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Navy: Final NGEN services solicitation coming soon

The Navy has set the date to release the final solicitation for its multi-billion dollar NGEN services recompete as multiple teams wait in the wings.

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Army awards $249M waveform services contract

The Army chooses five companies for a $249.6 million contract to support efforts in the development of a waveform environment.

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DARPA awards $60M in technology testing task orders

ManTech International reports four task order awards worth $60 million combined for technology testing support to DARPA.

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NGA picks 7 to support digital elevation library

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses seven companies to maintain digital representations of the Earth's terrain that have been generated, modified or assessed by the Office of Geomatics.

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GMU contracting center hires DOD vet Jerry McGinn

Jerry McGinn, a former top Pentagon official and longtime defense-sector veteran, has been named executive director of George Mason University's government contracting initiative.

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Increased defense spending brightens Booz's prospects

As Defense agencies focus on improving services and boosting internal controls after security breaches, Booz Allen Hamilton sees its backlog and revenue growing.

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DOD's cloud strategy illustrates need for outside innovation

The Defense Department is now looking to the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and others for advances in cloud technology.

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8 win Army training services awards

The Army has award eight companies spots on a $2.4 billion contract to provide and manage training and training assistance services to the Army.

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ICF wins $50M AF cyber advisory order

Under this order, the company will work with Air Combat Command to take on responsibility for the branch's cyberspace core function currently run by Air Force Space Command.

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Coast Guard awards $117M drone contract

Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary wins a five-year, $117 million contract to help deploy small unmanned aircraft across the Coast Guard's fleet of National Security Cutter ships.

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JEDI's disruption could extend far beyond cloud

The Defense Department's JEDI initiative is part of a continuum of how innovation has shifted away from the government and to the commercial sector and the implications are only growing.

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DISA awards $7.5B SETI contract

Fourteen companies won places on the full-and-open piece of the Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract vehicle.

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Navy picks six for $240M ISR services contract

Six companies win places on a $240.4 million contract vehicle to perform engineering support services for Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms.

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Navy seeks bids for next SeaPort version

The Navy reveals the final solicitation for the next iteration of its $21 billion SeaPort contracting vehicle for professional services.

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Army awards $841M contract extension for computing system support

Leonardo DRS has received a potential $841.5 million contract to continue its hardware supply and engineering services for an Army computing platform used to manage networked-battle command information in a common environment.

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Army awards $93M unmanned target contract

Four firms get spots on a contract to help the Army research and develop unmanned aerial target systems.

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Army awards $95M data collection contract

Vencore wins contract to collect data on certain models of Army aviation equipment and ground systems.

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Navy awards $88M R&D contract

Booz Allen Hamilton wins an $88.3 million contract to help research and develop technologies across multiple domains.

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Army Corps of Engineers.awards $239M IT support task order

Leidos takes in a $239.5 million task order to support the Corps' overall IT environment of the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Navy awards $653M Microsoft license deal

Government IT reseller Insight Public Sector wins a $653.2 million blanket purchase agreement to supply Microsoft brand-name software licenses and cloud computing tools to the Department of the Navy.