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REPS team leads successful CDR for on the TARCES team

Smartronix LLC was recently awarded a $133M contract to provide sustainment for NAVAIR’s Tactical and Remote,
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Edge Systems (TARCES) program. As
part of the winning team, MIL will help Smartronix conduct remote edge telecommunications engineering for
computer networks to support users or sensors located away from the Command’s central core network. TARCES
solutions will support legacy, industry standard, and newly emerging technologies. Running through May 2027, the
TARCES contract will see team members sited in Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, Germany, and various other
nationwide and worldwide locations.
Congratulations to the REPS Sector on this new endeavor!
NRC contract award

MIL is pleased to announce a new contract with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to provide Financial
Management Assessments and Support for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Under this competitively
awarded $3.9M GSA task order, MIL’s financial team will review selected areas within NRC and then develop
findings and procedures, update impacted policies, and assist in implementing improvements. MIL analysts will
provide advice and guidance concerning a myriad of financial issues and develop and analyze complex schedules
and financial reviews/studies; document financial processes and recommend improvements; and perform other as-
needed financial analyses such as identifying best practices or re-engineering processes.
Congratulations to capture manager Bruce Corfield and the Corporate Business Development, Contracts, and
Proposals & Marketing teams for their efforts in securing this new NRC task.

In memory

MIL mourns the loss of Dave Larson who passed away on March 30, 2022, with his loving family and friends at his side.
Dave was born April 20, 1949, in Winona, Minnesota, the eighth of 14 children to the late
Donald and Margaret Larson. As with most large families, he began working at age 11 as a
paperboy, delivering the Winona Daily News on his bicycle. He often joked that the only time
his patrons did not answer their doors was when it was time to collect money for the paper.
Upon graduating from Winona Senior High School, Dave attended Winona State College, and
worked at Mr. T’s Restaurant. There he met his wife of 51 years, also a student at the college,
and they married on May 9th, 1970. In 1969, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and after completing
boot camp and electronics schools, Dave was stationed at the Brunswick Naval Air Station as
an ASW technician. After five years in Brunswick, his next tour was at Webster Outlying Field,
St. Inigoes, Maryland, as an electronics technician until his honorable discharge from the U.S.
Navy in November 1976. While active duty, Dave received the VP26 Sailor of the Quarter award
in 1973.
After being discharged, he worked for Tracor, Inc., as a lead technician and completed his studies at St. Mary’s College of
Maryland, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Math and Computer Science in May 1980. That same year, he was
hired as a civil servant with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division as a project engineer, increasing his leadership roles
in that organization until his retirement in 2004 as the Director, Surface Communications and Information Systems Division.
In 1993, Dave received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He then worked for BAE Systems as the Director, Systems
Development and Integration Operations until 2006, when joined MIL as a Senior Vice President of Rapid Engineering and
Prototyping Solutions.
Dave was active in the Valley Lee community since settling here while in the Navy. He was an active member at St. George’s
Episcopal Church, and assisted with many of their activities, church dinners, the WARM Program, and he managed the church
cemetery. He also served as Team Captain for Christmas in April, and worked with the organization for several years. He
enjoyed playing slow pitch softball for many years, for Chief’s Place in Tall Timbers, Hardees, and Bud-Light teams at the Brass
Rail. When his boys were old enough to play soccer and little league baseball, he hung up the softball glove to coach and assist
with their teams.
Dave was an integral part of the creation of MIL’s REPS sector and an even greater part of many of our lives, both professionally
and personally. He will be missed greatly, but let us never forget what an amazing leader, mentor, colleague, friend, and person
he was. Please keep his family in your thoughts during this difficult time. Memorial contributions may be made to Episcopal
Relief and Development, Aid for Ukraine, P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058.

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