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Navy extends contract for warfare analysis, software upgrade

ManTech International Corp. has won a $17.5 million Navy award that calls for a range of IT services under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

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Coast Guard selects provider to assist with training effort

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide training and technical support to the Coast Guard under a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that has a $57 million ceiling value.

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DISA extends global network services agreements

Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Apptis Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. two contract modifications that will add two six-month option periods and increase the ceiling amount of the contracts to $4.8 billion from $4.2 billion.

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Navy integrated warfare office awards support deal

The Navy Program Executive Office - Integrated Warfare Systems awards Alion Science and Technology Corp. a five-year, $200 million delivery order to provide professional support services.

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DOD, SAIC advance to next phase of anti-WMD project

Science Applications International Corp. has won a three-year, $23 million Defense Department task order to work on Phase 3 of the Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset, developing technology specifically designed to reduce WMD threats.

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DIA awards SITE contract for help desk support

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a five-year, $40 million task order under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise contract to support the Defense Intelligence Agency.

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Navy picks 8 for integrated security work

Lockheed Martin Corp., BAE Systems Inc., L-3 Services and five other companies have been named to a Navy indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the individual contracts to an estimated $183 billion.

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Boeing’s new unit targets rising military bandwidth demand

Boeing has established a Commercial Satellite Services unit to market satellite telecommunications services, including hosted payloads, to the federal government and other satellite users.

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Navy awards four cybersecurity work

Four of the nation’s largest government contractors have won Navy task orders under a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a total potential value of $204 million over five years if all options are exercised.

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DOD arranges critical IT support for anti-IED offices

CACI International Inc. will provide mission support and IT services to two Defense Department organizations under a four-year, $20 million task order. The award falls under the $494 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity Comprehensive Support Services contract that CACI won in August 2009.

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DIA awards tasks to improve services delivery

The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded BAE Systems Inc. a pair of competitive task orders under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract, totaling approximately $350 million.

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Army, Harris team on biological warfare alert system

Harris Corp. will assist the Army detect biological warfare agents as the result of a $9 million order for its high-frequency radios. They will be used by the Joint Biological Point Detection System, which detects and identifies biological warfare agents.

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Army targets ManTech for work on ambush-protected vehicles

ManTech International Corp. will continue providing logistics sustainment and support for the U.S. military's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected family of vehicles under a one-year, $488 million award.

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Special Ops Command awards pair of support contracts

General Dynamics Corp. and Hewlett Packard Co. will provide network and data center services to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a pair of contracts that have a combined value of more than $151 million.

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Navy picks 4 to handle cybersecurity tasks

Science Applications International Corp., General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Booz Allen Hamilton have won awards from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, and will vie for cybersecurity task orders under a five-year contract valued in excess of $200 million.

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Contractors take Navy's server freeze in stride

The Navy's decision last week to reduce its IT infrastructure by freezing the purchase of servers and not building new data centers won't have an immediate -- or long term -- negative effect on the federal contracting community.

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Navy taps contractor for signature-silencing work

ManTech International Corp. has won a four-year, $45 million task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division for engineering and technical assistance.

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Navy selects four to maintain battle command systems

A quartet of contractors will provide IT systems to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and other prospective U.S. government and foreign military customers.

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BAE adds imaging company to its portfolio

BAE Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fairchild Imaging Inc., a privately held company specializing in solid-state electronic imaging components and systems for scientific imaging applications.

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Air Force selects provider for cybersecurity services

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide cybersecurity services to the Air Force 33rd Network Warfare Squadron under a three-year contract that has an estimated total value of $30 million.