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The Garland public school district in Texas has selected Jacobs Engineering Group to oversee construction projects under the district’s $455 million bond program. Jacobs will aid in the district’s security and life safety updates, window replacements, lighting installations, facility expansion and the construction of a new natatorium and career/technical education center, Jacobs said Tuesday. Contract work […] More

Calmare Therapeutics has received a contract modification to extend its 2010 agreement with the General Services Administration through the end of the first quarter of the company’s 2016 fiscal year. The company said Wednesday the six-month extension covers the delivery of its pain mitigation therapy to military personnel who seek relief from chronic pain without the use […] More

Fluor Corp. has received a potential one-year task order to carry out engineering and architectural support work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of FEMA’s disaster recovery efforts in Texas. The task order has a base term of six months and a six-month option and was awarded by FEMA under the Architects and Engineers Technical […] More

AstraZeneca and the Department of Health and Human Services have signed a partnership agreement on the development of antibiotics for drug-resistant infections and potential bioterrorism threats. HHS said Wednesday the public-private partnership also includes a cost-sharing deal in which the department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will contribute up to $170 million over a five-year period. “This agreement demonstrates our […] More

The U.S. Navy has launched a Raytheon-built SeaRAM tactical missile from the USS Coronado Littoral Combat Ship as part of a live-fire exercise at a California sea range in August. Raytheon said Thursday the Navy used the vessel’s SeaRAM anti-ship defense system to fire a Rolling Airframe Missile and tested the weapon system’s target detection, tracking, engagement and interception functions. Rick Nelson, vice […] More

Harris Corp. has been selected to integrate the company’s aircraft arrival sequencing system into four airports in Canada. Harris will deploy its Osyris queue management tool at the Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary hubs in order to update NAV CANADA’s existing arrival management system, Harris said Sept. 9. Frank Koehne, managing director of Harris’ Exelis […] More