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Mike Snyder, senior vice president at Dewberry, has been appointed to the position of coalitions chair of the American Council of Engineering Companies. ACEC coalitions facilitate exchanges of knowledge and best practices in the engineering industry. These coalitions include the Council of American Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, the Council of American Structural Engineers, the Council of Professional Surveyors, […] More

Sergio Aponte, a product director at the U.S. Army, has said the service branch plans to award contracts in June to start the process of buying multiple infantry weapons for foot soldiers, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The report noted the Army wants to procure Next-Generation Squad Weapons designed with an open architecture that can support […] More

Raytheon has been selected to Cybersecurity Ventures’ annual list of the “hottest and most innovative” cyber companies, which include both start-ups and long-established firms. The Waltham, Mass., company said Tuesday it placed fourth on the 2018 Cybersecurity 500 list, based on efforts to expand its international customer base for cyber defense and its attainment of the Development, […] More

Huntington Ingalls Indutries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has finished conducting initial sea trials of its latest Virginia-class submarine. In this phase of testing, the SSN 789 or Indiana submarine performed its first submergence and exhibited high-speed maneuvers under and above water, HII said Friday. “We are pleased with how Indiana performed and look forward to continuing our testing program […] More

Engility has won a potential $41 million task order to support command and control programs at the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Thursday it will provide on-site expertise, logistics and training support services under the Global Command and Control System Tactical Combat Operations/Joint Tactical Common Operational Picture Workstation Sustainment Support order. “Our people are embedded with […] More

BayFirst Solutions has relocated its corporate headquarters to a facility situated close to several of the consulting firm’s government customers in Washington, D.C. The company said its newly opened office at 1025 Vermont Ave. NW has an open floor plan and features conference and collaborative working spaces equipped with communications technology platforms. “We’d outgrown our […] More

NASA has awarded $43.5 million in contracts to 304 proposals selected for the initial phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program and 44 proposals for the first phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer initiative. The SBIR and STTR Phase 1 contracts will run for six and 13 months respectively with up to $125,000 […] More

An office within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual proposers’ day to disseminate information on investment plans under the Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare broad agency announcement. DARPA said Friday its Tactical Technology Office seeks to discover and exhibit the use of unorthodox, alternative approaches and technologies that are intended to disrupt traditional warfighting […] More