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CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has won an eight-year, $1.9B contract to develop and update mission-critical systems for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, G2Xchange ETC reported Friday.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has become a founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which aims to serve as the main communications channel for space industry to address security risks.

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded UTS Systems a potential four-year, $200M contract to supply commercial shelters to four U.S. military branches. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base period that runs through Nov. 7, 2020, followed by three option years.

Aaron Betz, former vice president of business development at GovernmentCIO, has assumed the same role at information technology consultancy ARServices. He brings 33 years of government and industry experience in the management and business development areas.

Eric Peterson, a veteran business development leader, has joined Irving Burton Associates as vice president of federal information technology services.

U.S. Transportation Command has chosen 17 companies to compete for global airlift task orders to transport government personnel and cargo under a potential five-year, $5.7B contract.

General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has secured a potential 10-year, $731.9M contract from the U.S. Navy to sustain ground infrastructure of a narrowband military satellite communications system. General Dynamics Mission Systems will provide sustainment support for the Mobile User Objective System, the Department of Defense said Friday.

IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Center for The Business of Government and the National Academy of Public Administration have established a new center to advance the development and implementation of Agile government principles. G. Edward DeSeve, a visiting fellow of the IBM Center and a fellow of the academy, will lead the Agile Government Center, the academy said Friday.

Executive Mosaic has opened nominations for the 2020 Wash100 Award. Nominations will be accepted through January 10th. To make a nomination, visit www.wash100.com.

The Department of Energy and General Atomics have finalized a cooperative agreement for the company and collaborating organizations to continue to operate and oversee a magnetic fusion research facility in San Diego through 2024.