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SAIC pulls in $667M C5ISR contract with Navy
SAIC has won a single-award, prime contract with a potential value of $667 million if all options are exercised to furnish C5ISR support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic's C5ISR System of Systems Engineering and Integration program.
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New multifunctional device policy to drive cost savings for Navy
The Navy has issued mandatory enterprisewide instructions to commands and organizations to improve management and use of networked multifunctional devices (MFDs) in order to achieve cost savings.
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Northrop focuses on improved avionics protection for Fire Scout MQ-8C
Northrop Grumman has received the first protective cage that it will use on the MQ-8C variant of its Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to furnish improved protection for the aircraft's critical electronic components from strong electric fields and electromagnetic waves.
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Navy sets new award date for NGEN
The Navy has pushed back the date for its award of the Next Generation Enterprise Network nearly three months because of the complex and extensive source selection process being conducted.
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Cubic pulls in $300M in Littoral Combat Ship training contracts
Cubic has won three indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts worth a total of approximately $300 million from the Navy to furnish training services for the Littoral Combat Ship program.
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Bluefin delivers Knifefish UUV variant to Navy for testing
Bluefin Robotics has built a variation of the Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle that will be tested for service in the Navy's Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle program.
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Navy wants to buy Dell computers from small businesses
The Naval Air Systems Command wants to purchase some computing systems and is requiring that bidders submit only Dell products in their proposals.
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Aerovironment delivers WASP UAS to Navy, Marine Corps
AeroVironment has won a $12 million contract to furnish its Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft systems, parts and services for use by Navy and Marine Corps forces.
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Military leaders issue guidance on preparing for worst-case fiscal scenarios
The across-the-board budget cuts that would occur if Congress does not find a way to avoid sequestration by March 1 would be detrimental to the readiness of U.S. armed forces and threaten their ability to respond to new crises around the globe, senior military leaders told Congress this month.
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Lockheed moves MUOS-2 satellite closer to July launch
Lockheed Martin has completed the required system testing on the second satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System, and has placed the satellite in temporary storage before its scheduled launch in July.
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Navy moves forward on business and technology improvements
Terry Halvorsen, CIO, Department of the Navy, discusses business IT efficiency, cloud computing and enterprise e-mail.
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Navy installing first CANES system
The Navy’s next-generation shipboard tactical computing system is expected to set sail in the spring aboard a San Diego-based destroyer, the first of 23 ships scheduled to receive the system in an initial deployment.
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The Navy changes its mind and cancels CIO/IT conference
Just weeks after approving the Department of the Navy’s CIO/information technology conference, which is typically held in conjunction with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA) West conference and exhibition in San Diego, the Navy changed it’s mind and has cancelled the event.
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NGEN contract expected by March
The Navy expects to award a contract this year for the shore-based portion of the service’s future computing environment.
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Lockheed delivers MUOS waveform for next-gen secure comms
Lockheed Martin has finished building the software waveform that is essential to the operation of the Navy's next-generation, geosynchronous satellite communications system.
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Northrop to continue support for Navy C2 processor
Northrop Grumman has won a contract potentially worth $95 million to help the Navy upgrade key command and control technologies.
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Accenture wins pair of contracts to help Navy improve financial reporting
The Navy has awarded Accenture Federal Services two contracts to continue supporting the Navy’s drive toward financial auditability.
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Northrop builds UAV for Navy Triton program
Northrop Grumman is assembling with its own resources an unmanned aerial vehicle for use as a development and demonstration platform for at-sea surveillance under the Navy's MQ-4C Triton program.
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4 picked to assist Chief of Naval Operations division
The Navy has selected four contractors to furnish program and technical support to the Chief of Naval Operations' Energy and Environmental Readiness Division
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