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A General Atomics (NYSE: GA) business unit has secured a potential six-year, $32.9M contract to develop spacecraft NASA will use on a mission to measure solar energy input to Earth. The company's electromagnetic systems group will help the space agency build and test the space vehicle for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 effort, NASA said Thursday.

NCI Information Systems has landed a two-year, $57.3M contract to provide information technology support services to the U.S. Army.

Nicholas Veasey, formerly vice president of investor relations at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been named chief financial officer of Fairfax, Va.-based aviation services provider MAG Aerospace.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to procure up to 20 satellite buses from Blue Canyon for the Blackjack mesh-network initiative as part of a potential $99.4M contract with the company, SpaceNews reported Friday.

The House Armed Services Committee unanimously passed on Wednesday a $740.5B defense policy bill for fiscal year 2021, The Hill reported Wednesday.

A subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has been awarded a potential five-year, $135.8M contract to develop and test an optronic sensor technology for U.S. Navy submarines.

Chuck Brooks, a GovCon expert and president of Brooks Consulting International, virtually addressed the G20 forum Sunday, July 5, on energy systems cybersecurity during the Workshop on Energy Security and Markets Stability. Brooks told G20 member countries that connectivity driven by the adoption of industrial internet of things and operational technology has further expanded the attack surface and that energy infrastructure operators should implement “security by design” to counter cyber threats.

MetTel has received task orders worth over $230M combined to provide telecommunications and network services to support the General Services Administration's information technology modernization efforts, FCW reported Thursday.

Curt Kolcun, a nearly 28-year veteran of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed chairman at XappMedia’s artificial intelligence business, GovCon Wire has learned.

The EA-Baker joint venture has secured a five-year, $99M contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to detect fuel leaks in Defense Logistics Agency energy infrastructure.