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Stu Shea, CEO of Peraton and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has commented on how the COVID-19 has disrupted the daily lives of Americans and the national economy, as well as how Peraton will combat the virus within the company, Peraton announced on Monday. 

Minburn Technology Group will help the Department of Justice obtain Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) software licenses through a potential five-year, $440M basic ordering agreement. according to contract data posted on the government's SAM website.

Jay Boisseau, AI and HPC technology strategist at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), has said collection of more digital data, emergence of new processors and graphics processing units and development of better algorithms are the three elements that could help federal agencies create a “perfect storm” to push the adoption of artificial intelligence.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Executive Mosaic has introduced virtual events to keep the GovCon community up to speed during these pressing times. Peter Warren Singer -- a political scientist, an international relations scholar and the author of "Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution" -- will serve as a keynote speaker at  Potomac Officers Club’s first virtual event, “AI Just Beyond Tomorrow,” on Thursday, May 28th.

The General Services Administration and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, have partnered in a strategic agreement to modernize NICHD information technology operations, the GSA announced on Monday.

Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has been awarded a nine-year, $1.79B follow-on contract to produce 18 more RS-25 cryogenic engines to power Space Launch System rockets NASA intends to use on Artemis exploration missions.

U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded 46 companies spots on a potential $950M contract for core services in support of USSOCOM’s domestic and international enterprise requirements. The Department of Defense said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes knowledge-based services and subject matter expertise in support of engineering, training, education, program management, professional and technical requirements.

Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has finalized its acquisition of DHPC Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Perspecta said Friday the transaction will allow it to combine its expertise in cybersecurity, secure communications and advanced analytics with DHPC’s electronic warfare platforms and address the emerging cyber/EW convergence area.

The U.S. Air Force will separate its fighters and bombers directorate into two program executive offices as part of a restructuring effort slated to take place this summer.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a five-year, $618M to continue product support for the Missile Defense Agency's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system against ballistic missile threats.