Investment Firm Platinum Equity Inks Deal to Buy PAE Los Angeles-based investment firm Platinum Equity has agreed to purchase Arlington, Va.-based government services contractor PAE from New York City-headquartered private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg for an undisclosed sum in a deal the parties expect to close by February 2016, the companies said Monday…

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Pratt & Whitney, DoD Agree on Lot 9 & 10 F-35 Propulsion Engine Production A United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to produce lots 9 and 10 of F135 engines for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft…

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Vencore to Research DARPA Program Obfuscation Methods; Steve Omick Comments The research subsidiary of Vencore has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to develop cryptographic obfuscation techniques for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Vencore Labs will work with the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary to create program obfuscation methods designed to protect software from reverse engineering attacks under DARPA’s SafeWare program, Vencore said Friday…

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NCR to Help DoD Adopt Multichannel Commissary Retail Platform; Stan Ratcliffe Comments NCR has been selected to help build a commerce platform for the Defense Commissary Agency to drive customer experience across the agency’s global network of military commissaries. DeCA plans to begin deployment of the company’s Retail ONE omnichannel retailing hub at the agency later this year, NCR said Monday…

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DynCorp Awarded $59M Contract to Maintain California’s Firefighting Aircraft DynCorp International has secured a potential five-year, $59.4 million contract to continue to provide operation and maintenance support for the aviation program of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection…

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DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Photon Detection Program The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Jan. 25 to provide information on a new program that seeks to facilitate new imaging concepts and technology through the detection of photons…

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TAPE Awarded $29M Marine Corps Training Support Contract; Louisa Long Jaffe Comments Technical and Project Engineering has received a four-year, $28.7 million contract to provide live, virtual and simulation training platforms to the U.S. Marine Corps. TAPE will perform systems engineering, acquisition and financial management, modeling, test planning, logistics and instrumentation development under the contract, the company said Friday…

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Draper Lab Helps Update Army’s Guided Airdrop Cargo Delivery System The U.S. Army and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have collaborated to update and test an autonomous military platform designed to deliver supplies and equipment to U.S. troops who operate in remote or dangerous areas…

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