mission. In a blog post published Thursday, Magee mentioned the need to advance innovation by integrating emerging technologies and other tools that would enable employees to perform […] More

by Jane Edwards May 12, 2023, 11:51 am
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Top Acquisition, Procurement Officials Prioritize Workforce Wellness in ‘Stressful’ Era

In efforts to move toward a post-pandemic world, leading acquisition officials in the U.S. government have more on their minds than just dollars and cents. Even the technologies that they are attempting to acquire sometimes take a backseat to prioritizing the livelihood and strength of their workforce. Mark Borkowski “You’re probably expecting me to talk […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt February 10, 2023, 11:37 am
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Defense Innovation Board Seeks Input From Investors, Businesses Through Survey; Will Roper Quoted

The Defense Innovation Board has issued a survey to solicit insights from investment firms and businesses on how to boost partnerships with private companies to drive growth in critical technology areas, Defense News reported Wednesday. The survey issued by DIB’s strategic investment capital task force on Wednesday seeks to generate feedback from companies about the […] More

by Jane Edwards February 2, 2023, 11:57 am
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SBA Kicks Off Application Process for Veteran Small Business Certification Program

The Small Business Administration has started accepting applications for a certification program for veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses competing for sole-source and set-aside federal contracts. SBA assumed the Department of Veterans Affairs’ certification responsibilities for VOSBs and SDVOSBs by creating the Veteran Small Business Certification program in November in compliance with the […] More

by Jane Edwards January 10, 2023, 11:57 am
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Immigration, Procurement Innovation Among DHS’ Most Immediate Concerns

Tensions regarding the U.S.-Mexico border have been among the primary focal points in national security conversations in recent months. The main source of the controversies and concerns are rooted in the potential lifting of Title 42, the part of the U.S. Code that dictates public health during a crisis, which was adopted in April 2020 […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt January 10, 2023, 11:53 am
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Aeyon to Hire More to Support NASA Contract Work; Sunny Singh Quoted

Vienna, Virginia-based government services contractor Aeyon has more than 800 employees and plans to hire additional staff after securing a contract from NASA for financial management consulting services, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. In mid-December, Aeyon’s subsidiary MM Technologies won a potential $517 million contract to provide financial support services to help consolidate financial […] More

by Jane Edwards December 30, 2022, 11:08 am
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PSC Highlights NDAA, Omnibus Provisions of High Interest to Federal Contractors

The Professional Services Council has welcomed the passage of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act and an omnibus spending bill in Congress and identified several provisions in the measures that could have a potential impact on the federal contracting sector. PSC said Tuesday the NDAA and the Consolidated Appropriations Act contain provisions that […] More

by Jane Edwards December 28, 2022, 11:49 am
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Chris Kastner on HII Mission Technologies Business

Chris Kastner, president and CEO of HII, said the mission technologies business accounts for approximately 25 percent of the company’s sales and will “outpace shipbuilding from a growth perspective,” Defense News reported Monday. The Newport News, Virginia-based contractor’s Technical Solutions division became HII Mission Technologies in late March, operating with six business groups: command, control, […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2022, 11:44 am
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PCS-Mosaic Rebrands as Athenix Solutions Group

PCS-Mosaic Holdings has changed its name to Athenix Solutions Group to reflect its expanded resources and growth as a technology company focused on meeting mission readiness, systems development and operational needs of customers in the Department of Defense cyber, national intelligence and special operations communities. The rebranding effort came after PCS-Mosaic acquired Mosaic and VATC […] More

by Jane Edwards December 1, 2022, 11:21 am