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Mac Curtis: AMSAA Follow-on Renews Vencore SDC Work

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 14, 2015 — The U.S. Army has selected Vencore to collect logistics data and maintenance information under a program designed to maintain the military service’s fleet of heavy equipment, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The three-year, $86 million contract will encompass the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity’s inventory of aviation and ground combat systems, ground...

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25 Companies Win Spots on Air Force TSA III IDIQ

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 13, 2015 — Twenty-five companies have been awarded spots on a $20.9 billion contract to provide training systems support for the U.S. Air Force, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said the ordering period for design, development, production, installation, analysis, integration, test and sustainment services under the Training Systems Acquisition III...

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Booz Allen to Perform CMS HIX Systems Integration Work

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 12, 2015 — Booz Allen Hamilton will provide system integration services for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services health insurance exchange program under a $202 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Booz Allen said Monday the work entails coordinating with stakeholders on marketplace implementation as well as checking that compliances are in place....

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Air Force Awards JSTARS Design Contracts to Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 11, 2015 — Three contracting teams led by Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have been awarded contracts to develop prototypes for the next-generation JSTARS aircraft, GovCon Wire reported Monday. Defense News said Friday the U.S. Air Force expects it will be able to determine the winning design to replace E-8C technology by 2017, and plans an operational fleet...

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CSC, Serco Awarded Contract to Support NAVSUP Ordnance Information System

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 10, 2015 — The U.S. Navy has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. and Serco spots on a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in support of the Naval Supply Systems Command, GovCon Wire reported Friday. The Defense Department said the two companies will provide program management and technical support services to ordinance tracking work at NAVSUP’s Business Systems Center, with a...

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BAE Awarded USAF Aircraft System Support Requirements Contract

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 7, 2015 — BAE Systems will perform aircraft systems support and sustainment work for the U.S. Air Force under a $248.2 million contract the Defense Department handed Wednesday. GovCon Wire reported the project will cover electronic countermeasures technology provisioning for F-16, C-130, B-1B ATE and other platforms. About Executive Mosaic: Founded in 2002, Executive...

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Ken Asbury: Army Awards CACI More Business Systems Work

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 6, 2015 — CACI International has been awarded a five-year, $46 million contract to continue providing software development support for the U.S. Army, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. CACI said the work includes the automation of business processes such as requirement documentation and authorization, and the deployment of a security system to protect the software. “With...

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Gena Lovett Assumes Operations VP Role at Boeing Defense, Space & Security

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 5, 2015 — Boeing has announced Gena Lovett as the new vice president of operations for the company’s Defense, Space & Security segment, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Lovett, who joins Boeing from aluminum company Alcoa, brings advanced manufacturing experience with focus on executing operational techniques in the areas of safety, quality, lean production systems and...

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Engility Renews TASC Radar Engineering Work for Navy

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 4, 2015 — Engility will provide radar engineering, software support and logistics work for the U.S. Navy under a $35.4 million follow-on contract originally awarded to TASC prior to its 2015 acquisition, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The work is for the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Port Hueneme Division and will be performed in Virginia Beach through August 2016, with...

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Matt Desch: Iridium NEXT Full Deployment by December 2017

TYSONS CORNER, VA August 3, 2015 — Matt Desch, Iridium Communications CEO, said the company remains on track for a 2017 full deployment of the Iridium NEXT second-generation global satellite constellation despite a component delay, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. “We continue to move the initial space vehicles through low-rate production and have successfully integrated the first Aireon payload...

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Saudi Arabia Set to Buy Patriot Missiles Under $5B FMS Deal

TYSONS CORNER, VA July 31, 2015 — The State Department has approved the possible sale of Patriot missiles and associated services to Saudi Arabia under the U.S. foreign military sales program, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday the deal is worth an estimated $5.4 billion and includes a request for 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 cost reduction...

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Booz Allen, CACI, Raytheon, MacB Awarded SOCOM Mission Support Contract

TYSONS CORNER, VA July 30, 2015 — Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI company Wexford, Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) company Blackbird Technologies and MacAulay-Brown have been awarded a $900 million contract to provide mission support services to the U.S. Special Operations Command, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The work will occur in U.S. locations and overseas within a five-year period of performance, the...

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