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  • Jason Kalirai Named Johns Hopkins APL Civil Space Mission Area Executive
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    Jason Kalirai Named Johns Hopkins APL Civil Space Mission Area Executive

    Jason Kalirai, formerly project scientist and strategic development lead at the Space Telescope Science Institute, has joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as mission area executive for civil space programs. APL said Thursday Kalirai is responsible for the lab’s work on NASA and international space missions that include exploration, research, technology development and spacecraft and scientific instrument production. […] More

  • Christian Brose to Join Anduril as Strategy Head
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    Christian Brose to Join Anduril as Strategy Head

    Christian Brose, former staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will join Silicon Valley-based tech firm Anduril Industries as the company’s head of strategy, Defense News reported Thursday. Brose left the Senate in September after he served for four years as staff head of the Senate panel led by the late Sen. John McCain. […] More

  • Perspecta VP Trey Theimer Joins Homeland Security & Defense Business Council Board
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    Perspecta VP Trey Theimer Joins Homeland Security & Defense Business Council Board

    Trey Theimer, vice president and account general manager for homeland security at Perspecta, has been appointed to the board of directors at the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council. She joins the board along with Brandon LaBonte, president and CEO of ArdentMC; and Martin Mackes, chief delivery officer of E3 Federal Solutions, the council said Thursday. All three appointees will serve […] More

  • DynCorp Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; George Krivo Quoted
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    DynCorp Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; George Krivo Quoted

    Viqtory, a veteran-owned recruitment marketing company, has included DynCorp International for the 12th time in its list of Military Friendly Employers. DynCorp said Thursday it received the recognition for its efforts to hire, retain and promote retired service personnel and their spouses who seek employment in the civilian sector. “DynCorp International is committed to hiring military talent, knowing […] More

  • IBM Helps Marine Corps Develop AI-Powered Data Mgmt Tool
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    IBM Helps Marine Corps Develop AI-Powered Data Mgmt Tool

    IBM has developed an artificial intelligence-powered technology to help the U.S. Marine Corps manage data on personnel and equipment as part of combat preparedness efforts, Nextgov reported Thursday. Matthew Dalkiewicz, manager of the Navy and Marine Corps account at IBM, said he expects the data management tool to aid the latter service branch in efforts to deploy active-duty […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL-Designed Solar Probe Wins Popular Science Award; Ralph Semmel Quoted
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    Johns Hopkins APL-Designed Solar Probe Wins Popular Science Award; Ralph Semmel Quoted

    A NASA space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for solar exploration has received an innovation of the year recognition from Popular Science magazine. The Parker Solar Probe flew on August 12 and came to within 15 million miles of the sun’s surface while traveling at a speed of 153.4K mph, Johns […] More

  • Northrop Secures Air Force Navigation System EMD Contract
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    Northrop Secures Air Force Navigation System EMD Contract

    Northrop Grumman has received a $59.1M contract to perform engineering, manufacturing and development work on next-generation navigation systems for the U.S. Air Force. The company will aim to complete the EMD phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization program by Sept. 30 of next year, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force is obligating […] More

  • DARPA Taps Telesat for Satcom Tech Evaluation Contract; Don Brown Quoted
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    DARPA Taps Telesat for Satcom Tech Evaluation Contract; Don Brown Quoted

    Telesat has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to assess the capability of commercial satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit to support the Pentagon’s future broadband connectivity requirements and other space-based communication needs. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with Leidos on the contract awarded through DARPA’s Blackjack program. Blackjack seeks to leverage […] More

  • Navy Eyes Potential Two-Carrier Deal With Huntington Ingalls
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    Navy Eyes Potential Two-Carrier Deal With Huntington Ingalls

    Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Navy have entered negotiations on a potential contract to build the third and fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, Navy Times reported Thursday. James Geurts, assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition at the Navy, said at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing Tuesday that he expects the military branch to […] More

  • Noblis Awarded DoD Environmental Research Program Support Contract
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    Noblis Awarded DoD Environmental Research Program Support Contract

    Noblis has won a potential $24M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support a pair of Defense Department environmental research programs. The contract has a one-year base period of performance, two option years and an additional one six-month extension, Army Contracting Command said in an award notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps. Work covers technical review, direct program area support, administrative and […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposer’s Day to Develop Soldier Resilience, Recovery Drug
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    DARPA to Hold Proposer’s Day to Develop Soldier Resilience, Recovery Drug

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Dec. 14 in Arlington, Va., to meet vendors that can help develop technologies that aid in body resilience and recovery of military service members during warfighting missions. Through the Panacea program, DARPA wants to invent, design and test multitarget drugs that can help […] More

  • Report: Launch Service Providers Want Fewer Rocket Design Options
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    Report: Launch Service Providers Want Fewer Rocket Design Options

    Some launch service providers have moved to decrease the number of their rocket offerings as part of cost-saving efforts, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, told audience at the SpaceCom Expo held Wednesday in Houston the company has reduced Atlas 5 and Delta 2 and 4 configurations from 41 to […] More