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AECOM will provide engineering support services to help build and operate a utility gas infrastructure in Alaska under an agreement with Alaska Intrastate Gas Co. The project will supply piped propane air mixture-based fuel to 17 southeastern communities in Alaska in order to meet the residents’ electricity generation, heating and industrial process demands, AECOM said Friday. […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division and the U.S. Coast Guard held a keel authentication ceremony for the service branch’s seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Friday. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft served as the keynote speaker during the ceremony for the NSC Kimball (WMSL 756), HII said Friday. The […] More

DigitalGlobe has deployed the company’s public crowd sourcing platform to Fiji in an effort to help the government assess damage that resulted from a cyclone that struck the country Feb. 20. DigitalGlobe captured the first images of Cyclone Winston’s impact with its FirstLook service and the company’s high-resolution satellite constellation gathered the images within 24 hours of the landfall, the […] More

Leidos has landed a $9.8 million U.S Air Force contract to provide analytic, modeling and survivability studies centered on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract seeks to gather data that could lead to technical and scientific answers regarding CBRN-related issues. Leidos will conduct studies in Reston, Virginia, and at Wright-Patterson Air Force […] More

ICF International has received a five-year, $34.6 million task order to perform analytic, financial and communications services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV/AIDS prevention program. The company will assist in CDC’s work to gather, analyze and report HIV prevention data, conduct research and literature reviews as well as provide program and grants […] More

S-RAM Dynamics has landed a $1 million contract to develop and test a mobile carbon dioxide refrigeration system prototype for the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center. The company said Friday the Small Business Independent Research phase 2 contract looks to reduce energy and fuel consumption of the Army’s mobile refrigeration systems through the use of […] More

Alcoa‘s defense unit landed a five-year contract worth up to $50 million from the U.S. Army for research and development of “light-weighting” technology for ground vehicles. The Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center authorities awarded the Ground Vehicle Light-Weighting contract to Alcoa Defense to support Defense Department ground systems R&D and engineering efforts, Alcoa said Thursday. […] More

Erickson has offered investors an update on its support legacy aircraft programs through aircraft maintenance, refurbishment and parts manufacturing services. “We have more than 200 mechanics and engineers on our team at Erickson,” Kerry Jarandson, Erickson vice president of maintenance, repair and overhaul and manufacturing, said in a release Tuesday. Adams Communication & Engineering Technologies subcontracted Erickson in January […] More

Maryam Emdadi, vice president of the EMC team at Carahsoft, has observed some government agencies tapping into modern information technology offerings to address data center agility and security challenges. She wrote in an article published Wednesday that government data centers seek tools intended to simplify administration of virtual desktops and automatically integrate security policy into the machines. Carahsoft […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems group conducted the first flight of the extended-range variant of its Predator B remotely piloted aircraft at Gray Butte Flight Test Facility on Feb. 18 to demonstrate launch ability, airworthiness and landing capability. The Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper extended-range long-wing upgrades include 13 feet of additional wingspan designed to boost aircraft endurance by 13 hours, short-field takeoff and landing modifications […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has received a multi-year contract from Smith & Wesson to manufacture hammer-forged gun barrels for integration with the latter’s M&P pistol. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems will produce the gun barrels for the pistol that Smith & Wesson proposed to the U.S. Army in order to compete for the […] More