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The State Department announced in a Federal Business Opportunities notice posted Tuesday that it will award a $434.2 million contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for updates on a platform that works to process visas, passports and emergency services to U.S. nationals based abroad. Northrop will support the ConsularOne program by providing …

Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is considering putting DynCorp International up for sale in a deal that could be worth at least $1.3 billion, Reuters reported Thursday. Sources told Reuters that Cerberus has tapped two investment banks to help seek offers from potential acquirers of the defense contractor. The …

DPW Holdings subsidiary Coolisys Technologies aims to expand its technology development and manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of electronic systems provider Enertec Systems for approximately $9 million. DPW said Wednesday its Fremont, Calif.-based subsidiary will add more than 70 new workers, most of whom will be engineers with military experience, through the …

Five companies have been awarded spots to compete for task orders under a potential five-year, $200 million contract supporting the U.S. Army‘s Environmental Remediation Services and Military Munitions Response Program. The selected firms are Cape Environmental Management, EA Engineering, Science and Technology, HydroGeoLogic and the GSINA-Gilbane and TLI-Bay West joint ventures, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army will …

Ball Aerospace and Technologies has received a $113.2 million contract to develop, build and test the main instrument components of NASA‘s upcoming observatory known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope. Ball will deliver design, analysis, fabrication, test and evaluation services supporting the development of WFIRST Wide Field Instrument components under the WFI Opto-Mechanical Assembly …

Tim Bush, formerly senior corporate counsel at Crowley Maritime, has been promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel at the Jacksonville, Fla.-based maritime, transportation and logistics services provider. Bush will directly report to Michael Roberts, senior VP and general counsel, and help execute the firm’s growth efforts in support …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will help in the post-production efforts of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile support center under a $282 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. Work will run through May 19, 2019, and will support local clients and foreign military sales customers Germany, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, …

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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft launched to the International Space Station aboard an Antares rocket on May 21, and is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting laboratory in the early morning hours of May 24. Among the research it will deliver to the station is the Cold Atom Lab (CAL), a …

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks about the GRACE Follow-on (GRACE-FO) mission to track Earth’s water movement. GRACE-FO is scheduled to launch May 22, 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The mission will monitor changes in underground water storage, the amount of water in …