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  • Exelis Awarded $92M for Anti-Missile Electronic Jammer Systems
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    Exelis Awarded $92M for Anti-Missile Electronic Jammer Systems

    The electronic systems unit of Exelis has been awarded a $91.7 million contract to deliver 42 electronic jammer systems to the U.S. Navy for protecting aircraft from radar-guided missiles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. contracted Exelis to build the AN/ALQ-214(V)4 set for the F/A-18C/D and F/A-18E/F Hornet and Super Hornet combat […] More

  • Praescient Analytics Team Uses Analytics For Anti-Healthcare Fraud Work
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    Praescient Analytics Team Uses Analytics For Anti-Healthcare Fraud Work

    Praescient Analytics has assembled a new analytics-as-a-service team to track suspicious patterns in the healthcare system that could indicate fraudulent activity. The company said Thursday that its A3S team looks at services provided at hospitals, individual practices and other aspects such as specialist referrals to detect potential issues such as duplicate and unnecessary lab work. Analysts will work to sort […] More

  • Lockheed to Test Navy Aircraft Radar Warning Systems
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    Lockheed to Test Navy Aircraft Radar Warning Systems

    Lockheed Martin will perform technical work and module testing on early-warning radar systems used on U.S. Navy aircraft under a $16.2 million contract, Syracuse.com reported Thursday. Mark Weiner writes the Lockheed-built AN/APY-9 radar systems will be integrated into the 75 planned E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft with the goal of detecting hostile airborne and cruise missiles. Work will occur at […] More

  • BAE Shipyard to Get $500M UK Gov’t Investment; Tony Johns Comments
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    BAE Shipyard to Get $500M UK Gov’t Investment; Tony Johns Comments

    BAE Systems plc has partnered with the U.K. government for an eight-year, $500 million project to upgrade a shipyard in northwest England that is home to construction of nuclear submarines, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Thomas Penny writes the project involves extending the Devonshire Dock Hall facility, construction two new buildings and refurbishing other buildings such as a […] More

  • Ciber to Update Denver Public Schools’ Business Info Systems
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    Ciber to Update Denver Public Schools’ Business Info Systems

    Ciber will work with the Denver public school district to update the district’s financial, procurement and business information systems. Infor’s Financial Suite is intended to give the schools visibility into business data and help produce financial and operational reports, Ciber announced Thursday. The Financial Suite includes general ledger, grant management, procurement suite, strategic sourcing, contract […] More

  • Andy Start: NSSLGlobal Joins Inmarsat SATCOM Net’s Reseller Network
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    Andy Start: NSSLGlobal Joins Inmarsat SATCOM Net’s Reseller Network

    NSSLGlobal a has agreed to work as value-added reseller of Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress satellite constellation for military and government customers in the European market, extending the companies’ existing GX VAR partnership for maritime services. Inmarsat said Tuesday it intends for NSSLGlobal to help address bandwidth, mobility, coverage and service availability needs for European government customers. “We are very pleased […] More

  • Boeing, L-3 Wrap Up CF-188 Fighter Jet Modifications for Canada
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    Boeing, L-3 Wrap Up CF-188 Fighter Jet Modifications for Canada

    Boeing International has delivered the last of the 76 CF-188 fighter jets that the Canadian air force ordered through a contract awarded in March 2011.  The contract called for the modified CF-188 fighters to have an upgraded electronics warfare suite and modified air-to-air and ground-to-air threats protection equipment, the Canadian Air Force said March 4. L-3 Military […] More

  • Jerker Ahlqvist: Saab Aims For Growth in Africa With New Botswana Office
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    Jerker Ahlqvist: Saab Aims For Growth in Africa With New Botswana Office

    Saab has opened a marketing office in Gaborone, Botswana in a move to further its presence in the sub-Saharan Africa region and add on to company’s offices in South Africa and Kenya. “With the growing economies in many countries in Africa there is a growing demand for defense and security products,” Jerker Ahlqvist, head of the Botswana office, said Wednesday. […] More

  • Chris Bernhardt: DynCorp Extends Int’l, Commercial Firefighter Support Work to Australia
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    Chris Bernhardt: DynCorp Extends Int’l, Commercial Firefighter Support Work to Australia

    DynCorp International will provide aircraft, pilots and a maintenance team to Touchdown Helicopters in support of an aerial fighting program run by the state of New South Wales’ rural fire service under a potential three-year subcontract. Chris Bernhardt, DynCorp president, said Wednesday the deal is part of the company’s strategy to provide commercial and international customers the similar […] More

  • Peter Dingley: Inmarsat, Hughes to Create Comm Terminal for Police Agencies
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    Peter Dingley: Inmarsat, Hughes to Create Comm Terminal for Police Agencies

    Inmarsat and Hughes Network Systems are partnering to design a communications terminal for police forces and other government departments to communicate discreetly. The companies will build the Low Profile BGAN terminal to function as a “rapid-to-deploy, lay-flat, coverable, covert” terminal for mounting on flat surfaces outdoors or burying under a layer of material, Inmarsat announced Tuesday. “A […] More

  • Leidos Lands Three VA Blood Bank, Repository IT Contracts; Steve Comber Comments
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    Leidos Lands Three VA Blood Bank, Repository IT Contracts; Steve Comber Comments

    Leidos will provide technical and program management support to the Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare information technology operations under three contracts worth $16 million combined. The VA’s office of information and technology for product development awarded two contracts for IT and project management services to support the agency’s blood bank and MyHealtheVet online health record access programs,, […] More

  • Harris CapRock Launches Satellite Tech for Offshore, Deepwater Communications; Tracey Haslam Comments
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    Harris CapRock Launches Satellite Tech for Offshore, Deepwater Communications; Tracey Haslam Comments

    Harris CapRock Communications launched a very small aperture terminal product that is built to adjust satellite bandwidths for offshore and deepwater communications at this week’s SATELLITE 2014 conference in Washington, D.C. The Harris subsidiary said Tuesday that the Pulse Advanced VSAT tool uses modem technology and Comtech EF Data‘s Vipersat Management System to reassign or extend satellite bandwidth in real time. […] More