7 Companies Land Spots on $142M Defense Contract Administration System Support IDIQ The Defense Contract Management Agency has awarded seven companies spots under a potential 10-year, $142 million contract to provide modernization and sustainment services for a system DCMA uses to administer defense contracts and contractor payments…

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Chris Hetmanski Joins UltiSat as Chief Technology Officer Chris Hetmanski, a more than 20-year satellite and telecommunications industry veteran, has joined UltiSat as chief technology officer of the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based managed network services provider Ultisat said Thursday he will oversee development of the company’s end-to-end technology and service offerings for customers globally…

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Beth Anne Killoran Takes HHS CIO Role Beth Killoran, acting deputy chief information officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has taken a new role as the department’s CIO. She will lead the department’s efforts to create a cyber-savvy workforce, collaborate with HHS offices and its partners, participate in IT investment planning and manage cybersecurity and privacy protection projects in her new position, Mary Wakefield, HHS acting deputy secretary, said in a blog post published Friday…

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Composite Engineering Nabs Air Force UAS R&D Deal The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $40.8 million cost-share research-and-development contract to Composite Engineering Inc. to help the service branch develop an unmanned aerial system. The Defense Department said Friday CEI will design, build, assemble and test a technical baseline for a new long-range, high-speed UAS platform as well as identify key technology for future aircraft demonstrations and a vehicle for technology demonstrations…

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SAIC Subcontracts Fulcrum for Cybercom Operations Support; Jeff Handy Comments Fulcrum has received a subcontract from Science Applications International Corp. to provide technology and operations support services to the U.S. Cyber Command. Fulcrum will work to help SAIC provide cyber strategy planning assistance, digital and non-digital information services related to Internet-of-Things security, cyber operations, and intelligence support to Cybercom under a potential five-year, $460 million multiple-award contract, Fulcrum said June 13…

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Navy Taps Booz Allen for Marine Corps Program Analysis, Evaluation Contract Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has received a potential six-year, $48.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide analysis and evaluation support services to the Headquarters Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers qualitative and quantitative analysis support for the commandant of the Marine Corps, deputy commandant programs and resources, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of the Navy and other HQMC senior leaders…

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Rear Adm. Scott Jerabek Named DTRA Deputy Director U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Jerabek, director of theater engagement (J7) at the U.S. Southern Command, has been appointed to succeed Maj. Gen. John Horner as deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency…

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Northrop Gets DARPA Contract Modification for Counterfeit IC Detection Microchip The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $7.2 million contract modification to begin work on the second phase of the Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense program…

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Stanford University Researchers Help DARPA Create Mathematical Framework for Network Pattern Discovery The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated a new mathematical framework that works to help researchers discover patterns in complex scientific and engineering systems. DARPA said Thursday researchers at Stanford University created algorithms designed to explore patterns in data in order to gain insights into network structure and function under the Simplifying Complexity in Scientific Discovery program…

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July 11 Morning Report: GovCon Index Posts Gain as June Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 1.579-percent gain to 80.813 and ended the week up 1.342 percent. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) and Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) reached 52-week highs in Friday intraday trade…

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