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Engineering and technical services provider Qualis has purchased Bonham Technologies Inc., which offers support for aircraft and combat weapon systems, for an undisclosed amount. Both companies are headquartered in Huntsville, Ala.

Pacific Defense, which aims to develop non-kinetic systems for the military sector, has acquired open systems architecture developer Spectranetix for an undisclosed sum as part of portfolio expansion efforts.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a potential $442.3M contract to design and develop a terminal intended to support aircraft communications via the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite constellation.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Collins Aerospace has landed contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technology platforms for countering anti-access/area denial threats. DARPA selected the three companies to participate in the first and second phases of the System-of -Systems Enhanced Small Unit program, according to a notice posted Tuesday on the beta SAM website.

Liberty IT Solutions has secured a $380M task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs develop and manage an application programming interface platform.

Ross Woodley, president of Red River's consulting services group over the past year, has been promoted to the position of chief programs officer.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a potential seven-year, $110M contract to refresh hardware and software for common driver trainer systems previously fielded by the U.S. Army.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded 22 companies positions on a potential $3B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for professional and technical services.

The U.S. Army plans to revise the requirements and launch another solicitation for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, the service reported Thursday.

The U.S. Air Force has selected six companies to support construction projects on Germany-based military sites under a potential five-year, $425M contract. Contractors will design, build, repair, alter, renovate, maintain or sustain commercial and residential structures under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.