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The U.S. Army has released its draft request for proposals for a potential $957M contract vehicle for cyber training services in support of organizations within the Department of Defense and other non-DoD agencies. A notice posted Wednesday says the Cyber Training, Readiness, Integration, Delivery and Enterprise Technology contract will support the integration, management, evolution and maintenance of the Persistent Cyber Training Environment and provide acquisition lifecycle support for the PCTE system baseline.

Bruce Jette, acquisition executive at the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said companies that previously submitted bids for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program have expressed plans to compete again after the service restructured the acquisition strategy for the OMFV competition, Inside Defense reported Thursday.

Seven companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $990M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide data collection and management support services for the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Virginia Contracting Activity issued the solicitation in December and received eight bids for the Data Science, Operations, Requirements, Exploitation and Engineering program, the Department of Defense said Monday.

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business won a potential 10-year, $505M contract to provide managed services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather supercomputing systems, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Feb. 13.

The U.S. Army launched a solicitation for a potential five-year, $249M contract to develop a ground-based small multipurpose equipment transport robotic vehicle, Defense News reported Tuesday.

Patricia Gietl, a former executive of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has been appointed vice president of business development and capture management at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Navy plans to award in July a contract to design and build its first next-generation frigate, Defense News reported Tuesday. The competitors for the FFG(X) program are Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII); Austal USA; Fincantieri; and the team of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Navantia.

Brandi Smith, an 18-year executive at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the division.

The U.S. Army intends to recompete a program to develop a squad multipurpose equipment transport vehicle, National Defense reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Army has awarded 22 companies positions on the potential 10-year, $5.1B Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II contract vehicle.