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Al Pichelli, chief operating officer at Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) since October 2015, has been appointed to serve in the additional role of president. The more than 37-year company veteran succeeds Robert Mehrabian, who will focus on his current duties as chairman and CEO, Teledyne said Wednesday. Pichelli previously led the California-based industrial conglomerate’s instrumentation …

KBR (NYSE: KBR) has completed its purchase of Greenbelt, Maryland-based government technology and engineering services contractor Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies. Houston-based KBR said Wednesday it intends to retain most of SGT’s current structure and integrate the business into its government services arm KBRwyle. SGT offers technology platforms and services to NASA and other government …

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a potential $145 million task order to help a U.S. Army unit track insurgent networks and systems that can pose national security risks. The company said Wednesday it will research, examine and integrate intelligence data for the Army Intelligence and Security Command’s Counter Insurgency Targeting Program, …

ViON has received a potential 10-year, $170.9 million contract to supply chip sets for the Defense Information Systems Agency to use IBM-built (NYSE: IBM) servers. Under the contract, ViON will provide System P computer chips for the Power Systems server platform at multiple DISA facilities on an on-demand basis, the company said Wednesday. …

Eric Crooker, formerly director of contract administration at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been named vice president of contracts and pricing in the same division. He succeeds Don Perkins, who is due to retire on July 1, and will oversee contracts, pricing and estimating, import and export functions …

DSoft Technology, Engineering & Analysis has won a potential $95.9 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force analyze cyber and space environments. The Air Force’s 21st Contracting Squadron received four offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers simulation, modeling, analysis and decision support services, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Colorado-based DSoft will …

The State Department has approved two foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $180 million combined for the Dutch government to buy from the U.S. government M1156 precision guided kits as well as defense services and articles in support of its air force’s F-16 training unit. The Netherlands requested to purchase …

DynCorp International will compete for task orders to provide logistics services for the U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Aviation under a potential 10-year, $25.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Non-Standard Rotary Wing PEO-Aviation and the Army Contracting Command awarded DynCorp a position on the Worldwide Contractor Logistics Support IDIQ that contains a …

David West, a federal strategy and merger and acquisition practitioner, joined information technology and engineering services contractor ECS on April 2 to serve as vice president of corporate development. West oversees the development and implementation of the firm’s growth strategies in his new role, ECS said Tuesday. “Dave brings a …

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