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  • Six Tech Firms Vow to Advance Health Care Interoperability
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    Six Tech Firms Vow to Advance Health Care Interoperability

    Six companies have issued a joint statement at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference to address barriers to the use of technology platforms that work to facilitate health care interoperability. Microsoft, IBM, Google, Salesforce, Oracle and Amazon have vowed to work together to “unlock the potential in health care data, to deliver better outcomes at […] More

  • Report: Surface-to-Air Missile Developers to See Increased Demand for Modernized Systems
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    Report: Surface-to-Air Missile Developers to See Increased Demand for Modernized Systems

    Frost & Sullivan‘s new study projects that developers of surface-to-air missile systems will see an increased demand for modernization, due to expected growth in the SAM market through 2023. The SAM market is growing because of several factors, including the frequent missile attacks in the Middle East, North Korea’s long-range missiles tests and China’s expansion […] More

  • Cornerstone Defense Adds Bill Varner to Board of Directors
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    Cornerstone Defense Adds Bill Varner to Board of Directors

    Bill Varner, former president of ManTech‘s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, has joined the board of directors at Cornerstone Defense. He said in a statement released Tuesday he plans to work with Cornerstone Defense‘s executive team and continue to contribute to U.S. government missions. The Hanover, Md.-based company offers support services to the intelligence and defense sectors in […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Test-Fires Engine for NASA SLS Rocket
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Test-Fires Engine for NASA SLS Rocket

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a hot-fire test of an engine technology the company built for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. The company said Tuesday it performed the RS-25 engine test at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and assessed the performance of the main combustion chamber during the 319-second engine fire test attended by NASA Administrator […] More

  • HPE to Build Supercomputer for National Lab Energy R&D
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    HPE to Build Supercomputer for National Lab Energy R&D

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has begun development work on a high-performance computing system designed to help the National Renewable Energy Laboratory speed up research and development of energy technology platforms across data sciences, vehicle and wind power areas. The Eagle supercomputer is built to process HPC workloads at a speed of up to 8 petaflops through […] More

  • Boeing to Refresh Air Force C-32 Aircraft Interior
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    Boeing to Refresh Air Force C-32 Aircraft Interior

    Boeing has landed a $16.1 million contract to provide engineering services for a U.S. Air Force project to update the interior of the C-32 military passenger transportation aircraft. The company will refresh C-32’s interior appearance to resemble the VC-25A aircraft’s presidential section and replace the double-seat configuration with a triple-seat configuration aft of Door 3, the Defense Department said […] More

  • BAE Wins Potential $69M Navy C5ISR Support IDIQ
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    BAE Wins Potential $69M Navy C5ISR Support IDIQ

    BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business has won a potential five-year, $68.9 million contract to provide support services for the U.S. Navy’s command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division received two offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • N.C. HHS Taps Maximus for State Medicaid Enrollment Broker Services; Bruce Caswell Quoted
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    N.C. HHS Taps Maximus for State Medicaid Enrollment Broker Services; Bruce Caswell Quoted

    Maximus has received a $17 million base contract from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to provide managed care enrollment broker services for the state’s Medicaid program. The company said Tuesday it will enroll, assist, educate and counsel eligible beneficiaries via phone, in-person interaction or online technology to help them select the […] More

  • Two CACI Employees Receive DoD Medal for Valor; Ken Asbury Quoted
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    Two CACI Employees Receive DoD Medal for Valor; Ken Asbury Quoted

    Two CACI International employees have received the Office of the Secretary of the Defense Medal for Valor in recognition of their involvement in counterinsurgency and force member recovery efforts. CACI employees Brandon “Ray” Seabolt and Michael “Tony” Dunne accepted the award from Lt. Gen. Darsie Rogers, deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the […] More

  • Lockheed, Fincantieri Hold Keel Laying Ceremony for 23rd Navy Littoral Combat Ship
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    Lockheed, Fincantieri Hold Keel Laying Ceremony for 23rd Navy Littoral Combat Ship

    Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine hosted a keel laying ceremony in Marinette, Wis., for the U.S. Navy’s 23rd Littoral Combat Ship, which will be named USS Cooperstown. Ellen Tillapaugh, mayor of Cooperstown, N.Y., welded her initials onto a steel plate that will be placed on the Freedom-class ship to complete the authentication process, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • NGA to Award Order to Living Security for Cybersecurity Training Room
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    NGA to Award Order to Living Security for Cybersecurity Training Room

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to procure a customized cybersecurity-themed training escape room from Living Security under a sole-source purchase order. The agency requires a room tailored to prioritized cyber principles and risks, the NGA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice. The NGA’s information technology and security policies will serve as the basis for the […] More

  • John Manley Appointed CAE Board Chair; Norton Schwartz Named Independent Director
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    John Manley Appointed CAE Board Chair; Norton Schwartz Named Independent Director

    CAE’s board of directors appointed former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley to succeed James Hankinson as chairman after the Montreal-based defense technology manufacturer held its annual shareholder meeting Tuesday. Manley served as the independent director of the company over the past decade and is currently the president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, […] More