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Lockheed Martin Corp. is being awarded a contract modification for the production and support of Acoustic Rapid Commercial off-the-shelf Insertion (A-RCI) systems for the U.S. submarine fleet. A-RCI is a sonar system that integrates and improves towed array, hull array, sphere array, and other ship sensor processing, through rapid insertion of commercial off-the-shelf-based hardware and software.

Telos Corp., Ashburn, Virginia (W91QUZ-06-D-0001, MOD NO: P00034); Dell Federal Systems LP, Round Roc

Vencore Labs Inc., doing business as Applied Communication Sciences, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has been awarded a $7,719,472 cost-plus-fixed-

Engineering Services Network Inc., Woodbridge, Virginia, named Steve Dutra as its Charleston, South Carolina, area operations manager.

The evolution of information technology is heading toward a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). Advantages of HCI include lowered management costs and less administrative overhead, and these systems already have made headway into the Defense Department and federal agencies.

Current technology trends such as the Internet of Things, bring your own device initiatives and the deployment of cloud-based applications all demand more and more bandwidth. One aspect of modernization that could be overlooked as we rush to implement emerging technologies is also the most important—the network backbone that will support it all.

The Defense Department's Office of Small Business Programs will host a four-day training program to educate, inform and match small and large business mentors with small business proteges.

Those of us with the privilege of providing social services to veterans and those with significant needs face a similar challenge: Addressing many requests for help that come at us from so many different directions.