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    Farm Credit Administration Taps Xgility for System Devt Support

    Information technology provider Xgility has received a task order from the Farm Credit Administration to perform systems development support. Xgility said Tuesday the order was issued through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The Ashburn, Viginia-based company offers collaboration technologies and on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based IT services to government and commercial clients. Xgility has provided Microsoft services such as […] More

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    PSC States Position on Fiscal 2018 NDAA Provisions; David Berteau Comments

    The Professional Services Council has asked leaders of House and Senate Armed Services Committees to consider PSC’s position on some provisions in both chambers’ fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act as conference members begin to reconcile the two versions of the bill. PSC detailed its recommendations through an Oct. 19 letter sent to heads of the congressional […] More

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    Raytheon Gets $60M MDA Contract Funds to Transition SM-3 Block IIA Program to Production

    Raytheon‘s missile systems business has received a potential $59.8 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to obtain materials needed to begin the production of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA systems. The modification also covers engineering and analysis services and brings the contract’s potential value to $694.3 million, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the company […] More

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    Navigant Research: DoD’s Annual Spending on Microgrid Deployments to Reach $1.4B in 2026

    A new study from Navigant Research predicts the Defense Department’s annual spending on microgrid implementation efforts to hit $453.4 million this year and grow to $1.4 billion over the next nine years. Navigant Research said Tuesday DoD has begun to explore microgrids in an effort to build up its cyber energy security and reduce dependence […] More

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    Air Force Taps Orbital ATK to Deliver EELV Secondary Payload Adapter

    Orbital ATK has won a potential $34 million contract to provide a secondary payload adapter for the U.S. Air Force‘s long-duration propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. The Defense Department said Monday the contract will also extend the Air Force Space Command’s standard rideshare service policy and build on previous development efforts for EELV secondary payload adapter technology. Orbital ATK will perform work […] More

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    DoD Seeks Industry Support to Implement Software-Based Network

    The Defense Department‘s Joint Service Provider has reached out to industry to gather ideas on how JSP can implement a software-defined network technology to modernize network infrastructure at the Pentagon. A FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 20 said JSP aims to simplify and update the DoD network infrastructure with the use of orchestration, routing and virtualization tools. The organization […] More

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    Lockheed Secures Air Force Contract Modification for AEHF Satellite Vehicles

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business secured a $21.1 million contract modification to fund work on the fifth and sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite vehicles for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers AEHF 6 vehicle operational resiliency efforts and Atlas 551 capability support for the two satellites. Work is scheduled to occur through June 30, […] More

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    Oshkosh Defense to Supply Army Diesel Engines

    Oshkosh Defense has secured a five-year, $15.6 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply dressed diesel engines along with containers to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday Oshkosh Defense will perform work at a company facility in Wisconsin through Oct. 26, 2022. DLA’s land and maritime unit will use the Army’s fiscal 2018 through fiscal […] More

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    General Atomics, University of Mississippi Form UUV Tech Devt Partnership

    General Atomics has partnered with the University of Mississippi on a project to build acoustic-based navigation and sensing technologies for unmanned underwater systems designed to aid deep-sea operations. The company’s electromagnetic systems group will work in UM’s Insight Park facility and support efforts to develop acoustic-based UUV navigation and control techniques, the university reported Thursday. “Over the course of the […] More

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    Report: DIUx, Tanium Transition Cyber Pilot Program Into $750M Army Contract

    The Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and cybersecurity firm Tanium have transitioned a pilot project into a potential five-year, $750 million contract with the U.S. Army, Defense News reported Thursday. The contract signed on Sept. 26 calls for Tanium to provide cyber monitoring support to up to 1 million Army endpoint devices such as desktop […] More

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    SPA Gets DoD Innovation Support Order; William Vantine Comments

    Systems Planning and Analysis has secured a potential $26 million task order to continue to support Defense Department innovation efforts. SPA said Tuesday it will provide expert analysis and assessment support to DoD’s Office of Net Technical Assessment as the department works to establish a new research and engineering organization. The company will also support the Research, Development, and […] More

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    CDW to Supply Laptops for Marine Corps’ Windows 10 Transition Effort

    CDW‘s government division has won a $12.7 million delivery order for general purpose laptops to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ migration to Windows 10 operating system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will supply 16,033 laptops to the service branch and is scheduled to complete deliveries by March 30, 2018. USMC will obligate the full […] More