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Science Applications International Corp. and IronArch Technology have entered into an agreement that allows the service-disabled, veteran-owned company to receive business guidance and counsel through the Department of Defense‘s protege-mentor program. SAIC will help IronArch pursue new business opportunities, establish a corporate infrastructure and implement cloud and cybersecurity technologies, the companies said in a joint statement released Monday. […] More

AECOM held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for its new office that is situated close to the Georgia Cyber Center, Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday. Earl Johnson, a senior vice president at AECOM, oversees the new facility where employees will work to pursue new business opportunities with Army Cyber Command and Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon. Johnson […] More

Nlyte Software has secured a contract to help the Department of Energy and its national laboratories implement software designed to automatically monitor information technology systems and devices. The company said Tuesday it will provide the Data Center Infrastructure Management platform to the department under an enterprise agreement. DCIM employs artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches intended […] More

A team composed of Iron Mountain, QualX and TDEC will provide records digitization and preservation services to the U.S. Army War College’s Heritage and Education Center under a potential five-year, $30M contract. The three companies will help USAHEC process, move and store a collection of the military branch’s artifacts, manuscripts, photographs and audio-visual items in a […] More

Leidos plans to consolidate its two facilities in Monongalia County, W. Va., into a new technology center that will be established at Westridge business park, WV News reported Monday. The company is scheduled to open the Agile Center of Excellence within a year and expects to accommodate approximately 250 people there. Drew Formica, site manager at Leidos, […] More

The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice on design, engineering and development services intended to help the military branch produce an enterprise management platform for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday, the Air Force said it looks to integrate JASSM administrative functions that include terminal area model tasking, workflow […] More

Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, has said there are four ways the federal government should adopt to address the security clearance backlog and one of those is to implement a “uniform digital application record.” Fanning wrote in a Defense One article published Tuesday that the application record should be “updated continuously […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has commissioned a paper that explores the premises and the country’s core strengths and how they help shape the strategies, processes and institutions related to U.S. national security. The paper “gives us a more complete strategic picture, which can inform our research and development decisions affecting military capabilities,” […] More

On December 4th, 2018, Dr. Jacques “Jack” Singleton Gansler passed away due to complications with melanoma at the age of 84. Gansler had been affiliated with the University of Maryland in various roles since 2001. His biography with the university listed his roles as the interim dean, vice president of research and professor of the […] More

Harris plans to make an investment worth over $125M in research-and-development projects in Florida to support tech innovation and talent recruitment efforts in the state. The company said Monday R&D initiatives will focus on robotics, avionics, small satellite units and electronic warfare and will occur at the firm’s facilities in Central Florida in support of the company’s approximately 7K […] More