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NASA plans to release in April a draft request for proposal for a potential 10-year, $6B follow-on contract vehicle for spacecraft systems and related services. The Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract will provide a means for NASA and other federal agencies to procure commercial offerings in support of science and …

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal, with his fifth Wash100 Award on Wednesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Gray for driving organic growth and delivering exceptional services to ASRC Federal’s clients. We are honored to present the most coveted award in …

Novume Solutions (Nasdaq: NVMM) has finalized its acquisition of artificial intelligence-based vehicle recognition software developer OpenALPR Technology for an undisclosed sum. Novume said Wednesday Matt Hill, founder and chief technology officer of OpenALPR, will serve as chief science officer at Novume. “By joining Novume, we will gain access to influential …

NewWave Telecom & Technologies has secured a multiyear, $196M contract to develop and update healthcare information technology systems for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The company said Friday it will help CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation create applications as well as test new care delivery and …

Sevenson Environmental Services has won a potential five-year, $99M contract from the U.S. Army to perform remediation work at the Raymark Superfund Site located in Stratford, Conn. The Army Corps of Engineers received eight bids for the firm-fixed-price contract and will determine locations and funds with each order, the Department …

Mark Ediger, formerly U.S. Air Force surgeon general, has joined Deloitte‘s government and public services practice as a specialist executive within its federal health sector business. He will oversee the company’s efforts with regard to health data management, patient safety, quality of care and medical supply chain innovation across the …

TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has concluded its approximately $4B purchase of Esterline Technologies (NYSE: ESL) in a push to expand its proprietary and sole-source content platform for defense and aerospace sectors. TransDigm initially announced the deal on Oct. 10 and the company said Thursday Esterline shareholders will get $122.50 in cash per …

Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has purchased microfabricated radio frequency systems provider Nuvotronics for approximately $64M in cash as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of protected communications technology offerings. Durham, N.C.-based Nuvotronics designs and builds antennas, combiners, filters and other RF devices using the PolyStrata technology developed by the company …

Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) has received a one-year, $547.6M contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Army manage a military installation in Kuwait. The company will provide base operations and security support at Camp Arifjan through March 28, 2020 under the modification, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Army Contracting Command …

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has secured an authority to operate on the General Services Administration’s potential 15-year, $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for telecommunications and information technology services. “We’re excited to be the first vendor to receive an ATO on EIS so we can immediately help federal agencies jumpstart their IT modernization plans and …