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James “Hoss” Cartwright, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, has been named to the board of advisers of Washington, D.C.-based customized spectrum and engineering platforms provider Expression Networks.

Three independent firms and three joint ventures have won spots on a five-year, $160M contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct technical reviews,planning, architectural and engineering services for medical facility construction efforts and related studies.

Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense business has received a potential $803.9 million deal to supply 2,721 joint light tactical vehicles to the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.

NTT Data Services has agreed to acquire McLean, Va.-based information technology and digital services contractor NETE for an undisclosed sum in an effort to broaden its digital transformation capabilities in the federal health care space.

Sterling, Va.-based technology services provider REI Systems has received a contract from the General Services Administration to modernize the federal government's open data website. "We will work in tandem with GSA to achieve their modernization goals, while on-boarding and supporting federal agencies implementing the Data.gov processes," said Samidha Manu, senior director of REI Systems' federal civilian business.

NASA has awarded Jacobs (NYSE: J) a potential five-year contract to extend the company's environmental engineering work at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Hunstville, Ala., and other agency facilities.

Tom Arseneault, president and chief operating officer of BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary and a former Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed to take a new dual role as president and CEO beginning on April 1. He will succeed Jerry DeMuro, who assumed the chief executive position in 2014 and a 2019 Wash100 winner.

Bell, a subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT), has secured a potential five-year, $815M contract to repair, update or replace 35 items for AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. The company will also manage inventories, establish metrics for supply response time and provide warehousing under the performance-based logistics contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

Rob Davies of ViON and Anthony Robbins of NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) told MeriTalk in an interview published Tuesday about the needs and factors federal agencies should consider to operationalize artificial intelligence.

Centurum has won a potential $98.9M contract to provide satellite communications support for the U.S. Navy’s ashore and shipboard installations.