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Orbital ATK has announced plans to expand the operations of its launch vehicles division through the construction of a new facility in Chandler, Arizona. The company said Thursday it will establish a 46,000-square-foot facility at Allred Park Place and aims to create as many as 500 new full-time science, technology, engineering and math positions over a five-year period as part of […] More

ICF has secured a potential five-year, $38.8 million re-compete task order from the Justice Department‘s office for victims of crime to help the agency cater to demands of clients that include victim services organizations. ICF said Thursday that it will offer a range of services to aid the training and technical assistance center of the OVC including […] More

A new report by Grant Thornton and the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council says industry and government executives want the next administration to build on the Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson’s Unity of Effort initiative to help streamline management across the homeland security enterprise. Grant Thornton’s public sector business and HSDBC polled 102 government and industry […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed an initial flight test on the joint offering between the company and Korea Aerospace Industries for the U.S. Air Force‘s advanced pilot training competition. Lockheed said Thursday the company’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina will serve as the final assembly and checkout facility for the T-50A aircraft that will train F-22 […] More

Amazon Web Services has launched a new cybersecurity managed service intended to help clients protect web applications against three types of distributed-denial-of-service attacks. AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post published Thursday the AWS Shield  offering is designed to work alongside Elastic Load Balancing, CloudFront and Route 53 platforms. AWS Shield consists of a standard […] More

The State Department has selected Nlyte Software to provide an enterprise-grade  technology platform to help DOS manage data center operations and comply with the government’s Data Center Optimization Initiative. Nlyte said Thursday it will deploy the Data Center Infrastructure Management platform, BMC Remedy Change Management and BMC Atrium CMDB connectors across multiple server racks for the department. “Many federal […] More

BAE Systems has launched a new facility in Lancashire, England, that seeks to provide aerospace training and skills development support to the company’s employees and apprentices. The company’s Academy for Skills & Knowledge will also provide training support to the north west England’s engineering and manufacturing industry and serve as an education facility for school […] More

American Systems will provide warfare area staff specialists to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation under a $5.7 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services. The Defense Department said Thursday American Systems will perform professional engineering services in support of the Major Defense Acquisition Program/Major Automated Information System initiatives. Work will […] More

CAE has finished construction of an Alabama-based facility where some of the company’s employees and subcontractor personnel will provide fixed-wing training for U.S. Army  aviators. The company said Wednesday it also secured occupancy certificate for the Dothan Training Center and installed a Grob G120TP flight training device at the facility. CAE is scheduled to deliver C-12 King Air full-flight simulators […] More

Fitch Ratings has released the latest edition of its Defense & Security Handbook that contains an overview of the current global defense spending environment as well as profile reports on 22 U.S. and European companies. The credit rating agency said Wednesday its report spotlights the Defense Department‘s budget, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and defense contractors’ pensions. Fitch forecasts […] More

The Indiana Department of Transportation has implemented an Avaya-built network and surveillance technology to monitor traffic flow on the state’s urban interstate highways. Avaya said Wednesday its Fabric Connect system works to provide round-the-clock video feeds from approximately 350 cameras in various locations and helps INDOT personnel to observe road incidents so they can immediately dispatch response teams. Fabric Connect replaced the department’s previous video […] More