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The U.S. Army has started seeking potential contractors that can support the information technology projects of the Army Information Systems Engineering Command under a potential five-year, $600 million re-compete program. The effort is part of the federal government’s plan to resume the Total Engineering and Integration Services program, according to a …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2018 — Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services unit has been named with the “Above and Beyond” award by a Defense Department support group for providing non-mandated benefits to employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Mark Hild, senior manager at …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2018 — The Defense Department has approved CA Technologies’ (Nasdaq: CA) CA Privileged Access Manager system as a cybersecurity tool certified under the DoD Information Network’s Approved Product List and the National Information Assurance Partnership’s Product Compliant List, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. CA Technologies said Wednesday …

Torch Technologies has received a potential five-year, $221.3 million contract to provide modernization and sustainment services to the U.S. Army‘s system simulation and development directorate. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will help the directorate update a suite of missile modeling, hardware-in-the-loop and prototyping platforms. Work will run through May …

Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has received a potential 10-year, $10 billion contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs deploy the same electronic health record platform the Defense Department currently adopts. Robert Wilkie, acting VA secretary, said in a statement published Thursday that VA already has $782 million in fiscal 2018 funds to …

The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) a potential $91 million contract to repair and modernize nuclear aircraft carriers stationed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility-supported locations. Huntington Ingalls will deploy personnel who have been trained and authorized to maintain nuclear carrier propulsion plants …

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a potential six-year, $206 million contract to retrofit the latest variant of the U.S. Air Force‘s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Wednesday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will update 122 MQ-9 Block 5 UAVs through June 20, 2024. USAF will obligate $40.9 million in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2018 — The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a $33.7 million contract modification for scientific and technical services in support of a program aimed at countering biological threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The modification exercises the first option period of a previously …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2018 — Hughes Network Systems will build a Flexible Modem Interface prototype that will enable interoperability between military and commercial systems as part of a follow-on contract under a Defense Department pilot study, ExecutiveBiz reported May 8. The company said May 7 the contract covers work for the second phase …

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