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Elaine Solomon to Manage Justice Dept Accounts at SAIC
Elaine Solomon, a former business executive at IO Data Centers, has joined Science Applications International Corp. to oversee service accounts with federal law enforcement entities.
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Booz Allen Vet PJ Henry Named Business Dev’t Director at Karsun Solutions
PJ Henry, formerly a business development and capture lead for the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation at Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined Karsun Solutions as director of business development, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday.
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Kratos Concludes Fourth Test of Valkyrie Drone
A long-range, subsonic unmanned aircraft designed by Kratos Defense and Security Solutions achieved test objectives during its fourth flight test at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
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Splunk’s Juliana Vida: Data, VR/AR Tech, Blockchain Key Federal IT Trends for 2020
Juliana Vida, chief technical adviser of Splunk's public sector business, forecasts that agencies will increase the use of data, virtual and augmented reality tools and blockchain to support federal information technology operations, she wrote in a guest piece for Nextgov published Friday.
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ULA Opens Rover, Rocket Payload Design Competition; Rob Strain Quoted
United Launch Alliance has unveiled a competition that encourages participants to submit payload and rover design proposals that will be launched through a refurbished rocket.
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Graf Research Lands Air Force R&D IDIQ for Microelectronics Tech
Graf Research has secured a potential eight-year, $49.5M contract from the U.S. Air Force to conduct applied research activities for assured microelectronics technologies.
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Rolls-Royce Awarded $69M USAF Contract for Aircraft Engine Sustainment Support
Rolls-Royce has secured a $69M contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain components of the T56 aircraft engine.
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SAIC’s Jim Scanlon: Other Transaction Authority Offers Speed, Flexibility to Defense Contractors
Jim Scanlon, general manager of defense systems unit at Science Applications International Corp., said the use of other transaction authorities has helped SAIC and other companies speed up work on vehicles, weapon systems and other programs with the Department of Defense, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.
Booz Allen to Help Navy, Air Force Modernize GPS Systems Under $178M Contract; Brian Zimmermann Quoted
Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a $178M contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center and the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to provide technical engineering services to support the modernization of global positioning systems, the company announced on Friday.
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Denim Group Awarded USAF Contract for Software Security Platform; John Dickson Quoted
Denim Group has received a contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with a vulnerability resolution platform.
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ST Engineering Subsidiary Demos Simulation Tech for Army; William Cole Quoted
A subsidiary of ST Engineering North America has tested a common synthetic environment that consists of training management and simulation software designed to help the U.S. Army plan and evaluate personnel exercises.