ICF has received a $78 million task order from the U.S. Forest Service via the General Services Administration’s information technology contract vehicle to create a scalable cloud application for wildland fire mitigation. In collaboration with Xentity Corp., ICF said Monday the team will undertake the development of the Enterprise Geospatial Portal Next Gen application in line with the agency's Fire and Aviation Management EGP modernization initiative.

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Allen Williams has assumed the role of vice president for the Air Force division at Astrion, a services provider supporting the defense, government, homeland, intelligence, science and space sectors. He announced his move on LinkedIn Monday, signaling his transition from his more than seven-year tenure at Oasis Systems.

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The government of New York has partnered with IBM, Micron, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron and other companies to invest $10 billion in the establishment of a new semiconductor research and development facility at the Albany NanoTech Complex in the state. The facility will be equipped with an ASML-built high-numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet lithography system, which IBM used to develop the world’s first 2 nanometer node chip in 2021, the company said Tuesday.

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Ground has been broken at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research campus in Danville, Virginia, marking the beginning of construction of a new regional training center for the U.S. Navy. Professional services firm Dewberry, which is providing architecture and environmental engineering services for the project, said Friday that the new facility is expected to open by 2025.

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Do you know who’s leading the charge in equipping our soldiers with cutting-edge technology? Meet Patrick Baker, the Director of the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory since December 2019.    DEVCOM creates, integrates, and delivers technology-enabled solutions to soldiers, and Mr. Baker is at the forefront of this mission. As part of […] More

Advanced Technology International has been awarded an other transaction agreement by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. The public service non-profit company said Thursday that, under the OTA, it will serve as the manager for the Expeditionary Missions Consortium - Crane.

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The Department of Defense's innovation arm has selected five companies to build prototypes of commercial lithium batteries to address power requirements in fighter jets and helicopters. NanoGraf, Bren-Tronics, Xentris Wireless division EXO Charge, Enersys and Teledyne Technologies will develop prototypes under the Defense Innovation Unit's Family of Advanced Standard Batteries project, DIU said Thursday.

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Ken Sharp has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer at Peraton, a role in which he will oversee the company’s financial activities. He will succeed John Kavanaugh and report to Chairman, President and CEO Stu Shea, the Reston, Virginia-based enterprise announced on Monday.

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Ishita Yameen, a 25-year GovCon industry veteran, has been appointed senior vice president of business development at Simple Technology Solutions, a small business focused on providing enterprise cloud and data platforms and services for federal government clients. In this role, she will leverage her knowledge of emerging technologies and drive the adoption of industry best practices to advance the company's business development strategies, STS said Wednesday.

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Carahsoft Technology will serve as a master government aggregator for runZero to offer the company’s cyber asset attack surface management platform to the public sector. Carahsoft said Thursday CAASM is currently available via its reseller partners and its NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Software 2, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance and OMNIA Partners contracts.

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Northrop Grumman completed a full-scale static test fire of a new solid rocket motor that was produced with materials and processes that shorten lead times by 75 percent. The event is part of the Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator program, the company said Friday.

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The Department of State has approved the Israeli government's request to purchase nearly 14,000 tank shells and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $106.5 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department waived congressional review requirements under the Arms Export Control Act to supply Israel with 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose with Tracer tank cartridges from the U.S. Army inventory.

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