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The Professional Services Council has urged the departments of State and Defense to improve communications and coordination with industry on threats and other safety risks facing U.S. government contractors overseas.

Michael Nagata, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has been named a senior vice president and corporate strategic adviser at CACI International (NYSE: CACI).

The U.S. Army has awarded 22 companies positions on the potential 10-year, $5.1B Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II contract vehicle.

David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran could prompt government contractors to reexamine personnel security measures in the Middle East, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. "Companies have to be thinking right now, What do I need to do differently, what do I need to be prepared for, will the government have threat information, will they share it with me?"

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business has received a potential four-year, $172.2M contract to supply parts and long-lead materials for use in the production of 28 lot 15 F-35 fighter planes for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.

Govini has received a potential five-year, $400M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Department of Defense for data access and analysis support, Defense News reported Monday.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $768.3M contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce lot 33 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile systems.

The fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 20 contains three provisions that authorize changes to the defense procurement process and one of those concerns with intellectual property, Federal News Network reported Thursday.

The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies Corp.'s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a $455.5M contract modification to provide lot 14 aircraft propulsion systems to non-Department of Defense participants of the F-35 program.

Aerospace Corp. has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, Department of Defense veteran Kathleen Hicks and former NASA official Dava Newman to the nonprofit company’s board of trustees.