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  • Bloomberg: Pentagon’s Fiscal 2017 Contract Spend Reached $331B
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    Bloomberg: Pentagon’s Fiscal 2017 Contract Spend Reached $331B

    Bloomberg‘s government arm has analyzed the Defense Department‘s unclassified contract obligations and found that DoD awarded a total of $331 billion to contractors over the last fiscal year. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the Department of the Navy, which includes the U.S. Marine Corps, received the highest DoD […] More

  • GAO Issues RFI on Potential IT Modernization Support Sources
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    GAO Issues RFI on Potential IT Modernization Support Sources

    The Government Accountability Office has asked information on potential vendors that can offer information technology, software development and related support to GAO’s information systems and technology services office as part of the IT Transformation, Modernization and Operational Support Services program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says GAO intends to solicit industry feedback as part of its […] More

  • Lockheed-Leonardo Team Delivers F-35B to Italian Defense Ministry
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    Lockheed-Leonardo Team Delivers F-35B to Italian Defense Ministry

    A team composed of Lockheed Martin and Leonardo has delivered a short take-off/vertical landing variant of the F-35 fighter aircraft to Italy’s defense ministry. The ministry received the first F-35B produced outside the U.S. and assigned the STOVL jet to the Italian navy at a final assembly and check out facility in Cameri,  Lockheed said Thursday. Italy-based Leonardo and Lockheed jointly operate the […] More

  • UST-Aldetec to Produce Power Supplies for Navy Shipboard Interrogator Tech
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    UST-Aldetec to Produce Power Supplies for Navy Shipboard Interrogator Tech

    A joint venture of United States Technologies, Aldetec and Broadband Wireless Technologies has received a potential five-year, $1.6 million contract to manufacture power supply units for a U.S. Navy shipboard interrogator system. United States Technologies-Aldetec Holding will perform contract work at a facility in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, UST said Thursday. The Navy will use power supplies from […] More

  • IRS Surveys Potential IT Enterprise Program Mgmt Support Providers
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    IRS Surveys Potential IT Enterprise Program Mgmt Support Providers

    The Internal Revenue Service has launched a market research effort to explore potential industry sources of support services for IRS’ Information Technology Enterprise Program Management Office. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the agency wants to know the availability, capability and interests of companies to help the IT EPMO plan, manage and execute projects. Scope of work […] More

  • Jacobs to Help Engineer Navy, UK Launch Test Capability
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    Jacobs to Help Engineer Navy, UK Launch Test Capability

    A Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary has received a $17.5 million contract modification to provide additional engineering services for a launch test capability of the U.S. Navy and U.K. The Defense Department said Thursday Jacobs Technology will help design, develop, test, evaluate, activate and operate the  LTC complex at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China […] More

  • Research and Markets: Military Aircraft Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Targeting Pod Market Growth
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    Research and Markets: Military Aircraft Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Targeting Pod Market Growth

    A Research and Markets report forecasts the worldwide market for targeting pods will experience a 6.61 percent compound annual growth rate in the next five years as military agencies increase aircraft procurement and modernization efforts. The targeting pods market’s value is projected to increase from $3.3 billion in 2017 to $4.5 billion by 2022, Research Markets said Thursday. Lockheed Martin, L3 […] More

  • John Dancy of CSRA Joins Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network
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    John Dancy of CSRA Joins Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network

    John Dancy, senior vice president and chief information officer at CSRA, has joined the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network. He will be part of the network that works to identify technology challenges and innovation opportunities, CSRA said Tuesday. Dancy is responsible for overseeing the Falls Church, Virginia-based contractor’s information technology program and ensuring the program aligns with strategic […] More

  • Lockheed Hosts South Carolina Legislators at Facility for T-50A, F-16 Programs
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    Lockheed Hosts South Carolina Legislators at Facility for T-50A, F-16 Programs

    Lockheed Martin offered some South Carolina legislators a tour of the company’s facility in Greenville and provided them an update on two aircraft programs during their visit Monday. The company said Wednesday state officials and congressional staff toured the T-50A Final Assembly and Checkout facility and Ground Based Training Systems center. T-50A is Lockheed and Korea Aerospace Industries‘ joint […] More

  • Elbit Systems Awarded $150M to Support Australian Battle Mgmt System
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    Elbit Systems Awarded $150M to Support Australian Battle Mgmt System

    Elbit Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has received a potential $150 million contract to help the Australian defense force manage command and control operations of a battle management system. Elbit Systems of Australia will provide BMS C2 through life support under the contract from Australian defense department’s capability acquisition and sustainment group, the company said Thursday. The contract contains […] More

  • Jerry Hogge: Leidos Team On Track to Complete 2-Month Optimization Period for DoD EHR System
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    Jerry Hogge: Leidos Team On Track to Complete 2-Month Optimization Period for DoD EHR System

    Jerry Hogge, senior vice president of Leidos’ health business, has said the Leidos-led team is on schedule to implement the optimization process for the Defense Department’s commercial electronic health records system over a two-month period, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The report said DoD and the industry team will address the remaining “trouble tickets” received from four test […] More