KBR Unveils Rebranded Wyle as $570M Acquisition Closes KBR (NYSE: KBR) has closed the $570 million purchase of government engineering and technical services contractor Wyle, which will operate under the name of KBRwyle within the parent company’s government services segment…

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Reuters: Poland Nears Completion of Potential $5B Raytheon Missile Defense System Contract Poland has made progress in its work to complete a potential $5 billion contract with Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) for the company’s air and missile defense system, Reuters reported Monday. Marcin Goettig writes the acquisition of the Patriot missile systems will support Warsaw’s large-scale army modernization program…

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Lockheed-Built Juno Spacecraft Reaches Orbit Around Jupiter; Guy Beutelschies Comments NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin‘s mission support area have worked together to operate and place the company-built Juno spacecraft into a large elliptical polar orbit around Jupiter…

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SRI International, Polish Agency Partner for Problem-Based Research Project SRI International and a Polish research-and-development agency have formed a partnership with the goal to foster technological innovation and establish a community of scientists and researchers in Poland…

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General Atomics, Cobham Expand Reaper UAV Maintenance Support Partnership in U.K. Cobham has agreed to support maintenance of a ground control station for the British air force’s MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system under a contract with General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business…

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Navy, Applied Technology Associates to Collaborate on Electro-Optical IR Sensing Tech R&D Applied Technology Associates has been awarded a potential five-year, $27 million contract to help the U.S. Navy research and develop electro-optical and infrared sensing technology. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform work in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is scheduled to finish by June 29, 2021…

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DHS Taps USC Information Sciences Institute to Develop Internet Outage Detection Tool The University of Southern California’s information sciences institute has received a potential $800,000 contract from the Department of Homeland Security to research and develop new platforms that work to detect and report internet outages…

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Louis Berger-Cummins JV to Help FEMA Distribute Emergency Generator Sets A joint venture of Louis Berger and Cummins Power Generation holds a position on a five-year, $45 million contract to aid the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the distribution of generator sets during relief operations…

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Centerra to Support US Navy Base Operations in Singapore Centerra Group has been awarded an eight-year, $72 million contract to support the base operations of the U.S. Navy in Singapore. The company said Thursday it will help the service branch to operate airfield, maintain aircraft, manage supply chain and logistics activities and maintain military family housing and facilities located at Sembawang Harbor and Paya Lebar Air Base…

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IARPA Seeks to Produce Satellite Imagery-Based 3D Maps Through Algorithm Development Challenge The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has launched a challenge that aims to encourage participants to develop algorithms that can generate three-dimensional point clouds from satellite images…

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Robert Moritz Named Global Chairman at PwC Robert Moritz, formerly U.S. chairman of PwC and a 31-year company veteran, has succeeded Dennis Nally as chairman of PwC International. PwC said Friday it also appointed 10 new leadership team members who will collaborate with Moritz and senior partners Raymund Chao for China, Kevin Ellis for the U…

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