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  • Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects
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    Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects

    The Energy Department plans to invest up to $137 million in two technology development programs that aim to increase energy efficiency of trucks and passenger cars. DoE said Tuesday it will award $20 million in federal funds to Cummins, Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar and Volvo Technology of America as part of the SuperTruck II initiative. The four companies will match DoE’s investment to help develop […] More

  • Raytheon’s Anti-Ship Defense System on USS Carney Completes 1st Navy Fire Test
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    Raytheon’s Anti-Ship Defense System on USS Carney Completes 1st Navy Fire Test

    Raytheon‘s SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system aboard USS Carney completed an initial live fire test that the U.S. Navy facilitated in Rota, Spain. The company said Wednesday the system identified, tracked and intercepted a BQM-74E target with a RAM Block II missile during the test. Rick Nelson, Raytheon vice president for the naval area and mission defense product line, […] More

  • Jacobs to Help England Highway Agency Develop Road Improvement Strategies
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    Jacobs to Help England Highway Agency Develop Road Improvement Strategies

    Highways England has partnered with Jacobs Engineering Group to identify design options for multiple planned road improvement projects in the east, southeast and northwest regions of England. Jacobs said Tuesday it will provide engineering design services for civil engineering works and traffic technology, surveys, stakeholder engagement, traffic and building information modeling, environmental and principal designer services to Highways England. The stage two […] More

  • Versar to Extend Army Corps of Engineers Support in Iraq
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    Versar to Extend Army Corps of Engineers Support in Iraq

    Versar has been awarded a $2.5 million contract modification by the U.S. Army to extend the company’s support services for the Army Corps of Engineers-Middle East District in Iraq through August 2017. The company said Monday its personnel will continue to help USACE-MED facilitate  quality assurance, warranty, material and equipment inspections as well as on-site monitoring of construction sites that require Iraqi […] More

  • Space X’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Japanese Comms Satellite
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    Space X’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Japanese Comms Satellite

    SpaceX has launched a Space Systems Loral-built communications satellite for Japanese company SKY Perfect JSAT into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The U.S. Air Force‘s 45th Space Wing supported the JCSAT-16 payload launch Sunday from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral AF Station in Florida, the service branch said Monday. JCSAT-16 is designed to serve as a […] More

  • Leidos Adds 3 Members to Board of Directors; Roger Krone Comments
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    Leidos Adds 3 Members to Board of Directors; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos Holdings has named Gregory Dahlberg, Surya Mohapatra and Susan Stalnecker to its board of directors in conjunction with the closure of Leidos’ $5 billion merger with Lockheed Martin‘s information systems and global solutions business. The appointments of Dahlberg, Mohapatra and Stalnecker bring the total number of Leidos’ board members to 12, the company said Tuesday. “We’re delighted […] More

  • NGA, US Geological Survey Solicit Applications from Universities for Geospatial Sciences Program
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    NGA, US Geological Survey Solicit Applications from Universities for Geospatial Sciences Program

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey have begun to solicit applications from universities and schools that are interested to serve as partners of a geospatial sciences program. NGA formed the Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences program with USGS in an effort to establish partnerships with the U.S. academic community in […] More

  • Cyber Vet Arleen Malley Zank Joins cFocus Software as Business Devt Executive; Jasson Walker Comments
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    Cyber Vet Arleen Malley Zank Joins cFocus Software as Business Devt Executive; Jasson Walker Comments

    Arleen Malley Zank, former president and co-founder of systems integration and technology advisory firm Coronado Group, has joined cFocus Software as business development executive. Zank will oversee expansion efforts for cFocus Software’s SharePoint, cybersecurity and cloud businesses in an effort to help clients address cyber threats, cFocus said Tuesday. Jasson Walker, president and CEO of […] More

  • Former Dimension Data VP Adam Petrovsky Joins Logicalis as US GovEd Practice Leader
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    Former Dimension Data VP Adam Petrovsky Joins Logicalis as US GovEd Practice Leader

    Adam Petrovsky, formerly U.S. government and education area vice president at Dimension Data, has joined IT and managed services provider Logicalis US as practice leader for government and education. Logicalis said Tuesday Petrovsky will be responsible for the company’s K12 education, higher education, local government and state government go-to-market strategy, as well as the GovEd practice’s business […] More

  • McMurdo Receives Coast Guard Personal Locator Beacons Order; Mark Cianciolo Comments
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    McMurdo Receives Coast Guard Personal Locator Beacons Order; Mark Cianciolo Comments

    McMurdo Inc. has received a potential five-year, $3 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to provide 16,000 FastFind 220 personal locator beacons for crews to use during emergencies. FastFind 220 works to notify emergency personnel during a land, air or water emergency through the 406-megahertz frequency to send a distress signal that contains beacon identification information […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Ships Another MC-130J Combat Transport Aircraft to Air Force
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    Lockheed Martin Ships Another MC-130J Combat Transport Aircraft to Air Force

    Lockheed Martin has delivered an additional MC-130J Commando II combat transport and special operations tanker to the U.S. Air Force. The company said Monday the Air Force has assigned the aircraft to the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field in Florida The Lockheed-built MC-130J will succeed the legacy MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft. The MC-130J is designed to support […] More

  • LMI-Led Team to Provide Environmental Remediation Support to Air Force
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    LMI-Led Team to Provide Environmental Remediation Support to Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force civil engineer center’s environmental restoration division has awarded an LMI-led team a one-year, $500,000 task order to provide systems engineering and other services to address program requirements. The consulting firm said Monday it will utilize its previous experience with similar U.S. Army environmental restoration programs, as well as the company’s environmental remediation services […] More