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Kevin Samuelson, formerly chief financial officer of Infor, has succeeded Charles Phillips as CEO of the business cloud software provider. Phillips has held the CEO post over the past nine years and will transition to a new role as chairman of the firm's board of directors, Infor said Wednesday.

SAP National Security Services has received approval from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's joint authorization board to offer a payroll engine with a cloud-based human capital management platform. FEDRAMP JAB granted the provisional authorization to operate for the company to include its Employee Central Payroll technology in the Cloud-SuccessFactors HCM Suite for Government, SAP NS2 said Wednesday.

General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology business has won a potential $325.4M contract from the Department of Homeland Security to support the emergency communications division within DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to a FedBizOpps notice.

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a one-year, $101.1M contract modification to continue to provide logistics support for government-owned, fixed-wing aircraft.

Raytheon's (NYSE: RTN) missile systems business has secured a $190.5M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to obtain the remaining materials needed to produce lots 1 through 3 of Block 2 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile system.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has awarded BAE Systems a contract to integrate Block 4 modifications into the F-35 aircraft’s electronic warfare and countermeasures systems.

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured positions on contracts worth $812M combined to provide technological platforms and support services for U.S. national security and intelligence agencies.

AE Industrial Partners has wrapped up its acquisition of Columbia Helicopters, an operator of heavy-lift helicopters and provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential 11-year, $999M contract to manage the production of up to 112 wing sets and spare kits for the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.

Bruce Larson, former partner at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), will assume the role of chief human resources officer at global investment firm The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) on Nov. 4.