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L3Harris Secures $380M Army Imaging Tech Supply IDIQ; Sean Stackley Quoted
The Canadian Commercial Corp. has awarded L3Harris Technologies an eight-year, $380 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure WESCAM MX-Series systems in support of global U.S. Army surveillance and targeting operations, L3Harris announced Wednesday.
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Follow-Up NDIA Survey Looks at Ongoing COVID-19 Impacts on Small Defense Contractors
A National Defense Industrial Association survey shows that clear information from the Department of Defense, access to capital and revenue expectations are the areas where small businesses in the defense sector continue to experience the highest level of continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NIH’s NITAAC Portal Showcases ManTech Cyber Range Platform; Chip Taylor Quoted
The National Institutes of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center has featured ManTech's virtual cyber training environment in the NITAAC Solutions Showcase portal, which offers federal agencies insight into IT offerings from industry.
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Savi Gets Army RFID Tech Supply Contract
Savi Technology has received a four-year, $45.8M contract to manufacture active radio frequency identification tags for the U.S. Army to track the service branch's equipment worldwide.
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DoD Taps Amfuel, Rolls-Royce to Help Restore Domestic Aviation, Vessel Production Capacity
The Department of Defense has awarded contract actions worth $36.9M combined to Rolls-Royce and aircraft fuel technology provider Amfuel in a move to drive domestic production at the industrial-base level.
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Navy Acquires Supply Chain Risk Assessment Tool to Automate Processes; John Roach, Adam Hauch Quoted
The U.S. Navy has acquired a new supply chain risk assessment tool from KSM Consulting to quicken the analysis of the microelectronics and monitor supply chains for IT-related products, FedScoop reported Thursday.
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Summit 7 Receives Microsoft US Partner Award for Security, Compliance; Scott Edwards, Ben Curry Quoted
Summit 7 Systems has been selected for the Microsoft 2020 MSUS Partner Award in the modern workplace category for providing customers with end-to-end security solutions based on Microsoft security and compliance capabilities in 365 and Azure.
Raytheon Technologies’ Teresa Shea: Government-Industry Collaboration Could Help Protect Defense Industrial Base
Teresa Shea, vice president of cyber offensive and defensive experts at Raytheon Technologies, wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on C4ISRNET that the government and industry should collaborate to protect the defense industrial base from cyber threat actors and strengthen the country’s cyber resiliency.
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Will Roper: $116M Intended for Small Launch Contracts Shifted to Small Business Loan Programs
Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense approved $116M in funds for small launch contracts but decided to redirect the funds to small business loan initiatives, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.