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Hughes Network Systems will develop and demonstrate a technology intended to manage satellite communications under a $2.2M contract from the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. The company said Monday it will create the Enterprise Management and Control system prototype with the firm's Flexible Modem Interface to support interoperability between satcom networks.

Merdith Temple, a 37-year veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Dewberry's board of directors, has been appointed vice chair of the board. He retired from military service with the rank of major general in September 2012 after serving as deputy chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Four companies have secured positions on a potential seven-year, $427M contract to provide software baselines for the U.S. Air Force's Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance program.

NCI Information Systems has secured a four-year, $269.9M contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide information technology support to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Joint Service Provider.

Matt Kraning, chief technology officer and co-founder of San Francisco-based Expanse, has said government agencies need a centralized strategy to secure, govern and monitor all internet-connected devices.

Aaron Faulkner, former vice president of cybersecurity at ECS, has been named head of the cyber practice within Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal subsidiary. The more than 18-year industry veteran will oversee efforts to design, build and deliver cybersecurity offerings to federal civilian and defense customers in his new position, Accenture said Monday.

Mike Thomson, interim chief financial officer of Unisys (NYSE: UIS) since April, has been appointed to the CFO position on a permanent basis.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has formed an industry team that will support the development of an intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system for the U.S. Air Force.

ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has won a potential $322M task order to create recommendations for the U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Activity on a variety of technical matters.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $428M task order to deliver aircraft intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to the U.S. Army.