Parsons Receives $455M MDA Systems Engineering Support Contract Parsons has landed a $455.1 million contract to assist in the Missile Defense Agency’s weapons and missile systems engineering projects. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will help MDA track weapons systems, integrate system and subsystem hardware and software, assess and verify performance and inspect target and countermeasure aspects of systems…

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SAIC Partners With NCI to Support Cybercom Missions; Brian Clark Comments NCI has received a subcontract from Science Applications International Corp. to support cybersecurity operations of the U.S. Cyber Command. SAIC is one of the six prime contractors on a potential $460 million Cybercom mission services contract awarded in May and will collaborate with NCI in efforts to help protect and manage Defense Department networks, SAIC said Thursday…

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Carahsoft, Pixlogic Join AWS Intell Community Cloud Tech Marketplace Carahsoft Technology and Pixlogic are included in a list of vendors authorized to market cloud-based products and services to the U.S. intelligence community via an Amazon Web Services-run online marketplace…

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BAE Updates Software of UK Air Force’s Typhoon Aircraft Simulators BAE Systems has completed a software update to the Emulated Deployable Cockpit Trainers for the British air force’s Typhoon fighter aircraft simulators. The company said Wednesday that updated EDCT system at Royal Air Force Coningsby and Lossiemouth bases work to simulate missions for Typhoon pilots to familiarize themselves with geographical area, conditions and layout prior to deployment…

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University of Michigan Receives DoD Grant to Implement Diversification Programs in 3 U.S. States The Defense Department has awarded an $8 million grant to the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy to help companies and communities affected by DoD downsizing efforts in three U…

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Hitron Technologies to Help DHS Engineer Body-Worn Camera Activation System Hitron Technologies Inc. has been awarded a 16-month, $441,706 contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate to develop an automated activation system for body-worn cameras for first responders…

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Kitty Nix, Phil De-Bodene Take SVP Roles at Three Wire Systems Three Wire Systems has appointed Kitty Nix, a former director at Serco‘s North American subsidiary, as senior vice president of strategy and development and named Phil De-Bodene, former vice president of business development at Calibre Systems, as SVP of BD…

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VA Launches New Online Form for Healthcare Applicants; Sloan Gibson Comments The Department of Veterans Affairs has rolled out a web-based tool designed to help veterans gain access to VA’s healthcare enrollment form. According to a VA blog entry posted Thursday, the new healthcare application tool available on vets…

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Lockheed Lands $323M Navy Contract to Deliver F-35 Mission Data File Mgmt Lab The U.S. Navy has awarded a potential $323 million fixed-price-incentive contract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for a laboratory with integrated reprogramming capacity to build, modify, test and deliver mission data files of a fighter aircraft…

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Boeing Unveils Missouri Lab for Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles; Nancy Pendleton Comments Boeing has launched an 8,100-square-foot laboratory in St. Charles, Missouri, to facilitate the development and validation of software and hardware designed to support collaboration among unmanned ground, maritime and aerial vehicles…

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Airbus, Safran Merge Space Launch Operations in Joint Venture Airbus Group and Safran have completed the merger of their space launch operations through a joint venture in an effort to support commercial sector clients in Europe. Safran will pay approximately $835 million to Airbus in order to acquire a 50-percent stake in Airbus Safran Launchers joint venture, Airbus said Thursday…

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