UK Govt Unveils New Boeing Defense Purchases, Aerospace R&D Partnership Pacts The U.K. government and Boeing (NYSE:BA) have announced a set of defense-related pacts that cover sales of maritime patrol aircraft and attack helicopters to the country’s military, added research-and-development spending and initiatives to create new aerospace jobs in Britain…

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FedScoop: 18F Issues RFP For Interagency Identity Mgmt Platform Under Agile BPA Vehicle The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has issued a request for proposals via GitHub that seeks implementation support for a consumer-facing interagency authentication platform for citizen services, FedScoop reported Friday…

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Kevin Robinson: MTSI to Continue Acquisition Support for MDA Through BCF Solutions Partnership Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and BCF Solutions will collaborate to provide technical, engineering, advisory and management support advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency under a potential $110 million contract…

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CAE, Draken Enter Global Air Training Services Partnership; Gene Colabatistto Comments CAE and Draken International signed a memorandum of understanding Friday at the Royal International Air Tattoo to explore opportunities in the global market for adversary and aggressor air training services…

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Federal Acquisition Vet Stephen Yuter Joins Red Team Consulting as Director of Capture Strategy Stephen Yuter, formerly director of acquisition management and head of the contracting activity at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service, has joined Red Team Consulting as the director of capture strategy…

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Reports: Gen. Hawk Carlisle Eyes IOC for F-35A Within August-December Window The U.S. Air Force could determine an approval for initial operating capability of the service branch’s Lockheed Martin-built F-35A aircraft within the August-to-December window, Breaking Defense reported Thursday…

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Boeing, Mahindra Launch C-17 Training Center for India’s Air Force Boeing and Mahindra Defense Systems have launched a new facility at the Flight Simulation Technique Center in Gurgaon, India, to support C-17 pilot and loadmaster training for the Indian air force…

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Ama Romaine Named General Counsel of Johns Hopkins APL Ama Romaine, formerly a vice president and senior counsel at Hilton Worldwide, has been appointed general counsel and supervisor of the office of counsel at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory…

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Army Concludes Raytheon Patriot PDB-8 Developmental Test; Ralph Acaba Comments The U.S. Army has completed the last of four developmental tests for the Post Deployment Build 8 configuration of Raytheon‘s Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system. Raytheon said Friday the PDB-8 Patriot system worked to detect, track and engage a cruise missile target and a fighter aircraft with the Guidance Enhanced Missile TBM and the Lockheed Martin-built PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors, respectively, during the test…

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Raytheon Lands Contract to Demo EW Upgrades for Air Force Decoy Missile The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a potential $34.8 million contract to demonstrate an updated electronic warfare technology for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer. Raytheon said Sunday it is scheduled to complete development of MALD-X, successor of the current MALD-J model, within a 24-month period and will conduct two flight demonstrations to showcase the aerial decoy’s EW upgrades…

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House Passes $22B FY 2017 Financial Services, General Govt Funding Bill House members voted Thursday to pass the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that would provide $21.7 billion to finance the operations of the Treasury Department, Judiciary, Small Business Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal 2017…

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