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  • Michael Johnson to Lead Parsons’ Infrastructure Business
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    Michael Johnson to Lead Parsons’ Infrastructure Business

    Michael Johnson, formerly executive vice president and global business development manager at Parsons‘ transportation group, has been named president of the company’s infrastructure business unit. He succeeds Donald Graul, who has served in the role on an acting basis and will now focus on leading the construction unit as its president, Parsons said Wednesday. Johnson will […] More

  • FCW: DHS Calls Off $675M Competition for Cyber Services Contract
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    FCW: DHS Calls Off $675M Competition for Cyber Services Contract

    The Department of Homeland Security has informed vendors that it has cancelled the agency’s $675 million Cyber Centric Mission Support Services acquisition program, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes the contract would have covered administrative and technical support to DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity and Communications as well as its National Protection and Programs Directorate. A DHS contracting officer told […] More

  • CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments
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    CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments

    CAE‘s U.S. business unit has received authorization from the U.S. Navy to begin technology refresh work on simulator and training systems for the service branch’s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday the Navy gave the signal for CAE to proceed following the Government Accountability Office‘s decision over a bid protest on the MH-60R/S Tech Refresh […] More

  • General Dynamics to Build Prototype Unit for Navy’s Ohio Replacement Submarine
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    General Dynamics to Build Prototype Unit for Navy’s Ohio Replacement Submarine

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $23.6 million contract modification to develop a prototype unit for the U.S. Navy’s Ohio Replacement submarine. General Dynamics Electric Boat will also design an air-conditioning unit and develop technical manuals for the new ballistic missile submarine under the modification, General Dynamics said Tuesday. The award is part of a […] More

  • Jacobs to Provide Transportation Design, Engineering Support in Georgia; Randy Pierce Comments
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    Jacobs to Provide Transportation Design, Engineering Support in Georgia; Randy Pierce Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide engineering, technical, administrative and professional support services for the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Lower Piedmont region under a three-year contract. The company said Tuesday the contract covers bridge and roadway design, utility coordination, environmental support and traffic engineering services for the region’s districts 2, 3 and 7. Randy Pierce, senior […] More

  • Ultra Electronics Unveils OPC Cybersecurity Offering; Benga Erinle Comments
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    Ultra Electronics Unveils OPC Cybersecurity Offering; Benga Erinle Comments

    Ultra Electronics 3eTI has introduced a new traffic monitoring and alerting product for OLE for Process Control systems in an effort to help industrial automation and control system customers counter cyber attacks. The tool is part of the company’s CyberFence product line designed to monitor and protect OPC applications, Ultra Electronics said Monday. Benga Erinle, […] More

  • Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Systems Onboard Zumwalt Destroyer Ship
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    Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Systems Onboard Zumwalt Destroyer Ship

    The U.S. Navy has demonstrated Raytheon-built computing applications onboard the lead ship in the branch’s Zumwalt class of destroyers. Raytheon said Wednesday the DDG 1000‘s total ship computing environment and engineering control systems functioned during a week-long trial at sea. The TSCE infrastructure comprises a combat management, ship and machinery control, embedded training, damage control and C4I […] More

  • Cornerstone OnDemand Secures FedRAMP Approval for Talent Mgmt Platform
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    Cornerstone OnDemand Secures FedRAMP Approval for Talent Mgmt Platform

    Cornerstone OnDemand has obtained a Federal Risk Authorization Management Program certification to offer the company’s cloud-based talent management platform to government agencies. Cornerstone said Tuesday it aims to help agency human resource managers recruit, train and engage workers through its software offering. “We look forward to continuing to serve the talent management needs of federal agencies and […] More

  • Boeing Subcontracts UTC Subsidiary for C-17, Apache Landing Gear Systems
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    Boeing Subcontracts UTC Subsidiary for C-17, Apache Landing Gear Systems

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has won a subcontract from Boeing to continue to produce landing gear systems for integration with the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and AH-64E Apache helicopters. UTC Aerospace Systems said Tuesday work on the contract is scheduled to conclude in 2018. The UTC subsidiary secured a contract in 2014 to […] More

  • DOE Seeks Proposals for Funding Opportunity on Energy Tech Transfer
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    DOE Seeks Proposals for Funding Opportunity on Energy Tech Transfer

    The Energy Department has issued the first request for proposals on the office of technology transition’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which seeks to support the transfer of energy-related technologies to the commercial market. DOE said Friday the $20 million funding opportunity aims to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed as part of federally funded research projects at the 17 […] More

  • Gina Gallagher Joins AOC Key Solutions as President
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    Gina Gallagher Joins AOC Key Solutions as President

    Gina Gallagher, a 20-year federal market veteran, has been named president of Chantilly, Virginia-based proposal development consulting company AOC Key Solutions. She has previously served as vice president of sales and marketing at Systems Made Simple for five years and has played a key role in the company’s pursuit of various health information technology contracts in the government sector, […] More

  • Donald Carty, Anthony Bates Join VMware Board; Pat Gelsinger Comments
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    Donald Carty, Anthony Bates Join VMware Board; Pat Gelsinger Comments

    Donald Carty, a director at EMC, and GoPro President Anthony Bates have joined the board of directors of VMware. “With their business insight and experience across diverse industries as well as technology companies, their perspective and counsel will prove invaluable for the VMware board and executive team,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said Tuesday. Carty has been with […] More