PAE has been awarded a three-year,  $16.6 million task order by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Integration Contract III to support the International Counterproliferation Program (ICP) and Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), the company reported on Friday.

PAE became a publicly-traded company in February, before the coronavirus pandemic was deemed such, so in one sense the government services contractor is not isolated from turbulence in the global financial markets.

A joint venture of PAE and Parsons has landed a $60.1M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to carry out base operating support services at Joint Region Marianas in Guam.

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Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented John Heller, chief executive officer of PAE, his fifth Wash100 Award as a part of the 2020 selection on Thursday. 

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By Kerry McGinley

Scenic landscapes across 120 locations totaling 190,000 hectares in the United Kingdom make up one of the largest  defense training locations in the world. The U.K. Defence Training Estate includes varied terrain across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales managed by a workforce of 1,300 to ensure the ranges and training areas are ready to host foreign and U.K. defense forces that log 7 million training days per year. 

Gores Holdings III, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Platinum Equity portfolio company PAE, a provider of mission-critical services to the U.S. government and international partners.

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