Business/Financial
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Investing $84.4 Million To Bolster UAS, Space, Shipbuilding Industrial Bases
The Pentagon last Friday announced seven new actions through Defense Production Act Title III to sustain and strengthen essential domestic industrial base capabilities in the small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), […]
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Navy/USMCBath Iron Works Starts Layoffs Amid Strike, Admits Production “Well Below” Typical
General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works [GD] (BIW) president Dirk Lesko announced layoffs and production staying below typical operations due to the continued strike by Local S6 of the Machinists Union. […]
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Business/FinancialArlington Capital Acquires Government Services Provider J&J Worldwide
The private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners on Wednesday said it has acquired J&J Worldwide Services, a provider of a range of services to the Defense Department. Terms of the […]
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Business/FinancialLeidos Nabs $960 Million CBP Award For Traveler Processing
Leidos [LDOS] on Wednesday said it has received a potential five-year, $960 million award from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to supply software and specialized equipment for the processing and […]
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Business/FinancialAmazon Pushes Further into Space With New AWS Business Segment
Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday launched a new business segment dedicated to serving the aerospace and satellite industry. The new AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division will be led […]
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Business/FinancialDHS Plans FirstSource III Solicitation This Fall For IT Products And Services
The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released an updated statement of work and timeline for its upcoming small business procurement of information technology products and services under the FirstSource […]
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Business/FinancialSmiths Detection To Acquire U.S. Bio-Detection Firm
Smiths Detection on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Baltimore-based PathSensors, a developer of technology used in the detection of deadly pathogens for defense, food safety and emerging disease […]
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Business/FinancialSealingTech Acquires Small Cyber Security Firm Quark
Sealing Technologies last Friday said it has acquired Quark Security, enabling it provide cyber security lifecycle services to its federal government and industry customers. Terms of the deal between the […]
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Business/FinancialGAO Asks If Cost-Savings Methods at Pantex/Y-12 Could Work at Other Nuke Sites
A day after the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced it would not pick up the remaining options on the existing management deal for its Y-12 and Pantex sites, the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyF-35 Deliveries Temporarily Paused to Inspect Damage to Lightning Protection System
The contractor of the U.S. military’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter paused deliveries in early June for three weeks to investigate damage on the system that protects the aircraft’s engine from […]