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Russell Brodsky, director of government sales at Nuance (Nasdaq: NUAN), said adopting biometric-based authentication systems and engagement technologies could help agencies offer a seamless and secure experience for citizens.

Salient CRGT has been awarded a five-year, $22 million contract to support the Department of Defense's Joint Staff Actions Division, the company announced Friday. "Our approach provides the Joint Staff with increased efficiency and effectiveness in program and project management support services," said Tom Ferrando, Salient CRGT CEO.

The National Nuclear Security Administration has indicated its intent to launch a full and open competition for a 10-year, $28B contract for management and operating support to two nuclear weapons facilities in Texas and  Tennessee.

Ten companies have each received indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to provide various fuel types to support designated Defense Logistics Agency missions.

BAE Systems has finalized its acquisition of the military GPS business of Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace subsidiary. BAE agreed to buy the military GPS business for $1.925B in cash in January and expects the transaction to expand its existing portfolio of electronics systems, the company said Friday.

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a three-year, $104M contract to provide onboard jammer systems and weapons replacement assemblies to the U.S. Navy. The company will produce 35 lot 17 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures OBJs and 27 WRAs under the firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Koucar Management’s American Holoptics subsidiary has completed its acquisition of a L3Harris Technologies  (NYSE: LHX) business unit that manufactures holographic sighting systems intended for military, law enforcement and commercial applications.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded an additional eight spots on a potential five-year, $950M contract to develop and operate across ground, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program.

Crowley's government services business has received a one-year, $328M contract modification from Transportation Command to coordinate the movement of cargo shipments within the continental U.S. and Canada.

The U.S. government has earmarked $2.1B in total funds to support the development and production of a potential COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical companies Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK).